Beauty in the living world amazes poets, philosophers and scientists alike. Nobel prize laureate Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Director of the Department for Genetics at the Max Planck Institute for ...

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In the forests, fields, and backyards of North America, the striped skunk is an unmistakable sight. Its bold black-and-white ...

A skunk's stripes aren't just for style: They may direct predators' eyes straight to the source of the animal's smelly anal spray. And those colorations depend on the animals' methods of defense.

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