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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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Turtle Vocalizations Reframe Origins of Auditory Communication

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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”

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Baby Talk: Bat Pups Babble Like Human Infants

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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

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Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

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Editors Mass Resign from Elsevier Journal After Editor-in-Chief Let Go

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Cockroach Milk Proteins Churn Out an Ig Nobel Win

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Student Admits She Did Not Conduct Experiments in Now-Retracted Paper

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

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September 2026

Multiplex Microscopy Becomes Easier with Encoded Antibodies

A new system that enables researchers to uniquely tag monoclonal antibodies for use in microscopy could help simplify complex imaging studies.

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

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Beyond the Basics: Strategies for Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis

Beyond the Basics: Strategies for Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis

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Building Translation-Ready Biomarkers with Connected Workflows

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