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By Carin Leong/Hakai Magazine

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By Laura Baisas

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By Gabriela Aoun Angueira/Grist

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By Bill Heavey/Field & Stream

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Horny male fruit flies plunge into chaos when exposed to air pollution

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Older bees teach younger bees the ‘waggle dance’

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Featured In Animals

The best CBD dog treats of 2023

The best dog vitamins of 2023

The best solar birdbaths to bring all the birds to your yard

The best wet dog food of 2023

Best dog leashes of 2023

The best dog treats of 2023

The best dog collars of 2023

Best cat trees of 2023

The best cat beds of 2023

The best KONG dog toys of 2023

Best cat treats of 2023

Best dog shoes of 2023

Explore Animals

Otters are back, but that doesn’t mean our rivers are safe

After 50 years in captivity, Lolita the orca may be freed

Critically endangered right whales are losing the battle against fishing boats

These newly discovered bioluminescent sea worms are named after Japanese folklore

Postmortem poop can teach us a lot about the avian gut microbiome

A 15-million-year-old beaver was just named after an iconic convenience store

How conserving wild beasts like wolves and otters could help with carbon capture

Bears can run at surprisingly fast speeds—here’s how they vary by species

How can you tell a dolphin’s age? Check its freckles.

Jackrabbit’s color-changing fur may prepare them for climate change

Read this if you’re too scared to walk past a goose

It’s still a mystery how snails ended up scattered around the globe

The best dog food delivery services of 2023

Babies who grow up around pets may be less likely to develop food allergies

The best CBD dog treats of 2023

The best retractable dog leashes for 2023

The best dog collars of 2023

America has a favorite new dog breed, and it’s slightly problematic

How to introduce a new cat to your pets

The best dog DNA tests of 2023

The social lives of cows are remarkably sophisticated

These clever cockatoos carry around toolkits to get to food faster

The best dog backpacks for 2023

Do domesticated dogs howl back at wolves?

Beehives are the honeypot for a city’s microbial secrets

Desert daisy tricks male flies with sexy evolutionary deception

Save caterpillars by turning off your outdoor lights

This bumblebee-inspired bot can bounce back after injuring a wing

How can we control mosquitos? Deactivate their sperm.

Horny male fruit flies plunge into chaos when exposed to air pollution

Flies evolved before dinosaurs—and survived an apocalyptic world after the Permian extinction

Older bees teach younger bees the ‘waggle dance’

Butterfly-inspired ‘plasmonic paint’ could be brilliant for energy-efficient buildings

Like the first flying humans, honeybees use linear landmarks to navigate

Leaping robots take physics lessons from grasshoppers

A bug expert went shopping at Walmart—and made a historic insect discovery

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