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When It Comes To Thinking, 2 Fish Heads Are Better Than 1

11:52am July 18, 2014

by Shankar Vedantam

Maybe we can learn from fish — they don't call a group of them a school for nothing. Researchers found that when 2 fish swim together, they make better decisions than when 2 fish are swimming alone.

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Ukraine Wants Its Dolphins Back

7:53am July 02, 2014

When Russia invaded the Ukrainian area of Crimea, it also seized Ukraine's military dolphins. A Russian news site reports Ukraine demands Russia return the dolphins as it has other military equipment.

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New York Bill Would Ban Selfies With Tigers

10:10am June 24, 2014

Dating sites are filled with pictures of single men showing off their adventurous yet tender sides by cuddling with the big cats. Anyone caught posing next to a tiger would be fined up to $500.

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Summer Has Arrived And So Have The Great Whites

11:11am June 23, 2014

A new report finds a big jump in the number of great white sharks off the East Coast — up to 5,000 of them.

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Clint Muhlfeld, an aquatic ecologist with the USGS, holds a native Westslope cutthroat trout in Glacier National Park.

Hybrid Trout Threaten Montana's Native Cutthroats

9:53am June 10, 2014

by Christopher Joyce

Climate change in the West is luring rainbow trout to higher elevations, where the fish are mating with native cutthroats, genetic evidence shows. Biologists and anglers worry cutthroats could vanish.

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Birdstone (right), ridden by Edgar Prado, upsets horse Smarty Jones to win the Belmont Stakes in 2004. Smarty Jones was one of a dozen horses since 1978 to win the first two legs of the Triple Crown, only to lose at the Belmont.

Why Is It So Hard For A Horse To Win The Triple Crown?

10:38am June 04, 2014

by Joel Rose

It's been 36 years since a horse won racing's ultimate trifecta. For California Chrome to break the drought Saturday, the colt must contend with challenges that have stymied a dozen horses before him.

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Bursts Of Light Create Memories, Then Take Them Away

4:38pm June 03, 2014

by Jon Hamilton

Scientists seem to have answered a fundamental question about the nature of memory. They have found compelling evidence that memories are made by strengthening connections between certain brain cells.

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Scientists Find Africa's Longest Land Migration: Zebras' 350-Mile Trek

7:11pm May 29, 2014

by Christopher Joyce

Large mammal migration in Africa has generally been hindered by the subdivision and fencing of land. But this one remains possible because it takes place in a unique, multi-country wildlife corridor.

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Fishermen drag a net in Lake Malawi in 2012. About the size of New Jersey, the lake is home to hundreds of fish species and is considered one of the most biologically diverse lakes in the world.

Thriving Towns In East Africa Are Good News For A Parasitic Worm

6:17pm May 28, 2014

by Jason Beaubien

The worm causes a debilitating intestinal disease called schistosomiasis. And the parasite is spreading rapidly because of an economic boom along the shores of East Africa's Lake Malawi.

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A minke whale photographed in Antarctica last year. The minke, smallest of the baleen whales, turned out to be the mysterious "bio-duck."

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Scientists Pinpoint Source Of Antarctic 'Quack'

2:51pm May 27, 2014

by Geoff Brumfiel

For decades, a mysterious quacking "bio-duck" has been heard roaming the waters of the Southern Ocean. Now scientists say the source is a whale.

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