Meerkats are famous for their teamwork, but it’s enforced by a matriarch with an iron fist.
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Zoology
The author on writing her new book "Curious Species: How Animals Made Natural History."
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Some of our favorite stories about those marvelous marine mammals.
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Meet the sea creatures with real powers to go unseen.
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Watch how hundreds of thousands of bats choreograph jam-packed nightly migrations with surprising grace.
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These female frogs fake death and pretend to be the opposite sex to head off unwanted male attention.
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Their inner compass could be guided by quantum forces.
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Can we save the frozen continent’s unique fauna?
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Bats, rats, fish, bivalves, and butterflies are just as important for ecosystems as apex predators.
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The author on writing his new book “Crossings,” about the environmental destruction of roads.
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