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Quick note: I'm hosting the plant carnival Berry Go Round this month, and you have 2 days to send me any interesting posts you've written or found. I'll stick something up on Sunday. Cheers, Ed

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Bumblebees and Ants Battle in Violent Nectar Wars, Leading to Death and Food Shortage

A Cyclosa spider species uses a decoy to ward off predators.

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Tiny Tropical Spiders Build Giant Fake Versions of Themselves to Scare Off Predators

turkey with giving the camera some serious side eye

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Turkeys Have a Strict Hierarchy, and Humans May Be at the Bottom of the Pecking Order

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Fat Molecules in Deep-Sea Mud Volcanoes Reveal How Microbes Survive Extreme Conditions

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Space Dust on the Ocean Floor Helps Solve Arctic Ice Puzzle from 30,000 Years Ago

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In a Rare Biological Twist, Chameleons’ Optic Nerves Coil Like a Telephone Cord

A juvenile carangidae appears to be holding an anemone in its mouth.

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Juvenile Fish Are Wielding Sea Anemones Like Shields Against Predators

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Ed Yong

Do Octopuses Dream? Their Colorful, Skin-Changing Sleep Cycles May Hold the Answer

Why Do Dogs Let Out That Long, Disappointed Sigh?

Is Trash Evolving Raccoons Into the Next Household Pet?

Bumblebees and Ants Battle in Violent Nectar Wars, Leading to Death and Food Shortage

Tiny Tropical Spiders Build Giant Fake Versions of Themselves to Scare Off Predators

Turkeys Have a Strict Hierarchy, and Humans May Be at the Bottom of the Pecking Order

Fat Molecules in Deep-Sea Mud Volcanoes Reveal How Microbes Survive Extreme Conditions

Curious Narwhals Keep Bumping Into Underwater Listening Devices — Here's Why

A Slow-Moving Force Is Silently Sculpting Volcanoes Beneath the Ocean

Some Orcas Are Flipping Juvenile White Sharks and Devouring Their Livers

Monk Seals May Be Stringing Sounds Together Like Sentences

Space Dust on the Ocean Floor Helps Solve Arctic Ice Puzzle from 30,000 Years Ago

In a Rare Biological Twist, Chameleons’ Optic Nerves Coil Like a Telephone Cord

Juvenile Fish Are Wielding Sea Anemones Like Shields Against Predators

Prehistoric Trees That Survived Extinction — The Ginkgo and More Still Thrive Today

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