When most people imagine territorial aggression in the animal kingdom, they picture lions roaring across the savanna or wolves howling at pack borders. Fierce, obvious, and easy to respect. The ...

Marine animals, such as the extremely simple flatworm Trichoplax, are ideal model organisms for studying the early evolutionary origins of animal life processes. Despite measuring only a few ...

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