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Posts published by “Elizabeth Preston”

How Female Frogs Fight Off the Mating Ball

They pretend they’re dead and use a variety of other tactics to avoid the advances of overeager males, proving they’re not defenseless and passive.

Octopuses Don’t Have Backbones — or Rights

As cephalopods become more important in neuroscience and other fields, scientists and welfare advocates seek to give the smart animals the same protections as mice and monkeys.