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Venomous Komodo dragons kill prey with wound-and-poison tactics

Did a Strangely Human-Like Primate Give Rise to Monkeys, Apes, and Us?

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Weird Science Roundup: Super-Rats, Heart-Attack Virus, and the Real Breakfast of Champions

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Animal Fun Looks a Lot Like Human Fun: Games of Catch and Spa Visits

Obama Agrees With Bush: Polar Bears Won't Drive Global Warming Policy

For Snails, The Race to Survive Is a Race to Get Slower

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Resistance to an extinct virus makes us more vulnerable to HIV

Are Reports of a Global Honeybee Crisis Overblown?

Lesson of the Day: Stuffing Songbirds in Your Pants Can Get You Arrested

Foot Bones and Dwarf Hippos Suggest the "Hobbit" Was a Separate Species

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