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Three mountain yellow-legged frogs perched on a rock.
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Roland Knapp
The Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog is recovering in Yosemite, a beacon of hope for amphibian conservation.

Frog populations once decimated by disease mount a major comeback

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colorful image of the belly view of a small shrimp
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Damian Kao Alvina G Lai Evangelia Stamataki Silvana Rosic Nikolaos Konstantinides Erin Jarvis Alessia Di Donfrancesco Natalia Pouchkina-Stancheva Marie Sémon Marco Grillo Heather Bruce Suyash Kumar Igor Siwanowicz Andy Le Andrew Lemire Michael B Eisen Cas
The genome of the crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis, a model for animal development, regeneration, immunity and lignocellulose digestion. VijayRaghavan K, ed. eLife. 2016;5:e20062. doi:10.7554/eLife.20062.
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A hand hovering over a match
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Matt Perko
Our perception of pain arises from a complex system connected to many other pathways.
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Holly Moeller checks on flasks of mixotrophic algae.
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Holly Moeller
Holly Moeller hopes these nondescript algae will help her uncover the intriguing lifestyle of mixotrophs and understand how environmental conditions influence their growth.
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aerial view of wildfire marching across a forest landscape
Where fire is a natural part of the ecosystem, it can create space and opportunities for adaptations and new species
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Mono Lake with bright sunshine
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Matt Perko
Mono Lake, where brine flies are a key food source for water birds.
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A sewing machine against a black background.
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Matt Perko
Simply seeing a machine might not convey what it does.
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A family, made up of a couple and their three children, in the Amazon stands together smiling.
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Michael Gurven
The Tsimane are an indigenous population in the Bolivian Amazon