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What the ‘trash heap’ penguins of Argentina are teaching us about survival
For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an ...
The world’s rarest penguins don’t fear the heat. Here's how they learned to embrace it.
These birds have evolved to withstand the equatorial sun and shelter in volcanic rocks along a subtropical coastline. After ...
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Rangers celebrate after trail cameras capture the return of an animal once thought locally extinct: 'Monumental'
"Their return will be an important milestone for this ambitious venture." Rangers celebrate after trail cameras capture the ...
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Thousands of Giant Tortoises Anchor a Thriving Ecosystem on Aldabra, a Remote Atoll in the Indian Ocean
The animals graze the vegetation into a picturesque turf, fertilize the soil with their dung and disperse seeds over large ...
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Why Some Animals Live for Only Days and Others Live for Thousands of Years
Some species seem to live fast and die young. Others, though, “appear not to age,” says João Pedro de Magalhães, a molecular ...
‘Large’ creature with black eyes found at mine and discovered as new species
On a small island in Papua New Guinea, a “large” creature moved around a mining site, its black eyes scanning the surroundings. Something about the “matte” animal caught the attention of passing ...