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600 Belugas Reveal a Surprising Mating Strategy Hidden Under Arctic Ice

Beluga whales are often called the “canaries of the sea” because they are incredibly vocal and communicate in close-knit pods through a constant mix of whistles, clicks, and chirps. However,…

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600 Belugas Reveal a Surprising Mating Strategy Hidden Under Arctic Ice

Inside the Screwworm Crackdown, from AI Drones to Entry Permits

Rediscovered in 2014, This Salamander’s Habitat Was Almost Lost to Coffee

Georgia Officials Warn Invasive 4-Foot Lizards Are Threatening Native Wildlife

How Feeding Ducks Bread Can Cause “Angel Wing”

A Cornish Isolated Ecosystem Is Hiding a Rare Treasure

Scientist Who Presented the “Alpha Wolf” Theory Later Spent Decades Debunking It

A Nightjar’s Whole Life Runs on a 29-Day Lunar Clock

Florida Is Paying Participants $25,000 to Hunt Everglades Pythons This July

Signs an Animal Could Be Infected with Rabies

Spotting the Signs of Tick-Borne Illness

There are 126 Species of Opossum, And One Eats Venomous Snakes and Survives

This Gorilla’s Post-Fight Reflection Looks Eerily Human

How a Colonial Ban on Aboriginal Fire Erased a Marsupial Acrobat

Ranking Cities Where Dogs Attack Postal Workers the Most

Scientists Can’t Explain Why This Python Ate Another Python

The Smallest Wild Cats on Earth

The Weirdest Turtle Heads in Nature

Understanding Nature’s Blue-Blooded Creatures

8 Fantastical Felines That Look Like They Belong in a Storybook

The Hidden Link Between Bees and Human Health

New Tool Gives 3-Month Warning Before Heat Kills Endangered Animals

This Ant Swims in Acid, and Feeds the Plant That Shelters It

A Drunk Stranger Ended an Entire Species at a Thai Temple

Turn Over a River Rock and See What Monitors Our Drinking Water

The Duck That Slipped Away Without a Sound

A 25-Year Battle to Protect Wyoming’s Pronghorn Path Nears Its End

The Australian Rat That Flips Cane Toads Before Eating Them

Hundreds of Thousands of Mice Are Swarming Australia’s Farms

Once Terrified of Humans, These Gorillas Now Teach Their Young Trust

These Miniature Animals Are Almost Too Small to Believe

Inside the 14-Month Search for the Missing Natural Bridge Zoo Giraffes

Hate Snakes? These 28 U.S. States Have the Most Copperheads

The Exact Ocean Spot Where Humpback Whales Give Birth

How New Fossil Discoveries Just Rewrote the History of Land Life

Florida Scientists Broke Their Own Record Removing 4 Tons of Pythons

The ‘Flying Lemur’ That Neither Flies Nor Is a Lemur

What Is a Gummivore? The Animal Diet You’ve Never Heard Of

Black Swan Dads Take the Day Shift — and Chicks Survive Better

This Great White Shark Documentary Shows What These Apex Predators Are Really Doing

Look Inside the Czech Facility Breeding Crocodiles You’ll Never See in the Wild

A Volcano Finished This Cat-Sized Caribbean Rat But Humans Started It

Cold Stunning Can Haunt Sea Turtles Long After Rescue

The Animal Kingdom’s Biggest Snoozers

Why Only Female Mosquitoes Drink Blood — and What Males Eat

The Post-Hike Tick Check Most Families Don’t Do Carefully Enough

Why This Katydid’s Stunning Beauty Is Actually a Survival Weapon

Why the Scorpionfly Gives Corpses as Romantic Gifts

The Hidden Nutrition Problem Inside Pollinator Gardens

Tourism Drove These Rare Seals into a Hidden Cave

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