A turtle time capsule:
DNA found in ancient shell
Paleontologists discover possible DNA remains in fossil turtle that lived 6 million years ago in Panama, where continents collide
Paleontology and Paleobiology Evolutionary Biology Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Natural History Paleoecology Biodiversity
Life in Deep Time
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Is it Cheaper to be bigger? Lessons from the extreme weapons of giraffe weevil warriors
How can larger animals bear the increased energetic costs of maintaining disproportionately large weapons?
Animal Behavior Zoology Biodiversity Ecology Taxonomy Origins of Species and Societies
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warriors
Similar to human babies, this bat species learns to communicate through babbling and vocal imitation
Long-term monitoring of the bat species Saccopteryx bilineata in their natural setting revealed that pups display babbling behavior strikingly similar to that of human infants
Gamboa, BCI
Text by Leila Nilipour
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Rachel PageBaby
bats
The path toward discovering
a new species of Cicada
Annette Aiello has a natural history radar system that most of us lack. An observation of an insect exoskeleton on a potted plant may lead to the identification of a new insect species.
Tupper Center
Entomology Developmental Biology Natural History Taxonomy Animal Behavior Soil Science Connections in nature: Plants, Animals, Microbes and Environments
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Cicadas
