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Scorpions Fortify Stingers and Claws With Metals, Smithsonian Study Finds

New Fossils Reveal Toothed Platypus With Strong Bite in Ancient Australian Lakes

Giant Cretaceous Octopuses Identified From 27 Fossil Beaks

Songbird Study Shows New Adult Neurons Tunnel Through Brain Tissue

Famed ‘Oldest Octopus’ Reclassified as Nautiloid After High-Energy X-Ray Study

First Mammal-Ancestor Egg Found Confirms Lystrosaurus Laid Eggs

Scientists Name New Tarantula Genus With Record-Long Male Palps

Mummified Permian Reptile Reveals Oldest Rib-Powered Breathing System

Famed ‘Oldest Octopus’ Fossil Reclassified as a Nautiloid

Chinese Fossil Trove Pushes Complex Animal Origins Into the Ediacaran

Oldest Chelicerate Fossil Dates to 500 Million Years Ago

Male Octopus Mating Arm Doubles as Hormone Sensor, Study Finds

500-Million-Year-Old Chelicerate Pushes Back Spider Lineage by 20 Million Years

Egyptian Ape Fossil Challenges East Africa as Cradle of Modern Apes

Egypt Jaw Fossil Recasts Great Ape Origins

Gene Tweak Triggers Dinosaur-Like Feather Tubes in Chicken Embryos

Alcohol Is Common in Floral Nectar, UC Berkeley Study Finds

Chimp Drums With Tools While Vocalizing, Offering Clues to Music’s Origins

Oxford Meta-Analysis Finds Stored Sperm Deteriorates Across Species