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Nature never stops amazing us with creatures that seem straight out of a sci-fi flick. Be it deep-sea oddballs or backyard ...

Polar bears are changing at a genetic level in response to climate change. This is what it means for the rest of the Arctic.

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The floor of the Cueva de Mono, a cave in the Dominican Republic, is a gruesome graveyard. For thousands of years, it served ...

A BELOVED orca with a “big personality” has tragically died, aged 50. Katina the killer whale was known for delighting ...

For the first time ever, paleontologists have found fossil traces of burrowing bees nesting inside the buried bones of other ...

Smokey Bear. Ham the Space Chimp. Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling. Not many animals reach celebrity status, but it’s a bit of a tradition here at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. In January, we rolled out ...

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Reindeer can stay warm, see in the dark, stay upright on slippery surfaces and find food in the harshest of environments ...