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Sounds made by more than 50 vertebrates previously thought to be mute push back the origin of this type of communication by at least 100 million years, a study finds.

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Fear Could Help Explain the Behavior of Animals in the Ocean

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Infographic: Animal Embryos Coopt Sound to Survive and Thrive

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Embryonic Eavesdropping: How Animals Hear and Respond to Sound

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Slideshow: How Animal Embryos Eavesdrop on the Outside World

When Pursuing Prey, Bats Tune Out the World

Pandemic Shutdown Altered Bay Area Birdsongs

Unhatched Gulls Shake Their Shells to Warn Siblings of Danger

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Peter Tyack: Marine Mammal Communications

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How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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Exploring Organoids for Disease Modeling Research

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