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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.

Scientists Publish Complete Male Fruit Fly Connectome; Developers Run It in Games

Young Chimpanzees Develop Population-Specific Vocal Dialects

Scientists Publish First Complete Connectome of an Adult Male Fruit Fly

Darwin Vindicated: Alpine Saxifraga Confirmed as Carnivorous

Comb Jelly Tissue Creates Extra Body Axis When Transplanted into Sea Anemone

Early Asexuality Slowed Animal Evolution, Study Finds

Queen-Cell Wax Shapes Whether a Larva Becomes a Queen

Study Finds Voronoi Blueprint in Chinese Money Plant Leaf Veins

Scorpions Fortify Stingers and Claws With Metals, Smithsonian Study Finds

Humidity Triggers Reversible Color Shifts in Shimmering Sweat Bees

Songbird Study Shows New Adult Neurons Tunnel Through Brain Tissue

Mummified Permian Reptile Reveals Oldest Rib-Powered Breathing System

Millisecond Acetylcholine Timing Splits Dopamine’s Roles in Learning and Movement

Honey Bee Waggle Dance Precision Depends on the Audience, Experiments Show

Serial Mouse Cloning Fails at 58th Generation, Study Finds

Horses Whinny by Combining Vocal-Fold Vibration With a Laryngeal Whistle

Haolong dongi Fossil Reveals Cellular-Level Skin and Unique Cornified Spikes

Rice Scientists Publish CLASSIC to Massively Expand DNA Circuit Design and Testing

Sparser Tongue Hairs Leave Queen Bumblebees Worse at Nectar Gathering, PNAS Study Finds