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Why do some species flourish and others falter? Sometimes it just comes down to luck.

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How Alan Turing's Reaction-Diffusion Model Simulates Patterns in Nature

Farming erodes soil 50 times faster than it forms. We can change that, but will we?

Hybrid animals are infertile because of the way their sex cells form. But sometimes, life finds a way.

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Our functional map of the brain has changed. Here's why.

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Research suggests that more diverse ecosystems are better for the bottom line.

Sometimes, it makes sense for critters across the animal kingdom to chow down on their own young.

Why there will likely soon be more tigers in backyards in Texas than in the wilds of Asia.

Almost all mammals with prehensile tails live in the neotropics because the forest is different there.

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Foraminifera – tiny, single-celled marine life forms – build gorgeous houses that record how much ice there is on the planet.

Reindeer meat could’ve entered North American cuisine and culture, but our turn of the century efforts to develop a reindeer industry were stymied by nature, the beef lobby, and the Great Depression.