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    It takes over the brains of ants, causing them to cling to blades of grass against their will. The lancet liver fluke has an exceptional lifecycle strategy, in which snails, ants and grazing animals are unwitting actors. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen now reveal more about the mind-bending workings of this tiny parasite.

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    In a remarkable feat of engineering and scientific ingenuity, researchers at the Champalimaud Foundation have devised a first-of-its-kind setup for delivering complex visual stimuli within the limiting confines of a rodent Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner. This enabled them to open new vistas in understanding adult plasticity in the brain’s visual pathways, with implications for the fields of adult brain rehabilitation and visual restoration therapies.

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    Looking for your next opportunity in research? Dana-Farber is hiring in our labs for those interested in animal research. Join our next career event to learn more about our fight against cancer!

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    For more than half a century, the Tully monster (Tullimonstrum gregarium), an enigmatic animal that lived about 300 million years ago, has confounded paleontologists, with its strange anatomy making it difficult to classify. Recently, a group of researchers proposed a hypothesis that Tullimonstrum was a vertebrate similar to cyclostomes (jawless fish like lamprey and hagfish). If it was, then the…

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    The mainly brown woodcock uses its bright white tail feathers to communicate in semi-darkness, reflecting 30% more light than any other known bird.

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    Scientists have successfully recorded brain activity from freely moving octopuses, a feat made possible by implanting electrodes and a data logger directly into the creatures. The study, published online in Current Biology on February 23, is a critical step forward in figuring out how octopus’ brains control their behavior, and could provide clues to the common principles needed for intelligence…

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