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While covid has caused illness and millions of deaths among humans, multiple nonhuman animal species have turned out to be susceptible to it, too.

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Infographic: Neuston Drift Atop the World’s Oceans

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Ancient Mesopotamians Bred Horselike Hybrids

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Researchers Identify 14 New Shrew Species 

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Genome Spotlight: California Sea Gooseberry (Hormiphora californensis)

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Lungfish Cocoon: A Living Barrier Against Infection During Estivation

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Chinchilla Supplier Loses License over Animal Welfare Violations

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Tracking Companion Animal Disease

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890-Million-Year-Old Fossils Are Sponges, Oldest Animals: Study

A Song of Spider Silk

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

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

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Cockroach Milk Proteins Churn Out an Ig Nobel Win

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Then and Now: Sarkis Mazmanian Finds Gut-Brain Links to Parkinson’s Disease

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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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