These rodents are cute if you're not a suburban homeowner watching your grass disappear. Millions live on the prairies, yet the rascals are in trouble
Rehabilitating injured or abandoned wildlife fulfills the longing of many animal lovers to know other bloods
The evolution of this freshwater pearl-maker reaches its apex in our Southeastern rivers
Even hunters of timber rattlers now admit that these snakes are shy, placid and very fragile
Without free-roaming bands of wild horses, the American West just wouldn't be the same
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In Down East Maine, the lobster means more than seafood
Galápagos seabirds tolerate human spectators, and crabs in Panama ignore cars (but hide from trucks)
If it were not for dung beetles, members of the scarab family, every terrestrial organism would be up to its eyeballs in you know what
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Hopes for the endangered vultures' survival soared recently after six captive birds were released on a clifftop in the Arizona wilds
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But try telling that to the people who live on a few islands in Indonesia where several thousand real dragons subsist in the wild
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Daphne Sheldrick has turned her Nairobi home into a nursery and rehabilitation center for infant elephants who have lost their families
As scientists probe deeper into whether animals really have consciousness, questions arise. If they think, do we want to know what they think about us?
The much-maligned weasel is always on the lookout for something to eat, and the rest of us should be grateful he usually finds it
Agents of the National Marine Fisheries Service often work undercover gathering the evidence needed to make arrests stick
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No ordinary fowl, these birds have been bred for visual delight. For many an owner, they are just too pretty to eat
By discovering heart disease early, echocardiograms have improved life; now Washington cardiologists are using them to help great apes at the National Zoo
Naturalist-sleuth Susan Morse and her fellow conservationists at Keeping Track monitor wildlife in order to pinpoint critical habitat
Since her arrival in September, baby Chitwan has charmed visitors and curators alike. This is the first birth of a rhino at the National Zoo since 1974
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