Humans have long assumed that names are one of our most distinctive traits, but new research into elephants, dolphins, and parrots is forcing scientists to rethink where our supposedly unique…
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Banded mongooses have discovered a survival trick so extreme it looks more like self-destruction than self-preservation. The toxic chemistry behind…
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Carnivore teeth face a brutal constraint baked into evolution itself: the same growth process that makes a tooth deadly at…
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Thousands of meters beneath the ocean surface, creatures that have never been formally named are vanishing before scientists get the…
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The plains spotted skunk does handstands to scare off predators, yet scientists have struggled for decades to even confirm where…
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Beavers spend weeks hauling logs and packing mud to build one of nature's most impressive structures, yet they never sleep…
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A rabbit's teeth never stop growing, and without the right outlet, that relentless biological drive can spiral into painful health…
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A five-year-old southern elephant seal has turned southeast Tasmania into his personal playground, charming millions of fans while terrifying wildlife…
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A routine visit to a museum drawer left one paleontologist speechless when a fossil dismissed for decades turned out to…
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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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Bats vanish the moment the sun rises, slipping into a hidden world most people never think to question. Their daytime…
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A retired dairy goat crashed the front row of a grindcore concert in rural France, and the photos quietly broke…
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A peaceful hike through the Colorado woods turned into a terrifying ordeal when a moose decided a family's dogs looked…
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A baby elephant with impossibly round proportions and stubby legs took social media by storm, but something about it feels…
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When Joe Reda heard a strange squeal coming from his shed, he grabbed a shovel and went to investigate. What…
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Four rabid bats have turned up in one Ohio county within a single month, and health officials are sounding the…
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When you think of rats, you think of relatively small rodents. These dimensions did not apply to the white-footed rabbit…
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Just like us, humpback whales have their preferences. They are incredibly intelligent creatures, with brains that can weigh up to…
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It’s a bear, it’s a dog, it’s… neither? One can imagine a paleontologist thinking this upon first discovering members of…
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A rare event is about to take place at Indonesia’s Taman Safari Zoo: for the first time in three years,…
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It’s hard to deny that even the fiercest big cat looks like a tabby when it engages in certain behaviors.…
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Nome, Alaska, sits just two degrees north of the Arctic Circle. A historic Alaskan town, Nome was the site of…
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We may think of prey animals as being timid, even passive, and not prone to confrontation. Nothing could be further…
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Animals often thrive on routine and consistency. For example, if you skip your pet dog’s usual walk time, you’ll notice…
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For the first time since 2004, scientists have detected pseudorabies in commercial swine populations. In late April, routine testing at…
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The field of veterinary care can be the most rewarding or the most terrifying experience for people who love animals.…
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Like any other clandestine industry, the illegal wildlife trade generates billions of dollars a year without much of a paper…
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Sometimes, solutions to multi-million-dollar questions require nothing more than a well-placed ferret. There are many stories about the creation of…
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If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?…
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A cottontail rabbit seems like the most delicate, vulnerable creature on Earth until it starts running. Even a seriously bloodthirsty…
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Currently, the planet is undergoing its sixth mass extinction event. While mass extinctions have occurred naturally in the past, this…
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To say the town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee is surrounded by bear country is an understatement. As the gateway to the…
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Some say, “As California goes, so goes the nation.” When it comes to animal conservation, however, that principle might apply…
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Once in a blue moon, an animal cloning story appears in the headlines before disappearing back into the ether. Cloning…
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It’s important to take stock of the small moments and little victories. This is especially true if you’re a member…
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It’s one of the more bizarre stories from the past few years. A group of people in Southern California was…
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Babies babble for a good while before they are capable of forming and enunciating full words. Bats do too, even…
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Since COVID-19 radically reshaped society, attention has turned toward the hidden costs of the wild animal trade. The allure of…
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You may think states like California and Montana have a lot of bears, but Washington is among the states with…
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As humans have wondered about their own capacities for thought and imagination, so too have they wondered about the mental…
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Squirrels are abundant in the wild, though they have many predators, including the dreaded rattlesnake. But the small mammals do…
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Plenty of little kids imagine a future working with horses, and an assortment of jobs involve interacting with these highly…
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Every couple of years, a new collection of animals find their way into the mainstream. It used to be lions,…
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Throughout history, humans have often believed they fully understood the world around them. You could travel back 500 years, and…
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Ask anyone who’s had encounters with killer whales, and they will tell you just how smart they are. Orcas are…
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Beavers were once a common sight in Northern European countries like Poland, France, and the United Kingdom. However, demand for…
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No one casts a shadow over the history and legacy of Colombia quite like Pablo Escobar. Once the most powerful…