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Over 100 macaques broke free from a Thai municipal enclosure overnight and stormed through a city already at war with…
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Researchers trekking the remote Himalayas to study ants stumbled onto something unexpected lurking under a leaf, and it rewrites everything…
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Scientists tossed pool toys into a shark tank expecting little reaction, but what happened over the following weeks is challenging…
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Grand Canyon National Park has a new wildlife management strategy, and it runs on four legs and a loud bark.…
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Tens of thousands of viewers have fallen completely captivated by a North Carolina barn owl family, but the nest cam…
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A Navy base employee stepped away from work for a swim in the Florida waters and wound up in the…