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BAY LAKE, Fla. – Disney’s Animal Kingdom on Friday debuted its three newest additions: baby otters! The otter pups — Butternut, Biscuit, and Potato — are Asian small-clawed otters, the smallest otter ...

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Metabolism is known to be linked to lifespan in some species, though it remains unclear how this effect is mediated. Here they show that reduced pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) activity lowers ...

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Mindy Weisberger’s book, Rise of the Zombie Bugs, explores the sophisticated—and macabre—relationships between zombifying parasites and their hosts.

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