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Why Are Black Squirrels More Common in Some Montreal Parks?
Grey squirrels can be black, and something about Montreal's parks is pushing certain populations toward that darker coat at a…
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This Stray Dog Worked Out How to Get Fed at a McDonald’s Drive-Thru, All by Himself
A hungry stray near a McDonald's drive-thru figured out something most dogs never do, and the way he pulled it…
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Officials Moved Nana 200 Kilometers Away, But He Swam Back in Days
A rescued spotted seal keeps defying wildlife officials by returning to the same crowded tourist island, and the reason behind…
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Sea Turtles Nested in California for the First Time, and Then Storms Came
For the first time ever, olive ridley sea turtles chose California beaches to lay their eggs, and then a tropical…
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Sydney Cockatoos Are Building Their Own Urban Bird Culture
Sulfur-crested cockatoos in Sydney are doing something scientists rarely document in real time: building a culture. Watch how knowledge travels…
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Shelter Staff Couldn’t Keep This Husky in Her Kennel, Then Found Her Sitting on It
Shelter staff kept finding Maya, a rescued husky with a troubled past, roaming free outside her kennel with a suspiciously…
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Bears Entered 60 Homes in the One State That Won’t Hunt Them
Black bear break-ins are surging across 15 states, and one state keeps seeing bears walk right into homes despite having…
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Striking Wasp Spider Reaches Northern England for First Time
A strikingly beautiful spider that looks like it belongs in a Mediterranean meadow has just turned up at a zoo…
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Two Giant Stick Insects Were Hiding in Plain Sight
Australia's stick insects have been photographed millions of times, studied in museums, and kept as pets, yet scientists just realized…
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A Giant Iceberg Moved, and a Robot Filmed Over 1,000 Fish Nests Nobody Had Seen
When a colossal iceberg shifted away from Antarctica, it exposed a stretch of seafloor no human had ever seen, and…
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Nearly Half of the Mediterranean’s Fished Species Have Moved, Not Always Where Expected
Warming seas are sending Mediterranean fish in directions that confound scientists, breaking every rule about where threatened species should flee.…
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German Shepherd Jumps Into Ocean to Join Dolphins Beside Boat
When dolphins appeared alongside the family boat, their German shepherd did something nobody expected. What looks like an impulsive leap…
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Lizard Makes Hilarious Two-Legged Escape During School Demonstration
A lizard brought to a school for a live demonstration had other plans, and the moment it hit the floor,…
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Those Tiny Red Dots on Your Balcony Aren’t Spiders, and You Shouldn’t Kill Them
Every spring, tiny scarlet specks race across sun-warmed balconies and window ledges, triggering an instinct to crush what most people…
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Hyenas Don’t Follow Lions the Way Everyone Thought, 4 Years of GPS Data Show
Scientists strapped GPS collars on lions and spotted hyenas across two of Africa's wildest landscapes and watched four years of…
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Whales and Dolphins Crossed a Line in Evolution They Can Never Come Back From
At some point in evolutionary history, whales and dolphins passed a threshold their bodies could never recover from. Scientists now…
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Giant Cassowary Stalks and Chases Beachgoer In Scary Encounter
A cassowary nearly as tall as a person decided to follow two beachgoers down the shoreline, and what wildlife officials…
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Watch a Massive Condor Spread Its Wings and Return to the Wild
A condor stepping out of a transport crate and stretching those enormous wings puts the sheer scale of these birds…
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Watch a Wild Bobcat Come Face-to-Face With Its Reflection
Someone placed a mirror along a wooded trail, and a wild bobcat eventually wandered straight up to it. What happened…
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You Think You’re Playing With Your Cat, but It May Be Telling You Something Else
Most cat owners are convinced they know when their pet is having fun, but researchers studying thousands of social media…
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Orphaned at Birth, This Naked Rabbit Was Raised by a Chinchilla
A rabbit born without fur, orphaned at birth, and raised by a chinchilla sounds like the start of a fairy…
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If Your Dog Instantly Dislikes Someone, It’s Picking Up on Something You Can’t
Your dog stiffens, growls, and refuses to budge near someone who seems perfectly harmless to you. Science suggests your dog…
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Your Cat Asks for Cuddles, Then Bites You, and There’s a Reason Behind It
Your cat curls up beside you, purrs through several minutes of petting, then sinks its teeth into your hand without…
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Chunky Monkey Peels Mango and Devours It Like a Pro
A monkey settled by a stream recently went viral for peeling and devouring a mango with impressive technique, and it…
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World Farmed Animals Day Highlights What Farm Animals Need to Thrive
Factory farming conceals a darker reality than most people imagine, one that traps highly intelligent, emotionally complex animals in conditions…
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A Lost Dog Was Hiding 40 Feet Up Inside a Dead Tree, and a Thermal Drone Found Him
When more than 60 first responders searched for three days and found nothing, one man with a drone located the…
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The Crypt-Keeper Wasp Escapes Through Its Host’s Head
A tiny wasp named after the Egyptian god of chaos has discovered a stomach-turning shortcut through one of nature's most…
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Sea Turtle Makes History with First Known West Coast Nests
An endangered olive ridley sea turtle crawled ashore on a Southern California beach and did something no sea turtle has…
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A Fish Hidden in a Museum Drawer for 150 Years Just Filled a 50-Million-Year Gap
For over 150 years, a London museum drawer held a fossil that paleontologists walked past without a second glance. Now,…
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Teens Felt Less Sad When the Tiny Horses Walked Away
A UC Davis study put teenagers in a pen with rescued miniature horses and donkeys, and what the animals did…
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Oyster Larvae Don’t Chase Food. They Rely on Gravity
A new study reveals that eastern oyster larvae feed in a way scientists never expected, and the discovery raises urgent…
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This Cockroach Looks Like a Rolled Die and People Keep It as a Pet
Most people recoil at the sight of a cockroach, but one species native to southern India has collectors and hobbyists…
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Wolves Don’t Only Hunt on Land, and What Was Seen on the Alaska Coast Shows It
A biologist on Alaska's Katmai coast watched a wolf trot past with something unexpected locked in its jaws, and that…
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8,080 Pounds of Pythons Pulled From the Everglades, and They Weren’t Just Any Snakes
Conservation teams in South Florida just wrapped their most ambitious python removal season yet, and the strategy they used to…
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Family Finds Huge Wolf Spider Walking on Water in Their Pool
A family in the US spotted something impossible in their pool: a large wolf spider gliding across the water's surface…
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Dog Gets So Excited for a Walk He Starts Bouncing Down the Street
Some dogs trot calmly to the door when walk time arrives, and then there is this dog, who has apparently…
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Divers Pose for Hilarious Selfie With Giant Ocean Sunfish
A group of swimmers off Cape Town got a lot more than a casual ocean dip when something enormous and…
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Scientists Filmed 19 Wild Indri and Found an Opera Singer’s Technique
Indri lemurs sing haunting duets that carry for miles through Madagascar's dense forests, and scientists just discovered their technique shares…
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One Fungus Can Kill 100% of a Frog Species. One Bacterium Stops It.
A deadly fungus has already driven hundreds of amphibian species to extinction, and scientists have yet to find a way…
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This Parasitic Wasp Leaves a Ladybug Standing Guard
A tiny wasp lays its egg inside a living ladybug, but the real horror begins only after the larva crawls…
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Meet the ‘Mad Hatterpillar’ That Wears a Tower of Its Old Heads
One Australian caterpillar has found a bizarre way to survive predators that would make most insects the envy of Halloween,…
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For the First Time, Wolves Were Documented Killing Seals on the Alaskan Coast
On a remote Alaskan shoreline, biologists watched a white wolf drag something enormous onto a sandbar and begin a half-hour…
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A New Toad Lives Atop Mizoram’s Highest Peak and Can’t Climb Higher
Deep in the misty peaks of northeastern India, researchers stumbled upon a toad found nowhere else on Earth, living atop…
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Over 6 Million Feral Hogs Across 35 States, and They Could Carry a Feared Virus
Across more than 35 states, wild boars, often called feral swine, wild pigs, or feral hogs, are spreading. Estimates place…
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Orchid Bees Blend Feces and Flowers into Mating Cologne
Male orchid bees don't fight for a mate or perform flashy dances. Instead, they craft something far stranger: a personalized…
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Over 1,100 Unknown Marine Species Were Just Discovered, and the List Keeps Growing
In a single year, a remarkable 1,121 previously unknown ocean species have come to light. This landmark achievement, driven by…
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Watch Experts Remove a Massive Northern Giant Hornet Nest
A removal team in full protective gear takes on one of the most dangerous nests imaginable, and once the surrounding…
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Ornery Elephant Sprays Tiger to Claim the Watering Hole
A tiger and an elephant cross paths at the same watering hole, and what happens next reveals just how quickly…
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Watch Two Men Rescue a Deer Trapped in a Muddy Pit
A deer stranded in a steep muddy pit with no way out faced a race against exhaustion, and the two…
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Why Do Whales Slap Their Tails?
When a whale lifts its massive tail and crashes it against the ocean surface, something far more calculated than playfulness…