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Brian Skerry Has the World’s Best Job: Ocean Photographer
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Hummingbirds, birch trees, queen bees, northern quolls and more...
June 2010
| By Amanda Bensen, T.A. Frail, Erica R. Hendry, Abigail Tucker and Sarah Zielinski
Atlantic puffins had nearly vanished from the Maine coast until a young biologist defied conventional wisdom to lure them home
June 2010
| By Michelle Nijhuis
Burrowing owls can thrive amid agricultural development and urbanization—so why are they imperiled?
May 13, 2010
| By John Moir
Running elephants, far-flying mosquitos, ancient crocodiles and more...
May 2010
| By T.A. Frail, Megan Gambino, Erica R. Hendry, Jesse Rhodes and Sarah Zielinski
Stranded on Cape Cod beaches, these Kemp's ridley turtles are getting a helping hand from volunteers and researchers
May 2010
| By Amy Sutherland
Africa's wildebeest migration pits a million thundering animals against a gantlet of perils, even—some experts fear—climate change
May 2010
| By Robert M. Poole
Feathered dinosaurs, white-coated horses, giant redwoods and more...
April 2010
| By Amanda Bensen, T.A. Frail, Megan Gambino, Erica R. Hendry and Sarah Zielinski
In Madagascar, an American researcher races to protect one of the world's rarest mammals, a white lemur known as the silky sifaka
April 2010
| By Erica R. Hendry
A mammoth discovery in 1705 sparked a fossil craze and gave the young United States a symbol of national might
April 2010
| By Richard Conniff
Back from the brink of extinction, the beavers of Massachusetts are a crucial component of a healthy ecosystem
March 16, 2010
| By Jennifer Weeks
Pollinating crickets, the longest migration, puffed up toads and more...
March 2010
| By T.A. Frail, Megan Gambino, Abigail Tucker and Sarah Zielinski
Smithsonian scientists use radio technology to track animals in an island jungle in the middle of the Panama Canal
February 03, 2010
| By Megan Gambino
Octopuses, Dinosaurs, Pandas and More...
February 2010
| By Abby Callard, T.A. Frail, Megain Gambino, Abigail Tucker, Sarah Zielinski
In addition to the well-known Venus flytrap, many other plant species feed on bugs or crustaceans
January 08, 2010
| By Sarah Zielinski
Scientist Elisabeth Kalko uses high-tech equipment to track and study the 120 bat species in the region
December 28, 2009
| By Megan Gambino
Africa's lions may usually prey on zebras or giraffes, but they also attack humans, with some lions responsible for over 50 deaths
December 16, 2009
| By Abigail Tucker
Vanishing dinosaurs, breeding birds, redback spiders and more
January 2010
| By Amanda Bensen, Abby Callard, T.A. Frail and Laura Helmuth
They are perhaps the world’s most notorious wild lions. Their ancestors were vilified more than 100 years ago as the man-eaters of Tsavo
January 2010
| By Paul Raffaele
The world's foremost lion expert reveals the brutal, secret world of the king of beasts
January 2010
| By Abigail Tucker
The peregrine falcon, whose salvation began 40 years ago, commands the skies above the Empire State Building
December 10, 2009
| By Meera Subramanian
Butterfly GPS, glowing mushrooms, bat-hunting songbirds and more
December 2009
| By Amanda Bensen, Abby Callard, T.A. Frail, Abigail Tucker and Sarah Zielinski
High in the Simien Mountains, researchers are getting a close-up look at the exotic, socially adventuresome primates known as geladas
December 2009
| By Abigail Tucker
The “urban ecosystem” serves as a research lab for scientist Gregory Glass, who studies the lives of the Charm City’s rats
November 18, 2009
| By Abigail Tucker
October 20, 2009 | By Megan Gambino
Invasive beetles of various colors and sizes have infiltrated U.S. forests, despite efforts by government experts
October 18, 2009
| By Sarah Zielinski
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