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Mice evolve better, not bigger, balls in sperm race

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Mice evolve better, not bigger, balls in sperm race

Size isn't everything. When many male mice mate with the same females, their descendants evolve testes that can produce more sperm

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Human ancestors got a grip on tools 3 million years ago

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Human ancestors got a grip on tools 3 million years ago

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Shoes vs barefoot: The myth of the normal foot

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Shoes vs barefoot: The myth of the normal foot

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See chicken develop on drugs through a cracked eggshell

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See chicken develop on drugs through a cracked eggshell

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Zoologger: Spider has sex, then chews off own genitals

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Zoologger: Spider has sex, then chews off own genitals

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Adapt first, mutate later: Is evolution out of order?

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Adapt first, mutate later: Is evolution out of order?

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Ancient sea scorpion shows off its land legs

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Ancient sea scorpion shows off its land legs

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Lizard penises evolve super-fast

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Lizard penises evolve super-fast

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Human brains have a groovy feature that chimps' don't

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Human brains have a groovy feature that chimps' don't

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I'm tapping the housefly's genome to fight disease

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I'm tapping the housefly's genome to fight disease

The common housefly spreads hundreds of diseases, but unravelling its genome should help us make the world healthier, says entomologist Jeffrey Scott

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Talking gibbonish: Deciphering the banter of the apes

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Zoologger: The tasty crab that looks like an ugly frog

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Volcanic iron delayed explosion of life on Earth

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Deep bacteria may evolve even without passing genes on

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