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Animals
black and white photo of man in an enclosure

Mouse Heaven or Mouse Hell?

Distillations Article
A horse trotting. Photogravure after Eadweard Muybridge.

The Murderer Who Made Movies Possible

Distillations Podcast
Cartoon of grave robbers

Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, and the Irish Giant

Distillations Podcast
illustration of a screwworm fly dumping eggs on a wound

The Screwiest—and Perhaps Most Original—Idea of the 20th Century

Distillations Podcast
Illustration of white-throated sparrow

The Bird with Four Sexes

Distillations Podcast
Color illustration of old-timey car chased by animal ghosts

The Toll of the Road

Distillations Article
Ivory barnacles

The Unsung Heroes of Darwin’s Evolution

Distillations Podcast
A portrait of Niccolo Paganini on his deathbed.

Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius as Written by Our Genetic Code

Distillations Podcast
Illustration of tapping serum from a horse in a pharmacy

Institute’s Digital Exhibition on Vaccines Gets Boost from Google Arts & Culture
Press Release
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A Perfect Glutton, Never Ceasing

Distillations Article
Photo of a brain

Real-Life Zombies

Distillations Podcast
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How Climate Change Will Remake the Human Body

Distillations Podcast
Collage of Charles Darwin and barnacles

Darwin’s Barnacles

Distillations Article
Cartoon of a pig in a courtroom

Kangaroo (and Pig and Monkey and Dog and Donkey) Courts

Distillations Podcast
Black and white photo of Sonny Boy the Woodpecker

The Death of the Lord God Bird

Distillations Podcast
Cows in a barn

The Washington Post: The Idea of Herd Immunity to Manage the Coronavirus Should Ring Alarm Bells
Media Coverage
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The Story of Serum Therapy

Distillations Article
black and white engraving of a domestic scene

Medicinal Leeches and Where to Find Them

Distillations Article
Color anatomical drawing of a mosquito

Our Oldest, Deadliest Foe

Distillations Article
Silhouette of a vulture in front of a low sun.

Poison Pill: The Mysterious Die-Off of India’s Vultures

Distillations Article
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