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NSF selects Joanne Tornow to head its Biological Sciences directorate

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How one gene in a tiny fish may alter an aquatic ecosystem

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Female manakins use male mating call when implanted with male hormones

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Whopping big viruses prey on human gut bacteria

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Rice plants that reproduce as clones from seed

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Dracula ants possess fastest known animal appendage: The snap-jaw

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Cereals use chemical defenses in a multifunctional manner against different herbivores

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Navigation system in rodents akin to ancient, open ocean direction-finding

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Lizards adapt to threat from invasive fire ants, reversing geographical patterns of lizard traits

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Insight into swimming fish could lead to robotics advances

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The tragedy of the commons -- minus the tragedy

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Traffic noise stresses out frogs, but some have adapted

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Researchers discover a new gear in life's clock: Vitamin D

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New maps hint at how electric fish got their big brains

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'Scaring' soybeans into defensive mode yields better plants a generation later

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Escape responses of coral reef fish obey simple behavioral rules

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NSF, Popular Science announce this year’s Vizzies winners

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Study reveals why tropical mountains are so biodiverse

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Media invited to NSF for distinguished lecture with evolutionary biologist Sheila Patek

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Karate kicks keep cockroaches from becoming zombies, wasp chow

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IUPUI biologists use 'mini retinas' to better understand connection between eye and brain

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Local hormone production is root of issue for plant development

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Plump songbirds more likely to survive migration over Gulf of Mexico

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UMass Amherst research shows spider eyes work together to track stimuli

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Bee social or buzz off: Study links genes to social behaviors, including autism

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Pupil's brain recognizes the perfect teacher

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Study uncovers new link between neonicotinoid pesticide exposure and bumblebee decline

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Cesarean-born mice show altered patterns of brain development

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2 degrees decimated Puerto Rico's insect populations

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Scientists go 'back to the future,' create flies with ancient genes to study evolution

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