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The marabou stork is ugly, enormous, and essential
This bird looks like it escaped from a Tim Burton sketchbook. But the marabou stork isn’t just a visual oddity.…
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Hulk Hogan kept a rooster, cried at The Lion King, and loved his pets
Hulk Hogan slammed giants in the ring, flexed for cameras, and built a pop culture empire on bandanas, handlebar mustaches,…
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Father hailed as hero after mountain lion attacks child on national park trail
The July 20 mountain lion attack at Olympic National Park is being called one of the rarest and most alarming…
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Baby elephant begs for help, finds his way back to mom
Earlier this month in Assam, India, a wild elephant calf was separated from its herd near Borjuri village during a…
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A wolf and a bear formed an unexpected bond in Finland’s forest
In the hushed wilderness of northern Finland, as summer twilight blurred into darkness, something extraordinary happened. Night after night, a…
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Why we can’t stop talking to our pets like people
“I talk to my dog incessantly… I’ll send an email… and then casually glance over at her and inquire, ‘Do…
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How the panther chameleon weaponized color
In the forests of Madagascar, a creature lives that doesn’t just wear color, it controls it. The panther chameleon (Furcifer…
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Baby pygmy hippos are trending. Their species is disappearing.
He doesn’t have teeth. He just discovered his tongue. And somehow, he’s become the face of a species teetering on…
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The Amazonian frog with a bite as strong as a tiger
Deep in the Amazon’s leaf-littered floor sits a Surinam horned frog (Ceratophrys cornuta), motionless and nearly invisible. Only two raised…
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