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![Orcas only need one breath between dives](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/southern-resident-orca.png?quality=85&w=800)
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Orcas only need one breath between dives
![an otter eating while floating on its back](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/female_otters_use_tools.png?quality=85&w=800)
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Female sea otters use tools more than males
![three sperm whales swimming near the surface of the ocean](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/06/sperm-whale-pod.png?quality=85&w=800)
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Sperm whales may have their own ‘alphabet’
![a juvenile shark following an autonomous underwater robot](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/18/baby-shark.png?quality=85&w=800)
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Baby sharks stick to the shallows
![an infected periodical cicada with a white fungal plug on its abdomen](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/16/infected-cicada.jpg?quality=85&w=800)
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This gnarly fungus makes cicadas hypersexual
![CT scan of California condor egg](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/12/Condor-Egg-CT.png?quality=85&w=800)
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CT scans look inside a California condor egg
![a close-up of an octopus eye](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/11/octopus-age.jpg?quality=85&w=800)
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Why counting octopus ‘rings’ is crucial
![a close up of a brown-colored frog called Haddadus binotatus](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/08/frog-scream.jpg?quality=85&w=800)
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Humans can’t hear these frogs screaming
![killer whale jumping out of water an orca](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/02/killer-whales-truth.jpg?quality=85&w=800)
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The fascinating truth about killer whales
![a flock of flamingoes standing](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/01/flamingo.png?quality=85&w=800)
Science
We were very wrong about birds
![a fish robot in an aquarium](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/29/fish-robot.jpg?quality=85&w=800)
Technology
Get ready for the robotic fish revolution
![A songbird called the Japanese tit (Parus minor) perching on a rock in Thailand.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/22/japanese-tit-bird.jpg?quality=85&w=800)
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