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Scientists have discovered that the massive mammal uses elaborate buzzes, clicks and squeaks that spell doom for the animal's prey
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Elephant Seals, Neanderthal evolution and more news from the world of science
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What do sea otters, wolves and capuchin monkeys reveal about our hominid ancestors?
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A hollow, thin-walled bone is not exactly the sort of structure that is going to protect a sauropod from attack—so what was its purpose?
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The answer is far more complicated than it first appears—water doesn't always turn to ice at 32 degrees Fahrenheit
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The bird changes direction with its whole body
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What's the use of setting your science-fiction family drama 85 million years in the past if you're not going to highlight some of the local fauna?
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The traveling science laboratory launched successfully on Saturday and is scheduled to touch down on the red planet in August 2012
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D'oh! Homer and the gang meet up with some scary dinosaurs
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A new archaeological study shows how Neanderthals' ability to adapt to changing climates may have led to the species' eventual extinction
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Paleontologists have found the bones of a bird inside a feathered dinosaur. What can this discovery tell us about how Microraptor lived?
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Very few skeletons have been found from this period, and much of what we know about the dinosaurs of the Early Jurassic Southwest comes from tracksites
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Yellow saddle goatfish collaborate when one finds prey to chase
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A new adventure game goes back to the scene of the crime that set the catastrophic events of the first film in motion
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A new study finds that some marine organisms may have to move fast if they want to survive climate change
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Chimneys may be obsolete in modern buildings, but they’re crucial habitat for the bird species on the West Coast
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Science is about unlocking the world around us and laying it out to be admired
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A newly discovered dinosaur from Brazil may give paleontologists a better understanding of what the ancestral dinosaur looked like
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