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C. elegans with eggs

C. elegans with eggs

Adapted from Wikimedia Commons.

Microscopic worms pee milk on their children as their bodies decompose

C. elegans turn their aging bodies into food for their children

Brittney G. Borowiec
A wood thrush chick next to a much larger cowbird chick, parasitizing its nest

Kelly Colgan Azar via Flickr

Brood parasites are quite picky about who they offload their kids on, depending on the climate

Climate patterns may have driven parental decision-making for birds that lay their eggs in other species' nests

Sam Zlotnik
girl looking down at a tablet

Patricia Prudente on Unsplash

Why parents should think twice about tracking apps for their kids

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

Joel Michael Reynolds

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How to stop catfish from foisting their babies on you

Fish don’t have a reputation for smarts, but species that co-evolved with catfish know to avoid them

Brittney G. Borowiec