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Draco lizards have an interesting technique of performing upper body workouts to get the attention of their potential mates
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Dramatic changes may force park managers to choose which species will live, and which will die
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How these diverse predators ended up getting all the credit
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These threatened cats now occupy just 8 percent of their historic range in Cambodia, new population estimate finds
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Each time rattlesnakes shed their skin, a scale remains behind which, in time, becomes the infamous rattle
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The concept of species is flawed, but it still has a huge bearing on conservation policy
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Scientists find that wealthier neighborhoods sport a greater diversity of bugs
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Dwindling freshwater sealed the demise of the St. Paul woolly mammoths, and could still pose a threat today
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A Smithsonian scientist dives deep to a coral reef and finds much to discover
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You’ve heard about the Stingray, but what about the Bionic Boxfish?
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An evolutionary ecologist argues that cutting-edge genetic research that could lead to species extinction should be handled with care
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Florencia Mazza Ramsay traveled to Barrow, the northernmost town in the United States, to document life and research on the front lines of climate change
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A hammerhead shark locates a stingray hiding beneath the ocean floor. Unnerved, the stingray makes a dash for freedom—but is it too late?
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These armored reptiles have long been considered indestructible, but new threats are shifting the equation
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The effectiveness of the honeyguide call sheds light on why this golden relationship has stuck around so long
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A new study shows that a group of ants have been conducting a subsistence type of farming since shortly after the dinosaurs died out
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A hammerhead shark is capable of detecting a single drop of fish oil in a body of water equivalent to an Olympic-size swimming pool
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Marsupial frogs, “vomit frogs” and foam-spewers reveal the glorious range of frog baby-making techniques
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The majority of them are found nowhere else on Earth, making Luzon a biological treasure trove
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More recently than you might think, say scientists who scoured the fossil record
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