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7 Hairy Frogfish types that show nature’s wildest camouflage in action
The hairy frogfish is easily one of the ocean’s oddest masters of disguise. With its scruffy filaments, squat body, and…
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Why this “popcorn-scented” animal is vital to rainforest ecosystems
High in the canopy of Southeast Asia’s rainforests lives a creature that smells like movie night. The binturong, also called…
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Human-sized bat? The truth about the golden-crowned flying fox
When a photo of a bat hanging from a wire in the Philippines went viral a few years ago, the…
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The fossa’s feline disguise hides a mongoose lineage
At first glance, the fossa of Madagascar could be mistaken for a sleek wild cat. It prowls through the forest…
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Jerboa: the desert acrobat that never drinks water
Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand yet capable of leaping more than six feet in a…
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“You deserved a kinder world”: swan dies after brutal attack in Portsmouth
A swan that once glided across Canoe Lake in Portsmouth has died after a violent attack by children, leaving rescuers…
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Bullfighter killed in Lisbon after 1,540 lb bull slams him into wall
When Manuel Maria Trindade, a 22-year-old forcado making his debut at Lisbon’s Campo Pequeno arena, stepped into the ring on…
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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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