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  • New research suggests that the longer hermit crabs spend modifying their shells, the longer their penises are likely to be
    Biology
    Hermit crabs evolved long members to copulate from the comfort of home
    ​In a new paper titled “Private parts for private property,” a curious Dartmouth College biologist describes an evolutionary phenomenon through which a famously staunch home-owner of the crustacean world is able to protect its living quarters.
  • The researchers say the phenomenon could be at play among other mammal populations, too
    Biology
    Poo pile to you, an information center to rhinos
    Waste products seem to take on a special meaning in the animal kingdom. A new study has dug deeper into this phenomenon, examining rhino dung samples and finding that they serve as information centers to determine things like the sex, fertility, and territorial ambitious of the recently relieved. ​