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E.O. Wilson, a Pioneer of Evolutionary Biology, Dies at 92

Prints Long Thought to Be Bear Tracks May Have Been Made by Human Ancestor

Why Some Strawberries Turn a Ghostly Shade of White

How Did Elephants and Walruses Get Their Tusks? It’s a Long Story.

Madagascar’s Got Talent: Lemurs That Sing With Rhythm

These Worms Left the Ocean Floor and Never Looked Back

This Rattlesnake Dares You to Call Its Bluff

When Insects Lost Their Homes, Evolution Clipped Their Wings

This Flower Hides a Secret: It’s Actually a Carnivore

A Plant That ‘Cannot Die’ Reveals Its Genetic Secrets

Richard C. Lewontin, Eminent Geneticist With a Sharp Pen, Dies at 92

Shrinking Elephants Once Called Sicily Home

Discovery of ‘Dragon Man’ Skull in China May Add Species to Human Family Tree

David Wake, Expert on Salamanders and Evolution, Dies at 84

Some Male Birds Fly Under False Colors to Attract Mates, Study Suggests

How Does That Song Go? This Bird Couldn’t Say.

The Power of Playing Dead

Tiny Blobs of Brain Cells Could Reveal How Your Mind Differs from a Neanderthal’s

These Lizards Have a Hot Trick to Escape Hungry Snakes

A Question Hidden in the Platypus Genome: Are We the Weird Ones?