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Cristina Zenato has reached bare-handed into the mouths of wild sharks over 400 times, and she says the real danger…
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A metallic blue spider hiding in a tiny patch of southern India sounds like something out of science fiction, yet…
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Tarantulas look like they're eating, but what's actually happening to that cricket is far weirder than a simple bite. Richard…
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Every autumn, a remote Alaskan riverbank turns millions of people into devoted fans of some of the world's heaviest athletes.…
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Antarctica's glaciers are dumping fresh water into the Southern Ocean, and the creatures living there have nowhere to run. A…
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Colorado's yellow-bellied marmots are locked in a race against winter, and a single unusually bad season just wiped out nearly…
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A black bear pushed through an unlocked door in Asheville, injured a resident, and left wildlife officers facing a decision…
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Thousands of humpback, fin, and minke whales are flooding Arctic waters they once avoided entirely, and the reason behind this…
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A snake handler in KwaZulu-Natal coaxes a black mamba out of a suburban ceiling by exploiting the species' well-documented curiosity,…
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A short film from the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust follows orphaned African elephants from rescue through rewilding, offering a window into…
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Tarantulas have eight eyes, but their real sensory power lies in vibration-detecting leg sensors, delicate air-sensing hairs, and silk that…
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Samuel Henderson, 12, can imitate 132 bird species with startling accuracy. His talent offers a window into how the human…
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The curly hair tarantula of Central America relies on specialized hairs to sense vibration, chemistry, and movement, and can flick…
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Researchers combed through 142 snakebite studies spanning nearly five decades and found that the bites followed patterns far too consistent…
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The Brazilian black tarantula is famous for its velvety appearance and unusually calm temperament, but its slow growth, long lifespan,…
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New footage from a Japanese fishing vessel captures a live giant squid at the ocean's surface, an encounter so unusual…
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When male Komodo dragons rise on their hind legs to grapple, they are performing a ritualized contest that determines mating…
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A slow-motion clip of bald eagles fighting over a single fish shows kleptoparasitism, dominance displays, and a patient juvenile pulling…
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When Fernanda Abra looked at the roads slicing through the Brazilian Amazon, she saw something most engineers missed: a ceiling…
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Your outrage over a disturbing animal video could be doing exactly what the person who posted it wants. An animal…
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A private pilot with no nonprofit experience and a passion for animals set out to give something back, and what…
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A garage call in Durban turns into a quiet study of black mamba behavior, where a juvenile snake chose hiding…
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Drone footage from September 2025 confirmed a mother vaquita swimming with a calf in Mexico's Upper Gulf of California, a…
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A spring morning in Georgia's Coastal Plain turned up coachwhips, racers, rat snakes, timber rattlesnakes, and four Eastern kingsnakes, offering…
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If you follow wildlife conservation or animal welfare news, you might remember a story from spring of 2025. Two pregnant…
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We’ve all seen some version of the classic evolutionary diagram. A fish crawls out of a primordial swamp, sprouts legs,…
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A new documentary from cinematographer Andy Casagrande captures great white sharks at Guadalupe Island and South Africa's Seal Island, revealing…
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A visit to the Crocodile Zoo Protivin in the Czech Republic reveals saltwater crocs, Cuban crocodiles, false gharials, and pied…
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When people talk about helping bees, the advice is usually simple: plant more flowers. That advice is not wrong. Bees…
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A Blue Planet II segment shows researchers finding plastic bags, food packaging, and even a fatal toothpick inside albatross chicks,…
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A sperm whale that stranded on Kauai had a stomach packed with fishing nets, plastic bags, hagfish traps, and undigested…
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Florida footage of a great blue heron swallowing a juvenile alligator looks shocking, but it fits squarely within the diet…
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A short clip filmed on the Seine near Paris shows a wels catfish ambushing a pigeon at the surface, a…
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A brief clip of a goliath grouper inhaling a hooked shark looks shocking, but the behavior fits neatly into what…
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A roadside encounter between a hippo and rhinos looks like a fight in the making, but the wide gape and…
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A new study finds that invasive Burmese pythons in South Florida can open their jaws even wider than researchers previously…
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Footage from a Yorkshire nest shows a mute swan abandoning her clutch of ten eggs to chase a rival female…
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The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), also known as the white fox or polar fox, is one of the most resilient…
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Every once in a while, the internet throws a story our way that feels entirely surreal. If you’ve spent any…
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When you think of Google, you likely think of search engines, smartphones, and artificial intelligence. You probably don’t think of…
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New high-speed footage and microCT scans reveal how globular springtails, tiny hexapods living in leaf litter, achieve the fastest aerial…
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A fractured wedge-tailed eaglet found grounded in Doreen, Victoria was rehabilitated and returned to its parents' nest, a strategy backed…
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Each spring, horseshoe crabs flood Delaware Bay to spawn, feeding migratory shorebirds and supplying medicine with their blue blood. A…
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If you’ve ever stood on a coastline or the deck of a boat during migration season, watching a 40-ton humpback…
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Most people meet moles through frustration. Or maybe it’s just me? I play ball in the backyard with my dog,…
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A new MBARI video showcases Japetella diaphana, a rare open-water octopus that switches between transparent and opaque orange to evade…
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EDITOR’S NOTE: We get letters from time to time from A-Z Animals readers, and not only do they remind us…
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Filmmaker Andy Casagrande's 360° footage of a great hammerhead offers a close look at a critically endangered predator whose unusual…
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A call-out in KwaZulu-Natal turned up a two-metre black mamba coiled inside the tube of a leaf blower, a hiding…
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A look at the perentie, Australia's largest monitor lizard, and the thermoregulation, habitat use, and predator pressures that shape its…