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'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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'More than 100 million years of evolution': How snakes evolved and lost their legsHuge snakes, tiny snakes, venomous snakes and constrictor snakes, snakes that slither, burrow or swim: New fossils and modern technology are tracing serpent origins
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More polar bears are approaching human sites as the climate warms, and it's not just the skinny onesOpinion It's not just thinner bears that are coming ashore as the climate warms.
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Are we more closely related to cats or dogs?The answer of whether humans are more closely related to cats or dogs depends on how you look at the question.
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What's the difference between a lion and a tiger?One has stripes, and one doesn't. But do the differences between lions and tigers go deeper than that?
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City birds appear to like men more than women, but experts have no idea whyAn analysis of 37 urban bird species found that men could get slightly closer to the avians than women could, suggesting that these animals recognize sex differences in humans.
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'I'm more hopeful that birds can endure than maybe even our own species': Paleontologist Steve Brusatte on why birds are the ultimate survivorsInterview In a new book, paleontologist Steve Brusatte tells the wild story of how birds evolved during the Jurassic and took to the skies, surviving the asteroid strike that killed their fellow dinosaurs.
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'He began to cry, and almost fell to the floor': The fluffy fossil that finally showed the world that birds are dinosaursIn this excerpt from "The Story of Birds", author Steve Brusatte explores the moment where paleontologists realized they had critical evidence to show birds came from dinosaurs — a fluffy fossil from China.
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Mystery of golden orb found in depths of ocean off Alaska finally solved: 'Everyone was like, What the heck? What is that?'A two-and-a-half-year-old mystery concerning a strange golden object found miles below the sea surface isn't an egg or sponge — it's from an anemone-like animal.
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Why do cats and dogs shake their heads?Life's Little Mysteries Cats often flick their heads back and forth as if they've been possessed. This strange reflex has a simple explanation.
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