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Camargue horses running through water France

Wild Things: Life as We Know It

Feathered dinosaurs, white-coated horses, giant redwoods and more…

Silky sifakas have long eked out an existence in rugged, high-altitude forests.  Now the growing number of people nearby pose a threat to the furtive primate.

Saving the Silky Sifaka

In Madagascar, an American researcher races to protect one of the world’s rarest mammals, a white lemur known as the silky sifaka

Columbian mammoths were larger than mastodons. Both once roamed North America.

Mammoths and Mastodons: All American Monsters

A mammoth discovery in 1705 sparked a fossil craze and gave the young United States a symbol of national might

Beavers have long been recognized as the engineers of the forest, constantly reshaping their surroundings.

Beavers: The Engineers of the Forest

Back from the brink of extinction, the beavers of Massachusetts are a crucial component of a healthy ecosystem

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Wild Animals Are Not Pets

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A Whale of a Carbon Sink

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Wild Things: Life as We Know It

Pollinating crickets, the longest migration, puffed up toads and more…

Three-toed sloths are among the animal species studied by Smithsonian scientists in Panama.

How Sleepy Are Sloths and Other Lessons Learned

Smithsonian scientists use radio technology to track animals in an island jungle in the middle of the Panama Canal

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Wild Things: Life as We Know It

Octopuses, Dinosaurs, Pandas and More…

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