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The endangered, squirrel-sized marsupials forage for termites during the day—but they can become too hot after just ten minutes in direct sunlight, according to new research
Studies put New Mexico at the bottom for some topics people who live here consistently say are important to them: education, health, and crime.
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The findings demonstrate self-recognition could be more common among animals than previously thought
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Scientists can measure uranium isotopes in tortoise and turtle shells to understand the environmental impact of past nuclear events, a new study reports
Jake Buehler in Quanta Magazine: All animals, plants, fungi and protists — which collectively make up the domain of life called eukaryotes — have genomes