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'They reliably chose the statistically more favorable option': A crow researcher explains how these winged geniuses process numbers, and what it could reveal about human math smarts3 Comments -
'Animals were imprisoned in jails where humans were incarcerated': The bizarre trials of the Late Middle Ages — and surprising lack of criminal cats3 Comments -
'We were being bullied in our own home': How 'authoritarian' HOAs are contributing to the insect apocalypse3 Comments
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Why do cats lick each other?Life's Little Mysteries Cats lick each other for multiple reasons, and some are more mysterious than others.
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'Oddly shaped rock' unearthed in California turns out to be 'immaculate' mastodon molarA field survey in San Mateo County, California, has revealed the fossilized tooth of an adult Pacific mastodon, an ice-age giant that was probably native to the West Coast.
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Watch the first-ever footage of a rare deep-sea squid in the northeastern PacificA rare sighting of a bigfin squid near an underwater mountain off California is the first confirmed live observation of the bizarre animal in the northeastern Pacific, researchers say.
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Sunken WWII hospital ship colonized by devil firefish and rare monk sealsA shipwreck off the coast of Albania has attracted both invasive species and provided a home for endangered ones, leading researchers to weigh the risks and benefits of these wrecks for local ecosystems.
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Ancient shark 'graveyard' uncovered in Egyptian desertFossilized teeth from at least seven shark species have been discovered in the Egyptian desert, hinting at its complex, watery past.
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Do other animals call each other by name?Life's Little Mysteries Research in dolphins, elephants, parrots and primates suggests animals may call each other by name, but scientists are divided on how to define the behavior.
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Secret 'messages' in cat pee let felines identify each other — and scientists just cracked the codeCats can identify each other by the scent of their pee. We now know why.
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Why do cats yowl?Life's Little Mysteries Understanding a cat's yowl requires looking beyond the noise to the behavior and emotions behind it.
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Mammal ancestors may have given live birth 90 million years earlier than we thought, rewriting evolutionary timelinesA distinctive growth ring in fossilized bones is revealing how an ancestral species in the mammalian family reproduced.
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