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Animals Animals Animal Facts Habitat Facts Animal Evolution From Laura Klappenbach, your Guide to Animals 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 blog or browse the growing library of animal profiles. Rats! Are Rodents Getting Bigger? It's the stuff of low-budget sci-fi movies: rodents around the globe are growing ever larger at astonishing rates. Search Related Topics:  mammals  rodents  Leaf-Cutter Ants Dabble with Nitrogen Fixation Leaf-cutter ants are crafty cultivators. They tend vast gardens of fungus that they harvest to feed their minions. Search Related Topics:  ants  insects  arthropods Scientists Decode Genome of Extinct Cave Bear For the first time, scientists have deciphered the genetic sequence of an extinct species, an Pleistocene cave bear. Search Related Topics:  bears  carnivores  mammals Chelicerates Profile of chelicerates, a group of arthropods that includes harvestmen, scorpions, mites, spiders, horseshoe crabs, sea spiders, and ticks. Search Related Topics:  arthropods  invertebrates  spiders Related Searches Animals for Kids Rainforest Animals The Animals Animals Facts All Animals Featured Articles Molluscs Reptiles Segmented Worms Sponges More Animal Facts » Blog   More from About.com Sign-up for Shareables! An every-morning rundown of the day in history, headlines and trends produced by your pals at About.com. Please sign up it's free (of course), we think you will like it! Want More From About.com Check out our social page tailored to your interest! This newsletter is written by: Laura Klappenbach Animals Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Animals newsletter. If you wish to change your email address, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com   Must Reads Animals A to Z What is Evolution? Basic Animal Groups Facts About Animals Biomes of the World   Follow me on: Advertisement