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Butterfly Wings Use Motion Illusions to Foil Predators

A multi-method Nature study shows wing patterns with flapping create barber-pole motion cues that mislead predators' judgment of speed and direction.

Dolphins Filmed Using Seashells as Tools to Trap Fish

Choice Overload Makes Female Treefrogs Slower and Less Accurate at Picking Mates

Study Finds Naked Mole-Rat Queens Can Hand Over Power Peacefully

Ravens Use Memory, Not Wolf Shadowing, To Find Yellowstone Kill Hotspots

PNAS Study Links Chimp Territorial Killings to Short-Term Reproductive Gains

Robotic Crab Wavy Dave Loses Claw as Fiddler Crabs Reveal Competitive Signaling

Robotic Fiddler Crab Reveals How Males Adjust Courtship to Rival Displays

Brain Switch in Deer Mice Shows How Evolution Shapes Flee-or-Freeze Responses