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May

  • Close-up photo of the face of a specimen of Kryptoglanis shajii, a subterranean catfish from India

    A Tiny, Toothy Catfish with Bulldog Snout Defies Classification

    May 13, 2014

    Kryptoglanis shajii is a strange fish – and the closer scientists look, the stranger it gets. This small subterranean catfish sees the light of day and human observers only rarely, when it turns up in springs, wells and flooded rice paddies in the Western Ghats mountain region of Kerala, India. Scientists at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University have recently provided a detailed description of this fish's bizarre bone structures.

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  • Behavioral Lab

    LeBow Hall’s New Research Lab Has Eyes — and Controls — Everywhere

    May 12, 2014

    Even the reception room isn't quite what it seems in Gerri C. LeBow Hall's new behavioral lab, where there's a lot more going on than what meets the eye.

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