Two dogs stand next to each other. The dog on the left has its tail up, while the dog on the right has its tail lowered.
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Chasing dog tails for answers, researchers explore the reasons behind the quintessential tail wagging of these furry four-legged friends.

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Three turtles resting closely together on a log, one end of which is submerged in brackish water

Turtle Vocalizations Reframe Origins of Auditory Communication

A fossil imprint of the stridulatory apparatus from an extinct cricket species

Listen to Extinct Crickets Chirp

A fossil imprint of the stridulatory apparatus from an extinct cricket species

Book Excerpt from Sounds Wild and Broken

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Exposure to Chemical from Babies Linked to Aggression

ABOVE: A pair of Labroides dimidiatus cleaner fish cleaning a puffer fish

Cleaner Fish Alter Behavior if Partners Can See Them “Cheating”

A woman sits with a camera and recording equipment looking up at a tree full of bats (unseen).

Baby Talk: Bat Pups Babble Like Human Infants

mole-rat, naked mole-rat, animal behavior, social behavior, dialect, language, eusocial, evolution,

Naked Mole Rat Colonies Have Their Own Unique Dialects

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Zebra Finches Recognize the Calls of Over 40 Fellow Finches

Image of the Day: Black Cats

Squirrels Listen to Birdsong for Safety Cues

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Image of the Day: Fluorescent Sharks

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Browsing Deer Affect How A Forest Sounds

Suit Filed to Stop Seismic Airgun Blasting in Atlantic Ocean

Starfish in the Deep Sea Can See

Song Around the Animal Kingdom

Birds May Make Music, But They Lack Rhythm

The lesser noctule, Leisler's bat or the Irish bat (Nyctalus leisleri), is a species of insectivorous bat belonging to the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. The species was named to honor the naturalist Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler

Bats Sing Sort of Like Birds

Researchers Study Rodent Songs They Can’t Hear

Untangling the Social Webs in Frog Choruses

From Cricket Choruses to Drosophila Calls

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Universe 25 Experiment

Illustration of a transparent, blue outlined synapse with red neurotransmitters passing between them. More out-of-focus blue neurons are in the background.

ALS Disturbs Sleep Prior to Symptom Onset

A brown-shelled snail with green and white striped eye stalks on the petals of a yellow tiger lily.

How Tiny Organisms Control Minds, Create Zombies, and Shape Ecosystems

A spiral fossil with a snail-like shell.

Aerobic Bacteria May Predate Earth’s Oxygen Boom

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The Future of CRISPR

The Future of CRISPR

Conceptual image of biochemical laboratory sample preparation showing glassware and chemical formulas in the foreground and a scientist holding a pipette in the background.

Taking the Guesswork Out of Quality Control Standards

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Image of a woman in a microbiology lab whose hair is caught on fire from a Bunsen burner.
April 1, 2025, Issue 1

Bunsen Burners and Bad Hair Days

Lab safety rules dictate that one must tie back long hair. Rosemarie Hansen learned the hard way when an open flame turned her locks into a lesson.

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Conceptual image of biochemical laboratory sample preparation showing glassware and chemical formulas in the foreground and a scientist holding a pipette in the background.

Taking the Guesswork Out of Quality Control Standards

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PFAS: The Forever Chemicals

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Unlocking the Unattainable in Gene Construction

Unlocking the Unattainable in Gene Construction

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Comparing Analytical Solutions for High-Throughput Drug Discovery

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