mammals
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Two Scary Deer Illnesses Are Spreading in the U.S.
Two whitetail bucks are seen at Cape Henlopen State Park, in Lewes, Delaware, on November 25, 2020.Image: Eve Hambach (Getty…
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Monkeys Living Near Florida Airport Connected to 1948 Zoo Escape
For over 70 years, a small population of African green monkeys has been thriving in a mangrove forest near Fort…
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Engineer Builds Obstacle Course to Protect His Nuts From Thieving Squirrels
One of the most popular YouTube videos of 2020 was from former NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineer Mark Rober who…
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Scientists Want to Bring Jaguars Back to America’s Mountains
Two jaguar cubs (Panthera onca) are pictured at the “Reino Animal” zoo in Teotihuacan, Mexico, on April 27, 2018.Photo: PEDRO…
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Bones of Extinct Giant Cloud Rats Found in Philippine Cave
Artist’s rendering of one of the newly described extinct cloud rats.Illustration: © Velizar Simeonovski, Field Museum Alongside the tiny humans…
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Great, We Gave Covid-19 to Otters
A juvenile Asian small-clawed otter at the Singapore Zoological Garden on January 11, 2018.Photo: Roslan Rahman (Getty Images) Otters have…
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Distinct Species of Ermines Have Been Hiding in Plain Sight
An ermine with its white winter fur. Image: Forest Service Northern Region Arguably the cutest member of the weasel family,…
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The Last Two Giraffes Are Rescued From a Vanishing Kenyan Island
One of nine giraffes to be floated off the vanishing island. Image: Save Giraffes Now A mother and calf are…
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Narwhal Tusks Show Climate Change and Pollution Reshape the Arctic
There’s no question that we’re messing up the oceans big time. But shocking new research shows the world’s addiction to…
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Extinct Kangaroo Could Climb Trees With Its Huge Claws
Skulls of the newly described extinct kangaroo.Image: N. Warburton, Murdoch University A new study describes a “semiarboreal kangaroo” that lived…
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