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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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One Magellanic penguin rejected his own species and instead of fearing the scientists, he befriended and lived with them
June 04, 2009
| By Eric Wagner
Dinosaur gangs, psychedelic fish and long-distance elephant calls
May 2009
| By Amanda Bensen, Joseph Caputo, T.A. Frail, Megan Gambino and Sarah Zielinski
As part of a multi-organizational team, Smithsonian scientist Carlos Jaramillo uncovered the fossils of a gigantic snake
April 20, 2009
| By Bruce Hathaway
After hiring the first animal nutritionist 30 years ago, the National Zoo prepares specific, well-balanced meals for each animal
April 08, 2009
| By Joseph Caputo
Notoriously difficult to breed, two new clouded leopards are born at the National Zoo’s research facility
March 25, 2009
| By Cristina Santiestevan
April 22, 2009 | By Megan Gambino
Smithsonian zoologists are attempting to breed the rare clouded leopard
May 2007
| By David Zax
Wolves, hibernating animals, spitting cobras and more
April 2009
| By Joseph Caputo, T.A. Frail, Megan Gambino, Abigail Tucker and Sarah Zielinski
Mosquitoes, New Zealand flightless birds, pink lizards and more
March 2009
| By Amanda Bensen, Joseph Caputo, T.A. Frail, Jesse Rhodes and Abigail Tucker
In the Pacific Northwest, fishermen are cashing in on the growing yen for geoducks, a funny-looking mollusk turned worldwide delicacy
March 2009
| By Craig Welch
Bugs tap, dance and buzz to attract their mates—and some get eaten
February 12, 2009
| By Abigail Tucker
The alternative color forms of some animals are providing new insights into how animals adapt and evolve
February 10, 2009
| By Sean B. Carroll
Jake Page explores the evolution and enigmatic ways of the most popular pet in America -- the house cat
January 30, 2009
| By Abigail Tucker
Smithsonian's Laura Helmuth vacationed in the Galapagos Islands and returned with even more respect for Charles Darwin
January 30, 2009
| By Laura Helmuth
January 27, 2009 | By Jesse Rhodes
Alfred Russel Wallace arrived at the theory of natural selection independently of Charles Darwin and nearly outscooped Darwin’s The Origin of Species
January 22, 2009
| By Lyn Garrity
Today's scientists marvel that the 19th-century naturalist's grand vision of evolution is still the key to life
February 2009
| By Thomas Hayden
Wolves are flourishing again in the northern Rockies. Yet even as they're helping restore the balance of nature, they're also killing livestock—and reigniting a fierce controversy
February 2009
| By Frank Clifford
Honeyeater birds, sea slugs, tree frogs, and more
February 2009
| By T.A. Frail, Megan Gambino, Laura Helmuth, Abigail Tucker and Sarah Zielinski
When airlines want to investigate dangerous bird strikes against planes, they turn to Carla Dove, head of the Smithsonian’s Feather Identification Lab
January 16, 2009
| By Sarah Zielinski
How one man's obsession saved an "extinct" species
January 02, 2009
| By Rob R. Dunn
Butterflies, clicking antelopes, creatures of the deep and more
January 2009
| By Amanda Bensen, T.A. Frail, Megan Gambino, Anika Gupta and Abigail Tucker
An epic battle between environmentalists and loggers left much of the spotted owl's habitat protected. Now the celebrity species faces a new threat—a tougher owl
January 2009
| By Craig Welch
Disparate views from on high
January 2009
| By Carey Winfrey
Chewing dinosaurs, climate change, self-sacrificing ants and black bears
December 2008
| By Amanda Bensen, T.A. Frail, Megan Gambino, Anika Gupta and Sarah Zielinski
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