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Octopuses focus on key features for successful camouflage

Octopuses camouflage themselves by matching their body pattern to selected features of nearby objects, rather than trying to match the entire larger field of view, according to new research published in the ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Older-looking presidential candidates preferred during wartime

Voters prefer older-looking presidents in times of war, according to research published May 23 in the open access journal PLoS ONE.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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Warm, dry El Nino weather puts baby sea turtle at risk

When leatherback turtle hatchlings dig out of their nests buried in the sandy Playa Grande beach in northwest Costa Rica, they enter a world filled with dangers. This critically endangered species faces threats that include ...

Biology / Ecology

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