27 Skin shedding and tissue regeneration in African spiny mice (Acomys).
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v489/n7417/full/nature11499.html
26 Why the bigger live longer and travel farther: animals, vehicles, rivers and the winds.
http://www.nature.com/srep/2012/120821/srep00594/full/srep00594.html
25 Extreme Reproduction and Survival of a True Cliffhanger: The Endangered Plant Borderea chouardii (Dioscoreaceae).
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0044657
24 Flying at No Mechanical Energy Cost: Disclosing the Secret of Wandering Albatrosses.
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0041449
23 Stone tool production and utilization by bonobo-chimpanzees (Pan paniscus).
http://www.pnas.org/content/109/36/14500.abstract
22 The lung is protected by a brushlike biopolymer that contributes to mucus flow and can trigger muco-obstructive diseases.
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6097/937.abstract
21 Elephants produce low-frequency sounds via intrinsic vocal-fold vibrations similar to those in humans.
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6094/595.abstract
20 Thieving rodents as substitute dispersers of megafaunal seeds.
http://www.pnas.org/content/109/31/12610.abstract
19 The Life Cycle and Life Span of Namibian Fairy Circles.
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0038056
18 Birds have paedomorphic dinosaur skulls.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v487/n7406/full/nature11146.html
17 The Smell of Age: Perception and Discrimination of Body Odors of Different Ages.
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0038110
16 Long-Term Memory for Affiliates in Ravens.
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(12)00310-7
15 Facial expressions of emotion are not culturally universal.
http://www.pnas.org/content/109/19/7241
14 How Many Species Are There on Earth and in the Ocean?
http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001127
13 An Emperor Penguin Population Estimate: The First Global, Synoptic Survey of a Species from Space.
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0033751
12 Inoculation of bats with European Geomyces destructans supports the novel pathogen hypothesis for the origin of white-nose syndrome.
http://www.pnas.org/content/109/18/6999
11 Diverse societies are more productive: a lesson from ants.
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/279/1736/2142.abstract
10 Genomic analyses show that polar bears as a species are older and genetically more distinct than previously estimated.
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/336/6079/344.abstract
9 Birds have been thought to have a magnetic sensing system consisting of magnetite-containing dendrites in the upper beak; a comprehensive anatomical characterization in pigeons now shows that the iron-rich cells in the beak are in fact macrophages not magnetosensitive neurons.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v484/n7394/full/nature11046.html
8 Rivaling the World's Smallest Reptiles: Discovery of Miniaturized and Microendemic New Species of Leaf Chameleons (Brookesia) from Northern Madagascar.
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0031314
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