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Winning Close-Up Photos Show Life in Sync With Water
They may not sound as majestic as herds of elephants or flocks of migrating birds, but as these photos attest, there’s incredible beauty to be found in moss springtails and slime molds. Life is just as dramatic at a smaller scale, and, like in the macro world, water is key to survival. For the Close-up…
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12 Photos That Show the Extreme — and Extremely Weird — Sides of Life
The natural world is filled with moments of wonder and terror — and it’s those moments that are captured in the finalists of this year’s BMC Ecology and Evolution image competition. The photo contest, now in its second year, is intended as a creative showcase of the work that ecologists and evolutionary biologists perform out…
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These Tiny Frogs Are So, So Bad at Jumping
Get out your smallest violin — or maybe your biggest — for the petite frogs whose miniature ear structures hinder their ability to hop, one of the defining characteristics of frogs.
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Drowned Out by Noise, These Horny Frogs Wave Their Arms and Legs to Get Noticed
A species of Ecuadorian glass frog combines high-frequency croaking and a striking visual display to attract mates, in what is a fascinating adaptation to a noisy environment.