With Fewer Than 10 of These Animals Left, Can the Species Be Saved?
Swimming off the coast of Mexico in the Gulf of California live the few remaining vaquitas on earth. This endangered cetacean ...
A hopping treasure trove: Scientist discovers 16 new grasshopper species
A Mississippi State University scientist has discovered a hopping treasure trove—16 new species of grasshoppers living in the ...
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Extinct moa ate purple trufflelike fungi, fossil bird droppings reveal
DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.
Long Beach aquarium spotlights ‘real animals, real birds, real fish’ with new report card
On Thursday, the Aquarium of the Pacific released its first Marine Species Report Card, detailing the population trends of 30 ...
Creature that looks like ‘walking watermelon’ born at WA zoo. See the ‘little miracle’
An endangered baby animal that looks like a fuzzy “walking watermelon” was born at a Washington zoo. The white striped and ...
Skull fossil discovery reveals oldest known modern bird
A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...
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Discover the Types of Owls in North America
Watch your backyard come to life as amazing owl species swoop through the night skies. Get to know the types of owls you ...
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Olbrich’s newest exhibit offers a tropical escape
Spring is in full bloom at Olbrich Botanical Gardens for the annual Orchid Escape exhibit.This year, the theme is Secrets of ...
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Indigenous knowledge helps explain bird population changes in Canada’s BC
In the summer of 1948, naturalist Charles J. Guiguet spent four months on the Goose Island Archipelago, a cluster of ...