Amazing Animals

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Why Bird Eggs Come in Different Shapes

Janaki Lenin 25/06/2017

What holds the egg together and gives it shape?...

A pied flycatcher. Credit: David Wheatcroft

Why Songbirds Are Born With Some Music Patterns Wired Into Their Genes

Janaki Lenin 19/06/2017

Through a complicated experiment, researchers unraveled how flycatcher chicks...

Squalius alburnoides. Credit: Isabel Catalão

The Male Fish That Fathered a Clone of Himself

Janaki Lenin 11/06/2017

“The evolutionary significance of androgenesis is not clear and...

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The Flamingo’s One-Legged Act, Ants’ Princess Pheromones, Pampered Orangutans

Janaki Lenin 01/06/2017

A quick review of interesting research on living things...

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Do Female Dragonflies Feign Death to Avoid Sex?

Janaki Lenin 29/05/2017

Sexual harassment is common in the species because males...

A wasp drilling into a fig. Credit: Pratibha Yadav

Meet the Wasp That Sniffs With Its Bum

Janaki Lenin 15/05/2017

Scientists from IISc, Bengaluru, performed experiments to highlight how...

A mother-calf humpback whale pair in Exmouth Gulf. Credit: Fredrik Christiansen

Whispering Whales, Neuron-Editing Octopuses and the Mammal That Gets By on Low Oxygen

Janaki Lenin 30/04/2017

A quick review of interesting research on living things...