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Hummingbirds, attacking bears, ancient hominids and other news updates in wildlife research
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Can scientists stop white-nose syndrome, a new disease that is killing bats in catastrophic numbers?
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Researchers have found a variety of complex, learned behaviors that differ from pod to pod
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The true story of a lonely orca leaps from printed page to silver screen, with a boost from new technology
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Specially shaped leaves lure the flying mammals. The bats get a meal, and the flowers get pollinated
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Paleontologists have reexamined the paltry bones and affirmed that the creature is an important link to the early days of theropod dinosaurs
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The African fossil sites preserve dinosaur fossils that are strangely similar to their North American counterparts
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Getting this close to a bubbling cauldron of lava is not just dangerous; it's stupid enough that even other volcanologists will yell at you
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The ultimate roadside attraction features a T. rex that shakes its head, snaps its jaws and RAWRs
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Mosquitoes are attracted to the carbon dioxide, lactic acid and octenol found in our breath and sweat. They may have a preference for beer drinkers
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Does "Mr. Bones" really deserve credit for inventing an essential field tool?
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Disney characters aside, what would you choose to join this dark and dreary mythological circle? Styx, Erberus, Cerberus, Hypnos?
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When it comes to diamonds in jewelry, perfection is everything. But imperfections are a clue to the past
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The tail vertebra has gouges, divots and scores in five places from at least two different predators
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Most of us never come in contact with a deadly predator, but there are still enough encounters to remind us that humans are not the top of the food web
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Dinosaurs with weird structures such as sails and arrays of horns often make the news, but in this case, the lack of specialized structures is important
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Tracks now readily recognizable as belonging to dinosaurs were once attributed to prodigious birds and other creatures
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Scientists have found that predator species trade off between prey availability and water temperature in their travels
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Solenodons are unusual predators; they are among the few venomous mammals
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It looks more like an alligator doing a dinosaur impression, but there is something unmistakably dinosaurian about it
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