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Traffic noise stresses out frogs, but some have adapted

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Researchers discover a new gear in life's clock: Vitamin D

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New maps hint at how electric fish got their big brains

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'Scaring' soybeans into defensive mode yields better plants a generation later

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Escape responses of coral reef fish obey simple behavioral rules

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NSF, Popular Science announce this year’s Vizzies winners

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Study reveals why tropical mountains are so biodiverse

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Media invited to NSF for distinguished lecture with evolutionary biologist Sheila Patek

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Karate kicks keep cockroaches from becoming zombies, wasp chow

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IUPUI biologists use 'mini retinas' to better understand connection between eye and brain

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Local hormone production is root of issue for plant development

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Plump songbirds more likely to survive migration over Gulf of Mexico

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UMass Amherst research shows spider eyes work together to track stimuli

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Bee social or buzz off: Study links genes to social behaviors, including autism

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Pupil's brain recognizes the perfect teacher

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Study uncovers new link between neonicotinoid pesticide exposure and bumblebee decline

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Cesarean-born mice show altered patterns of brain development

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2 degrees decimated Puerto Rico's insect populations

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Scientists go 'back to the future,' create flies with ancient genes to study evolution

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Biologists find new genetic interdependence between mothers and their offspring

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Songbird data yields new theory for learning sensorimotor skills

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CRISPR tames the wild groundcherry

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In dangerous fungal family's befriending of plants, a story of loss

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Stanford engineers study hovering bats and hummingbirds in Costa Rica

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The grim, final days of a mother octopus

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Burst of morning gene activity tells plants when to flower

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NSF announces new awards for Understanding the Rules of Life

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NSF announces new measures to protect research community from harassment

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NSF: Next steps against harassment

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