Indigenous conservation practices in Mexico are helping endangered frogs to recover.
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Zoology
Researchers are studying their extraordinary flight patterns to help us build tiny aircraft and protect global ecosystems.
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At first Adam Smith couldn’t believe his calculations. Then it sank in.
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A new documentary series is a startlingly intimate look at chimps.
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Sperm whales learn patterns of clicks and other social behaviors from their clans.
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Poached to the edge of extinction, the bashful animals are getting by with a little help from their friends in Africa.
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How some animals figured out a free ride for their young.
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This giant squid has the world’s biggest light-producing organs. But why?
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Why evolving a taste for getting tipsy could prove adaptive.
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Miles below the ocean’s surface, should the old rules still apply?
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