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White-tailed ptarmigan - Trevor Fristoe

In the Bird World, It Takes Big Brains or Big Guts to Survive in Extremes

Family Picking Vegetables Garden - Shutterstock

Things to Know Before Spraying Pesticides On Your Garden

Prairie Dog - USGS

Deadly Animal Diseases Can Jump to Humans. Is Vaccinating Wildlife the Answer?

Amur honeysuckle, Lonicera maackii - Shutterstock

The Familiar Plants and Animals That Invaded America’s Landscape

slime mold on a leaf - shutterstock

Slime Molds Show Us the Perks of Being a Loner

The virus that changed the world. (Credit: CDC, NASA EPIC Team)

Planet Earth, the Pandemic, and the Power of One

Peacock - Karin Kjernsmo

Inside the Secret World of Iridescent Animals

glowing salamander - Lamb Davis

Glow-in-the-Dark Amphibians Are Way More Common Than Scientists Thought

killfish

African Killfish Can Put Aging on Pause. Do They Hold the Secrets of Longevity?

Lake Bolshoye Shchuchye

A Different Kind of Climate Refugee

Wild Gray Seal - Ben Burville

Seals Caught On Film Clapping In the Wild For the First Time Ever

Bat Microbiome

Birds And Bats Have Weird, Limited Microbiomes — And That Might Be Due To Flight

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