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How the smallest monkey keeps the Amazon alive
The pygmy marmoset may be small enough to fit in a human hand, but its life is anything but simple.…
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White-faced saki: the Amazon’s silent seed predator
In the tangled canopy of the Amazon, a small, shaggy primate moves with both grace and power. Saki monkeys, members…
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The secret to the barn owl’s ghostly flight
Barn owls are nature’s stealth engineers. In the dark, they patrol the night sky with eerie stillness, their wings whispering…
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The tiny antelope with a lifelong mate and a built-in AC
It’s one of the smallest antelopes on Earth, but the dik-dik moves through the African bush like it owns the…
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Why these baby bats are wrapped like burritos
At Misfits Rehab in Maine, orphaned bats wrapped in tiny blankets are winning hearts online. But those adorable bundles serve…
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Texas millionaire gored to death by Cape buffalo during African safari
Texas real estate developer and lifelong outdoorsman Asher Watkins died during a luxury hunting safari in South Africa, fatally gored…
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The babirusa: the pig that grows tusks through its face
You’re looking at the babirusa, one of evolution’s strangest survivors. Found only on the Indonesian islands of Sulawesi, Buru, and…
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13,000 feet below, the Dumbo octopus drifts where nothing else dares
Not a cartoon. Not an alien. Just a survivor of the abyss. The Dumbo octopus isn’t your average eight-legged cephalopod.…
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Why sharks look like they’re smiling (from below)
For a diver gazing upward in clear blue water, a shark’s visage can be eerily reminiscent of a grin. The…
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