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A pair of canines found in Siberian permafrost were wolf sisters that died shortly after eating.

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Earth's magnetic field and oxygen levels have increased more or less in parallel over the past 540 million years, suggesting ...

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A legal scholar with a doctorate in wildlife genetics explains the promise biotechnology techniques hold for some animals ...

Low iron levels can flip the genetic switch on a mouse's sex during development, causing XY embryos to grow female features.

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