How Five Hibernators Chill Out During Winter
Mammals have their quirks, and that extends to how they hibernate during the cold season.
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Discover How Animals Show Their Love and Other Natural History Programs This February
Stream programs on early human ancestry, the history of disease and more through the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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Scientists Describe Two New Species of Ancient Brittle Star
The newly unearthed fossils reveal an evolutionary path likely shaped by environmental crisis
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Get to Know the Geologist Collecting Antarctic Meteorites
Cari Corrigan gathers meteorites from the South Pole to help researchers understand the mineral makeup of asteroids and planets
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