The Social Lives of Lions

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Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us The Social Lives of Lions Welcome to the Animals / Wildlife Newsletter, a weekly newsletter published by About.com's Animals / Wildlife website. For more about animals and wildlife, be sure to stop by the growing library of animal profiles. Laura Klappenbach Animals & Wildlife Expert Prides and Coalitions: The Social Lives of Lions   Lions are definitely not loners. In fact, lions are unique among felids in that they are the only species of cat that forms social groups. All other cats are solitary hunters that, outside of mating season, shy away from others of their kind. READ NOW Scanning DNA Barcodes in Sea Turtles   Little chunks of DNA can act as unique barcodes that enable scientists to identify an organism. Find out what that means for sea turtle conservation. READ NOW Are Jellyfish Mixing Up the Oceans?   A pair of Caltech scientists attracted attention when they suggested an unconventional source of ocean water mixing. Hint: it involves jellyfish. READ NOW Peppered Moths: A Natural Selection Case Study   H.B.D. Kettlewell, an English physician, had an interest in butterfly and moth collecting that lead him to explain the color variations of London's peppered moths. READ NOW Featured Articles • How Do Rainbows Form? • What Is It Like to Live in a Counter Enclave? • 10 Surprising Facts About Floods • How To Make Homemade Dry Shampoo • 10 Unusual Borders that Test Your Sense of Geography • New Horizons has Flown by Pluto!!! • 10 Ways to Impress a Science Fair Judge • Why Everybody Speaks a Dialect Advertisement About Animals & Wildlife  |  Follow Us You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Animals & Wildlife newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2015 About.com - All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.