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Birding May Boost Your Brain, Acoording to New Study
Getting older comes with its fair share of worries, and for many people, keeping their mind sharp sits near the…
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Scientists Just Scanned 2,000 Ants in One Week to Create One of the Most Detailed Biodiversity Databases Ever
Scientists estimate there may be more than 20 quadrillion ants on Earth. Yet despite their abundance, studying the fine details…
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Scientists Are Putting Tiny GPS Trackers on Box Turtles, and What They Find Could Help Save Them
On a warm morning in Virginia, a wildlife researcher walks slowly through a patchwork of forest and farmland, eyes scanning…
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The Platypus: One of the Weirdest Animals on Earth
Platypuses are weird looking. They look like someone stitched together a duck and a beaver—flat bill, webbed feet, and a…
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Wombat Gates: Rather Than Trying to Keep Them Out, Farmers are Now Letting Them In
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The Fish That Stands Still and Waits for the Ocean to Deliver Its Dinner
In the deep ocean, where sunlight never reaches, and food drifts down like confetti, survival is less about speed and…
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To a Dragonfly, You Might Be Moving in Slow Motion
As athletes become elite, you’ll often hear commentators say that “the game has slowed down for them.” Take football, for…
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This Tiny Florida Deer Lives Nowhere Else on Earth
When you think of Florida Keys wildlife, you probably think of sea turtles, dolphins, manatees, or colorful coral fish. Maybe…
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Hammerhead Worms: Genetically Primed for Massive Multiplication
We’ve all lifted a rock or flowerpot and found a long, slimy worm underneath. But have you ever done so…
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37 Years After the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: A Look Back at the Impact on Wildlife
On March 24, 1989, just after midnight, a massive oil tanker ran aground in one of the most pristine marine…
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Why Elephants Don’t Eat 1,000 Times More Than Mice: The Surprising Math of Kleiber’s Law
Many of us would probably like to forget sitting through math classes in school. But let’s briefly travel back, just…
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The Invasive “Jumping Worm” Spreading Across Canada
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The Invasive Fish Threatening the Everglades — and the New Tool That Can Stop Them
In the slow-moving canals and shadowy marshes of the Florida Everglades live some of the most dangerous creatures. You probably…
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Can You Tell the Temperature by Listening to Crickets? The Science Behind Dolbear’s Law
In the late 1800s, more than a hundred years before smartphones and weather apps, a physicist discovered you could step…
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Native vs Non-Native vs Invasive Species: What’s the Difference?
You’ve probably seen a headline or two about an invasive species taking over. Perhaps you’ve seen a sign warning of…
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National Pig Day: What Research Reveals About the Hidden Minds of Pigs
March 1, 2026 is National Pig Day, celebrating an animal that more often than not brings to mind filth, cartoons,…
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The Rise of the “Touron”: How Bad Behavior Earned Tourists a Nickname
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Can Bonobos Imagine? How Kanzi’s Make-Believe “Tea Party” Is Rewriting Evolutionary History
For a long time, imagination was considered a human endeavor. When we’re children, we invent invisible friends and turn sticks…
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Lady Wonder: The “Psychic” Horse Who Offered Hope to a Disillusioned America
Long before psychic hotlines, YouTube prophets, and TikTok tarot readers, Americans traveled dusty back roads to a quiet Virginia farm…
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This Venomous Starfish Panics When It “Smells” an Invisible Predator
If you’re able, watch this video. If not, allow me to explain. Two crown-of-thorns starfish are placed in separate tanks.…
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Fukushima’s Radioactive “Super-Boars” Are Using a Genetic Cheat Code to Take Over
When a nuclear disaster empties a landscape of people, nature doesn’t politely wait for instructions. It moves in. After the…
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This Larvae Literally Sucks the Life Right Out of Aphids
You’ve probably seen a hoverfly. It’s a small, bee-like insect that hovers over your flowers in summer. Though they look…
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Why Mushrooms, Mussels, and Flies Should Be on the Menu for Your Pet’s Next Meal
Walk down the pet food aisle in any grocery store and you’ll see bright bags featuring happy, playful dogs and…
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World Spay Day: How One Simple Surgery Saves Millions of Animals
Every year in the United States alone, millions of dogs and cats enter animal shelters. That’s worth repeating: Millions. Just…
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Those Kids Who Used to Go “Cow Tipping” Were Liars
I grew up in a relatively rural part of southern Maine. While I myself wasn’t raised on a farm, there…
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Sergeant Stubby: World War I’s Most Famous Dog
World War I is often remembered for its overwhelming scale and brutality. Trenches stretching for miles, artillery thundering day and…
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This Tiny Mammal Literally Shrinks Its Own Brain to Survive Winter, and Scientists Finally Know How
Most mammals take one of two approaches to survive the winter: they either hibernate, slowing their bodies to a near…
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This Rat Broke Into ATM and Shredded Thousands in Cash
It was as if Pixar was trying to make a version of Ocean’s 11. In the town of Tinsukia in…
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The 300-Million-Year-Old ‘Slime Monster’ That Can Suffocate a Shark in Seconds
You don’t need to have ever seen a hagfish to have an idea of a hagfish. I mean, it’s called…
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Skunk Mating Season: The Science Behind the Smell
If you’ve been thinking your evening walks suddenly smell a little skunkier than usual, that’s because they probably do. But…
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Giving Birth to a Porcupine May Not Be as Painful as it Sounds
Something occurred to me recently that I’d never thought of before: porcupine birth. Yeah. Ouch, right? Covered head to tail…
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This Animal Loses 30% of Its Body Weight in a Single Bathroom Trip
It’s not considered polite to talk about it, but we all do it. Some of us are in and out…
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Just a Walk in the Park…With a 20-Foot Python
I’m not sure there’s a person in the world who could scroll past a short video of a man calmly…
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How Spider Monkeys Share “Insider Knowledge” to Find the Best Food
Deep in the forests of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, a story of animal intelligence and social cooperation has unfolded over the…
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Meet the Walking Shark That Crawls Instead of Swimming for Survival
Sharks have a branding problem. For many people, the word alone conjures images of horror: sleek predators stalking through open…
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Surprising Lessons Chimpanzees Can Teach Us About Cooperation and Conflict
From school to work to everyday life, you’ve likely been part of groups that work together smoothly and others that…
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The Bat Navigation Breakthrough That Could Change How Drones Fly
We all know that bats are masters of the night, with their high-pitched calls and whisper-quiet wings, weaving through tangled…
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Natural Born Mistake: Why This Small Carnivore Is a Textbook Case of Biology Gone Wrong
The idea sounded sensible at the time. Sugar plantations were losing money to rats, who were chewing through crops and…
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This International Hedgehog Day, One Small 5-Inch Change to Your Garden Could Save a Species
February 2, 2026, is International Hedgehog Day. While this occasion offers a moment to celebrate one of Europe’s most beloved…
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The Climate Clock May Be Ticking for Some Antarctic Penguins
In one of the most remote and harsh environments on Earth, three penguin species are telling a story that’s about…
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Why Some “Antler Giants” Don’t Make Official Hunting Record Books
If you’ve been scrolling through outdoor social media or hunting forums in the last few years, you’ve probably seen photos…
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How Project RattleCam Is Rewriting the Rattlesnake’s Bad Reputation
Many of us love animals, but there are some—like the rattlesnake—that we find difficult to sympathize with. I don’t wish…
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Baleen Explained: How Whales Eat Without Teeth
Whales are mighty. Blue whales, for example, aren’t only the largest animal on Earth, but as far as we know,…
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Why This Massive Stick Insect Looks Like a Branch and Acts Like a Scorpion
Bugs are scary. But at least we can take solace in the fact that they’re small, right? Well, the goliath…
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Don’t Touch That Pool Float: Meet the Portuguese Man-of-War
It looks like a child lost their floaty toy, right? But whatever you do, don’t try to pick it up.…
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Why Hedgehogs Curl Into a Living Pin Cushion and Why It Works So Well
This harrowing video shows a poor hedgehog that’s fallen into a swimming pool and is trying desperately to get out.…
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Why Honey Badgers Aren’t Fearless—and Why That Makes Them So Tough
Anyone who’s ever spent any time online has probably seen the honey badger described as the world’s most fearless animal.…
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The Pangolin’s Tongue: The Strangest Hunting Weapon in the Mammal World
Quick, imagine an animal tongue. What came into your mind? The flicking forked tongue of a snake? A cow licking…
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Small Squirrels Plant Better Than The Wind
January 21 is National Squirrel Appreciation Day! The holiday was started in 2001 by wildlife rehabilitator Christy Hargrove, hoping to…
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How Ants Build Complex Traffic Systems Without Any Leaders
A few months ago, I awoke to find a streak spanning the length of my kitchen wall that looked like…