For nearly two centuries, scientists could neither confirm nor dismiss reports of an African bat lurking somewhere in Europe. The breakthrough came not from a new species of technology, but…
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Bird flu has reached the world's smallest penguin colonies in Australia, and officials are racing against time with an unprecedented…
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Beloved bald eagle Jackie passed away, and within days a young female appeared at Shadow's nest singing morning songs with…
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Scientists have long treated the malaria-carrying mosquito as the enemy, but researchers in Australia are now betting that the bite…
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A sea slug the size of a grain of sand just beat out thousands of competitors to claim a prestigious…
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One small spider has cracked a problem that stumped human engineers for centuries, building a portable underwater breathing device from…
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A rabid beaver bit a 10-year-old girl at a Maryland state park, then vanished into the creek before anyone could…
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Anyone who's lived with a cat knows the feeling of being watched, even from another room. What seems like everyday…
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A stunning pink bird wades through Florida's wetlands, and it has nothing to do with flamingos. Meet the roseate spoonbill,…
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A six-foot fish swims through the ocean looking like a living mirror, but the secret behind its chrome-like skin is…
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Seals have a surprisingly scientific name for their awkward, bouncing shuffle across the beach, and researchers actually use it in…
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A group of Adélie penguins climbs onto an iceberg only to find they are very much not alone, and what…
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Bats are famously agile in the air, but what happens when one ends up in the water? The answer involves…
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After more than a century without a single sighting, a young female gray wolf has made an extraordinary journey through…
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Autumn elk in a national park look peaceful, almost inviting, but September transforms these animals into something far less predictable.…
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Some assassin bugs have turned their prey into a weapon, crafting a disguise so effective they can feed on a…
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Over 40,000 species are currently fighting for survival, and the threats pushing them toward the point of no return are…
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Step into any house and you might believe you've shut out the wild world. Yet, just beyond our sight, an…
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Bearded vultures casually swallow bones that would seem impossible to fit down any throat, and the anatomy making this possible…
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A Florida restaurant owner is turning one of the Everglades' most destructive invasive species into a hot meal, and the…
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Something remarkable is moving just beneath the surface off the coast of Long Island, and the sheer scale of it…
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Panther chameleons are famously solitary and territorial, yet something about this one has it voluntarily seeking out its owner. What…
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Pufferfish have a reputation for inflating into spiky balls, but they hide another bizarre behavior that has nothing to do…
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In Nepal's Bardia National Park, a tigress was caught doing something scientists once dismissed as impossible, and the footage is…
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The northern fulmar looks like an ordinary seabird soaring above subarctic oceans, but disturb its nest and you will face…
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Sometimes, a dog's reaction to a stranger stops everyone in their tracks. A family in the United States once watched…
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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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Baby teeth are not just a human milestone. Find out what happens inside a goat's mouth as it grows up,…
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Nepal's Himalayan farmers have cultivated the same terraced hillsides for thousands of years, but a growing wave of wildlife raids…
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While tourists relaxed on its sun-drenched beaches, Cyprus was quietly harboring secrets that scientists had overlooked for years. A closer…
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Scorpions can sting repeatedly, sometimes without even using venom, and their tails serve purposes far stranger than simple self-defense. Understanding…
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Not long ago, a restaurateur made headlines by releasing a lobster that had spent two decades in captivity. Weighing an…
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The USDA wants to open 44 million acres of protected wilderness to new roads, arguing it will reduce wildfire risk.…
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White-winged choughs run elaborate cons on rival bird families, performing courtship dances and offering food to fledglings that aren't theirs.…
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Female gastric-brooding frogs did something that should have been biologically impossible, and scientists had barely confirmed it before both species…
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Queen conch once blanketed Caribbean shallows in such numbers that anyone could scoop them up by the armful. Now a…
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Kiawah Island's bobcat population collapsed almost overnight, and no one could explain why. The culprit turned out to be something…
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Yellowjackets have a reputation for ruining picnics and delivering painful stings, but their presence in your garden tells a more…
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Millions of wildlife-vehicle collisions happen every year, and warning signs are not stopping them. The solution reshaping roads across the…
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Polyergus ants are fearsome raiders, yet they cannot feed themselves, raise their young, or survive a single day without help.…
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Despite its misleading name, this so-called 'pygmy' whale dwarfs almost every creature that has ever lived on Earth. Find out…
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Researchers have been looking for ways to measure how smart different dog breeds can be. In recent studies, scientists put…
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Ground sharks make up the largest shark order on Earth, yet most people have never heard the name Carcharhiniformes despite…
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Scientists collared dozens of mule deer around Grand Teton National Park and watched them do something no researcher expected, crossing…
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The salmon-crested cockatoo is sacred to the Huaulu people of Seram Island, yet their ancient initiation ritual once put them…
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Thousands of humpback, fin, and minke whales are flooding Arctic waters they once avoided entirely, and the reason behind this…