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More Fun Than Fun: The Smart Animals That Helped Scientists Demystify Altruism

In the Animal Kingdom, the Astonishing Power of the Number Instinct

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The Search for the First Multicellular Lifeform

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How Argentine Ants Built the Largest Known Cooperative Structure in Kingdom Animalia

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Review: A Book on Robotics That’s Really About How Evolution Does It Better

Conscientiousness in Animals, Explaining Tidy Birds and Neat Bees

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Whales and Dolphins Could Hold Clues to What Makes Humans So Advanced