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Watch a mantis shrimp punch its prey into submission using its specialized hammers.

See whip spiders use their curious antenniform legs to spar in the lab.

Profilee Joseph Gall of the Carnegie Institute describes the process, which he developed in the 1960s.

The birds sing together to help defend their territory.

Scientists take a close look at metal alloys that form snowflake-like structures called crystalline dendrites.

Scientists have identified a new genus of extinct horse that lived in North America during the last ice age. 

Scientists study the development of scales in skate embryos. 

Scientists examine the effect of ocean acidification on mussel larvae.

Scientists develop a micropatterning device to study cell behavior. 

Researchers describe more than 200 species of tapeworm from a decade-long collection of tapeworms from the digestive systems of animals around the world. 

Scientists discover the real pollinators of a popular houseplant flower. 

In Drosophila larvae, the formation of blood cells takes place in a specialized organ, the lymph gland.

Scientists have discovered a mechanism by which the Rift Valley fever virus infects the cells of its hosts.

An artist’s impression suggests what the Caribbean may have looked like before humans arrived. 

Scientists have discovered a new type of eye cell in a deep-sea fish species.