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The pudu, the world’s smallest deer, just got even smaller
For years, the pudu has held a quirky claim to fame as the world’s smallest deer. Standing little more than…
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The tapir’s secret map of the night
At night, the South American tapir slips out of the forest like a shadow with a heartbeat. It moves on…
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Scientists stunned as bright orange nurse shark found off Costa Rica
When anglers off Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast reeled in a six‑foot nurse shark this summer, they knew at once it…
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Rare yellow king penguin photographed on South Georgia
In early 2021, the world was transfixed by photos of a bright yellow king penguin. The penguin, photographed by Belgian…
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Hunter crushed by elephant during safari in Zimbabwe
In May 2017, Theunis Botha, a prominent South African trophy hunter, led a group on a licensed safari near Hwange…
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The pibble effect: when cute words hack algorithms
The internet has always loved a nickname. Cats turned into “floofs,” raccoons became “trash pandas,” and pit bulls, once one…
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‘Frankenstein’ rabbits spotted in U.S. as horned virus cases rise
In parts of the United States, wild rabbits have been spotted carrying an unsettling feature: black, horn-like projections sprouting from…
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The pink fairy armadillo’s hidden life beneath Argentina’s sands
Beneath the windswept scrublands of central Argentina lives a creature so rarely seen that even seasoned desert ranchers might catch…
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Vole boom sparks carnivorous streak in squirrels
California’s ground squirrels have always seemed like familiar backyard creatures, cheeks stuffed with acorns or seeds. But new research from…
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