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Goffin’s cockatoos customize tools to accommodate a specific need.

Nest predation of shorebirds that raise young in the Arctic are up threefold since the mid-20th century, and climate change may be to blame, according to a study.

Fish scales follow a model famed computer scientist Alan Turing developed to describe patterns observed in other animals’ feathers, spines, and scales.

Mantis shrimps’ remarkably swift kicks come from springs built into their dactyl clubs.

Blind rats are made to see after sheets of cells implanted into their eyes make themselves at home.

A zebrafish model of the birth defect craniosynostosis provides insights into how the condition develops.

Researchers flipped light-sensitive proteins upside down for a new twist on optogenetics.

Hurricane Florence reshaped the shoreline near Beaufort, North Carolina.

Aphids induce their host plants to produce tiny hairs that help keep the surfaces water-repellent.

A near-infrared laser warps a tissue culture surface to mimic natural cellular environments.