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The Komodo Dragon is an All-Purpose Killing Machine
A visit to one of Indonesia’s most popular tourist destinations could be your last
VIDEO: See a Thought Move Through a Living Fish’s Brain
By using genetic modification and a florescent-sensitive probe, Japanese scientists captured a zebrafish's thought in real-time
African Dung Beetles Navigate At Night Using the Milky Way
A new study shows the tiny feces ball-rolling insects orient themselves by the stars
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Geckos, tiny dinosaurs, cave man couture, and more
November 2009
| By Amanda Bensen, Abby Callard, T.A. Frail, Ashley Luthern and Sarah Zielinski
October 14, 2009 | By Sarah Zielinski
Smithsonian lists the most improbable, inhospitable and absurd habitats on Earth
October 13, 2009
| By Laura Helmuth
Researchers explore why members of one species are thriving in urban areas while rural populations dwindle
October 02, 2009
| By Morgan E. Heim
Thanks to the Delaware Bay's horseshoe crabs, the tide may be turning for an imperiled shorebird
October 2009
| By Abigail Tucker
Toucans, Orchids, Monkeys and more
October 2009
| By Amanda Bensen, Abby Callard, T.A. Frail, Ashley Luthern and Sarah Zielinski
Hungry snakes, giant kangaroos, bat noses, and more
September 2009
| By Abby Callard, T.A. Frail, Megan Gambino, Ashley Luthern and Sarah Zielinski
Chemist and businessman Eric Stroud develops shark repellents to protect sharks from being ensnared in commercial fisheries
July 17, 2009
| By Joseph Caputo
Dog faces, the history of laughter, snakes, and bird warning calls
August 2009
| By Joseph Caputo, T.A. Frail, Megan Gambino, Ashley Luthern and Abigail Tucker
Collectors have long prized mollusks for their beautiful exteriors, but for scientists, it’s what inside that matters
August 2009
| By Richard Conniff
An unsung Alabama waterway is one of the most biologically diverse places in the nation, home to rare flora and fauna
August 2009
| By Michelle Nijhuis
A new photo exhibit featuring the work of biologist Mark Moffett reminds us that we still live in an age of discovery
July 2009
| By Amanda Bensen
Whale of a comeback, dancing cockatoos, sticky bees, and waltzing pond scum
July 2009
| By Amanda Bensen, Joseph Caputo, T.A. Frail, Laura Helmuth and Abigail Tucker
On a tiny peninsula in southern Argentina, nearly 400,000 penguins gather to breed and usher in a new generation of their species
International journalist Richard Conniff has reported on animals that fly, swim, crawl and leap in his 40 years of writing
May 26, 2009
| By T.A. Frail
Voracious, venomous lionfish are the first exotic species to invade coral reefs. Now divers, fishermen—and cooks—are fighting back
May 08, 2009
| By Anika Gupta
Crickets, spiders, ants and many other insects thrive in historic New Orleans, where kids and adults learn about creepy crawlers
May 13, 2009
| By David Zax
Flight of the hummingbird, termite cloning and the rise of the octopus
June 2009
| By Joseph Caputo, T.A. Frail, Megan Gambino, Abigail Tucker and Sarah Zielinski
Ballerina turned biologist Kristin Laidre gives her all to study the elusive, deep-diving, ice-loving whale known as the "unicorn of the sea"
May 2009
| By Abigail Tucker
The winter residents of Punta Tombo fly in steadily over the course of a few days, eventually swarming the small land mass
June 04, 2009
| By Eric Wagner
For over 25 years, researcher Dee Boersma has been coming with students in tow to Punta Tombo to study the penguins
June 04, 2009
| By Eric Wagner
Handling and tagging a penguin can be no easy task, leaving oneself open to a vicious and potentially dangerous beak attack
June 04, 2009
| By Eric Wagner
Females guard their eggs closely, so scientists must tread carefully when temporarily extracting the eggs for research
June 04, 2009
| By Eric Wagner
By late-November, many eggs are hatching and cute, tennis-ball sized grey chicks emerge, begging for food from their parents
June 04, 2009
| By Eric Wagner
Only two months into their lives, the chicks, with their now stronger flippers, take their first dive from the water’s edge
June 04, 2009
| By Eric Wagner
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