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Category: Zoology

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How did humans learn to speak?

Posted on March 18, 2024June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

Scientists compared parts of the brain that correlate to speech in humans and primates to understand how speech evolved in humans.

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    A trilobite’s last supper

    Posted on February 12, 2024June 25, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

    Paleontologists described a trilobite fossil preserved in 3D with its gut contents intact.

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      Researchers created hybrid monkeys from stem cells

      Posted on January 1, 2024June 26, 2025 by Bhargabi Banerjee

      Scientists in China made live monkey hybrids using cells from embryos, to help them study how animals heal and reproduce.

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        Scientists described a couch potato cave salamander called the olm

        Posted on December 25, 2023June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

        Researchers tracked a species of large cave salamanders for several years to see how they survived their low-energy surroundings. It turns…

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          Dolphins have special whistles for their young

          Posted on October 30, 2023June 25, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

          Researchers found bottlenose dolphins modify the pitch and range of whistles when communicating with their calves, similar to how humans…

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            Northern elephant seals sleep in a deep diving spiral

            Posted on May 25, 2023May 19, 2023 by Ruby Costigan

            Scientists tracked the brain activity of northern elephant seals to find out how they sleep. They found the seals sleep only 2 hours per day…

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              Are honey bees on the decline?

              Posted on January 16, 2023March 12, 2024 by Sciworthy

              Scientists have observed lab honey bees are living 50% shorter lives than they were 50 years ago. As a result, commercial beehives and honey…

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                Fresh anchovies at the fish counter of a grocery store
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                Anchovy-lovers, your favorite pizza topping may get harder to find!

                Posted on August 29, 2022June 23, 2025 by Erica Curles

                Back when the Earth was warmer, a part of the ocean called the Humboldt Current used to be dominated by goby-like fish instead of the…

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                  How mosquitoes sniff out their prey

                  Posted on July 13, 2022June 25, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

                  Mosquitoes’ brains uniquely respond to a special blend of compounds found in human body odor, allowing them to track us by smell.

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                    Can genetics tell us if dog behavior really varies by breed?

                    Posted on June 7, 2022June 25, 2025 by Hunter Dulay

                    Dogs have been in our lives for at least 10,000 years. At first, dogs did not look like today’s common breeds — these appeared only…

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