That ‘Little Armored Thing’ Doesn’t Get by on Looks Alone
It appears to be made out of spare parts, but the only mammal equipped with a carapace is actually a model of ecological efficiency
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Elephant Seals, the Champion Divers of the Deep
These ponderous pinnipeds continually set new records for diving to crushing depths; researchers are hard at work to discover just how they do it
My Dog Has Fleas, Also My Cat, My Bird, My…
These tiny prehistoric parasites have evolved a bold array of weapons, the better to torture their hosts
How a snake, attended by alarums and excursions, made it from an Asian jungle to the National Zoo and so to its present berth in a Smithsonian museum
At the Fourth of July Butterfly Count, devotees census swallowtails, wood-nymphs and all their colorful kin
On the Trail of the Stealth Birds of Our Wetlands
With its cunning camouflage and some mighty morphing, a bittern can be one tough bird to find and a tough customer to boot
The Cattle Ranch That Doubles As a School for Doers
Punching cows and hitting the books go together at Deep Springs, a feisty college that acts like it’s run by the students and it is
Human Moms Teach Chimps It’s All in the Family
A nursery school at the Yerkes Primate Center gives lessons to the offspring of lab chimps on how to live like their wild-born relatives
The Biggest Fish That Ever Was
Gentle whale sharks roam the world’s warm seas but were rarely seen until an Australian gathering place was found
What’s Good For the Goose May Not be Good For You
Honk if you’ve had it up to here with geese on the golf course, in your yard, all over parks and beaches. You are not the only one
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