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After being hunted to eradication in Washington and Oregon in the 1930s and 1940s, the gray wolf’s recovery in these states ...

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San Diego Zoo’s Jenna Stacy-Dawes knows all too well the urgency of her research. Reticulated giraffes across the regions in northern Kenya that she studies have declined up to 70 percent in the ...

In the deep seas found at the Earth’s poles, explorers are still finding elusive and mysterious sea creatures. On an ...

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When it’s time to feed the kids, koala moms do their doody. Then the little ones snack on it. Before you poo-poo the idea, a ...

Defecating exposes sloths to predators on the jungle floor. An unexpected ally benefits, and returns the favor.

Dolphins have lived near Rome for at least 2,000 years. Scientists fear for their future. Rome's dolphins have an unusually ...

My husband and I were both like, ‘Oh, my God, what is a roadrunner doing here?’” Young, a biologist and nature writer, says. ...