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A Pallas's Cat.

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a bear taking a selfie in a wildlife camera trap

Winnie-the-Peek-a-Boo: Colorado Bear Poses for 100s of Selfies on Camera Trap

When Boulder, Colorado's Open Space and Mountain Parks team...
An image of Io taken by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper imager.

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alaska polar bear attack

Polar Bear Kills Mother, 1-Year-Old in Alaska

A polar bear chased several residents around a tiny,...
a mountain chickadee perched on a snowy branch

The Colder The Winter, The Smarter The Chickadee

Researchers have determined that mountain chickadees living at high...
fennec fox

Cuteness Overload: Meet the World’s Smallest Wild Canine

The massive Sahara Desert covers 6% of the world’s...
svalbard reindeer

Svalbard Reindeer Flourish As Climate Warms

New research suggests that the reindeers' flexible diet might...
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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...
moose

Doorbell Camera Catches Alaskan Moose Shedding Antlers

Full disclosure: I did not know until this morning...
Archaeologists digging a trench around the shipwreck to get a closer look.

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did dinosaurs eat mammals

Did Dinosaurs Eat Mammals? Yes

At last, there's peer-reviewed evidence to back up a...
coyote pack

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

In 2009, coyotes in Cape Breton Highlands National Park,...
Muskox in snow

In Rare Attack, Muskox Kills Alaskan Man

A muskox killed an Alaskan State Trooper Court Services...
black-naped pheasant pigeon

Bird Missing For 140 Years In Papua New Guinea Appears On Film

A month-long expedition in Papua New Guinea last September...
jonathan the tortoise world's oldest animal

World’s Oldest Living Land Animal Pre-Dates The Theory of Evolution

Charles Darwin and his crew had just embarked on...
A rescued sea turtle is cared for

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Platypus Survival In Jeopardy

The platypus, an animal often cited as evidence that...
A close up image of a common rat

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A bee plays on little wooden balls.

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a Catabrian brown bear and three cubs

Once Nearly Extinct, Brown Bears Make Comeback in Spain

The Cantabrian brown bear population — once almost eliminated...
A glapagos penguin sits on a rock

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A dog presses its nose towards the camera

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A mock viper in a defensive strike position, looking at the camera.

How To Identify and Avoid The World’s Most Venomous Snakes

Like sharks, venomous snakes tend to get a bad...
Two vultures pick at a carcass

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