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Insect Trivia

Test your insect knowledge by answering these trivia questions

Also see: Bugs, Brains and Trivia

Dragonfly eyes

Bugs, Brains and Trivia

No detail is too small for students at the Linnaean games, an annual national insect trivia competition

Giraffes

Things Are Looking Up for Niger’s Wild Giraffes

In desolate Niger, wild giraffes are making a comeback despite having to compete for resources with some of the world's poorest people

Standing Tall

Niger's giraffes and our 16th president

Cassowary at Lahore Zoo

Invasion of the Cassowaries

Passions run high in an Australian town: Should the endangered birds be feared—or fed?

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