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A Pallas's Cat.

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Newly Discovered ‘Duck’ Dinosaur Had Over 400 Teeth

Even after millions of years, the diversity of dinosaurs...
An image of Io taken by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper imager.

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Natural Wonders: Glowworm Caves

In caves throughout New Zealand and Australia, you can...
white-throated kingfisher

Field Guides To Bird Feathers: A Next-Level Tool for Birdwatchers

Ever since Roger Tory Peterson came out with the...
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Natural Wonders: The Largest Egg Ever Laid

Before emus, ostriches, and kiwis, there were elephant birds....
A newly born gray whale calf is pushed to the surface to breathe by its mother

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A close up image of copepods in water droplets. On the left are immature harpacticoid copepods. On the right is an armored protozoan with an intricate mineral skeleton

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We Pick the Best Of The Best From BBC’s Favorite Nature Documentaries

For a lot of us, the holiday season means...
Park rangers cross the forest on their e-bikes

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Archaeologists digging a trench around the shipwreck to get a closer look.

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Natural Wonders: El Ojo

When you type in the coordinates 34°15’07.8" S by...
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Raven Joins Road Trip, Drafts Off Car for 45 Minutes

A couple driving along a lonely stretch of snowy...
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Nurse Sharks Return to the Same Spot for Decades to Breed

Scientists studying nurse sharks in the Dry Tortugas have...
Orion capsule retrieval

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Why Did Coyotes Kill This Hiker in 2009? Now We Know

In 2009, coyotes in Cape Breton Highlands National Park,...
The Neskowin Ghost Forest consists of rotting tree stumps buried in the sand

Natural Wonders: Neskowin Ghost Forest

Along the beaches of Oregon’s Coast, you will find...

Natural Wonders: Penitentes

The Spanish word 'penitente' translates as remorseful. It refers...
An imagining of how North Greenland may have looked two million years ago.

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deep sea batfish

Fascinating Deep-Sea Creatures Discovered Off Western Australia

Scientists on an Australian research vessel found stunning deep-sea...

The Dinosaur Known as ‘The Destroyer of Shins’

In 2014, paleontologists discovered a new type of ankylosaur,...
A rescued sea turtle is cared for

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Millions of Velella Velella washing up on the shore of a beach

Natural Wonders: Blue Tide

In the cusp between spring and summer, a bright...

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