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Miniature African Forest Elephants Could Be Extinct in 10 Years
Ivory poachers slashed the population of the small elephants by 62 percent in the past decade--future losses at those rates will doom the species
Jane Goodall Reveals Her Lifelong Fascination With…Plants?
After studying chimpanzees for decades, the celebrated scientist turns her penetrating gaze on another life-form
Brian Skerry Has the World’s Best Job: Ocean Photographer
The freelancer’s new exhibit at the Natural History Museum captures the beauty, and fragility, of sea life
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The rare fish's genome is slowly evolving—and contrary to prior speculation, it probably isn't the common ancestor of all land animals
April 17, 2013
| By Joseph Stromberg
Gallery closings, fewer exhibitions and reduced educational offerings are some of the impacts he listed before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
April 17, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Scientists are investigating whether the obliteration of the island's bird species is thinning the tree canopy and could ultimately alter the forests' structure
April 11, 2013
| By Claire Martin
Researchers hope to design a new bedbug eradication method based upon a folk remedy of trapping the bloodsuckers as they creep
April 09, 2013
| By Rachel Nuwer
Conservationists and ranchers in Ecuador struggle to make peace while an elusive spectacled bear feasts on valuable livestock
April 04, 2013
| By Alastair Bland
Three decades in and photojournalist Brian Skerry is still getting acquainted with the ocean's many characters
April 04, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Lashed to swords and spears from the Pacific's Gilbert Islands are teeth from two shark species that were never known to have swam in the area
April 03, 2013
| By Joseph Stromberg
A surface's ability to attract and repel water heavily influences the degree to which a gecko can cling overhead, new research shows
April 01, 2013
| By Rachel Nuwer
Researchers use tiny robots to study how ants navigate a labyrinth of networks, from the nest to the food and back again
March 28, 2013
| By Marina Koren
A German contemporary artist creates a meditative space—lined with beeswax—at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.
March 26, 2013
| By Megan Gambino
As Easter draws near, we celebrate creatures that seemingly die and then come back to life
March 25, 2013
| By Rachel Nuwer
Animals with shrinking habitats are interbreeding, temporarily boosting populations but ultimately hurting species' survival
March 22, 2013
| By Claire Martin
It's a product of the emerging field of terradynamics, which studies the movement of vehicles across shifting surfaces
March 21, 2013
| By Joseph Stromberg
An inch and a half long with bright red eyes, the swarm of Brood II cicadas is coming
March 20, 2013
| By Colin Schultz
Contrary to prior speculation about the elusive creatures, all giant squid belong to a single species and they all share very similar genetics
March 20, 2013
| By Rachel Nuwer
Black-crowned night herons have been using the Zoo's grounds for breeding for more than a century and the tradition continues
March 19, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Their internal circadian rhythms keep them crowing on schedule, even when the lights are turned off
March 18, 2013
| By Joseph Stromberg
The Mariana Trench may serve as a seafloor nutrient trap, supporting remarkable numbers of microorganisms
March 17, 2013
| By Joseph Stromberg
The Elephant Community Center, the newest addition to the National Zoo's "Elephant Trails" habitat, opens on Saturday, March 23
March 15, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
Ribbon worms swallow prey whole, grease themselves with their mucus to slide quickly through mud, split into thousands of new worms if repeatedly severed, and much more
March 15, 2013
| By Emily Frost
Insect keeper Dan Babbitt of the Natural History Museum explains what makes spiders so cool
March 14, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
A study of fossils of prehistoric birds suggests two sets of wings—one set on the creature's hind legs—helped avians stay aloft
March 14, 2013
| By Marina Koren
Measuring how coral fluorescence changes may serve as an early indicator of the declining health of a reef
March 13, 2013
| By Rachel Nuwer
Zookeepers show that it is possible to teach an old otter new tricks
March 13, 2013
| By Rachel Nuwer
Just 40 bucks in cash, a warm sleeping bag and plenty of wine carry the author through his final days in Ecuador, in the remote high country outside of Quito
March 08, 2013
| By Alastair Bland
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