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An Elegy for 'Not Exactly Rocket Science'

An Elegy for 'Not Exactly Rocket Science'

These Birds Fly Almost a Year Without Landing

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These Birds Fly Almost a Year Without Landing

These Birds Fly Almost a Year Without Landing

Sperm Whales Bring New Lingo to New Neighborhoods

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Sperm Whales Bring New Lingo to New Neighborhoods

Sperm Whales Bring New Lingo to New Neighborhoods

Distinctive sperm whale dialects reveal that the animals now swimming around the Galápagos Islands belong to clans that are totally separate from those that were around 20 years ago.

Why Crested Penguins Always Lay Doomed Eggs

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Why Crested Penguins Always Lay Doomed Eggs

Why Crested Penguins Always Lay Doomed Eggs

How Male Widow Spiders Avoid Being Cannibalized During Sex

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How Male Widow Spiders Avoid Being Cannibalized During Sex

How Male Widow Spiders Avoid Being Cannibalized During Sex

Stingrays Chew? Who Knew?

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Stingrays Chew? Who Knew?

Stingrays Chew? Who Knew?

How New Zealand's Glaciers Shaped The Origin of the Kiwi Bird

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How New Zealand's Glaciers Shaped The Origin of the Kiwi Bird

How New Zealand's Glaciers Shaped The Origin of the Kiwi Bird

The World’s Top Predators Are Dining From Dwindling Menus

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The World’s Top Predators Are Dining From Dwindling Menus

The World’s Top Predators Are Dining From Dwindling Menus

Meet the World’s Highest Concentration of Gray Reef Sharks

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Meet the World’s Highest Concentration of Gray Reef Sharks

Meet the World’s Highest Concentration of Gray Reef Sharks

These Worms Are Like Feather Dusters With Eyes

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These Worms Are Like Feather Dusters With Eyes

These Worms Are Like Feather Dusters With Eyes

Animals Have Evolved Into Parasites At Least 200 Times

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Animals Have Evolved Into Parasites At Least 200 Times

Animals Have Evolved Into Parasites At Least 200 Times

'Kissing' Corals Filmed in the Wild for the First Time

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'Kissing' Corals Filmed in the Wild for the First Time

'Kissing' Corals Filmed in the Wild for the First Time

I Contain Multitudes, My First Book, Is Out In One Month

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I Contain Multitudes, My First Book, Is Out In One Month

I Contain Multitudes, My First Book, Is Out In One Month

Fast-Swimming Swordfish Automatically Lubricate Themselves

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Fast-Swimming Swordfish Automatically Lubricate Themselves

Fast-Swimming Swordfish Automatically Lubricate Themselves

100 Million Years of Decorating Yourself In Junk

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100 Million Years of Decorating Yourself In Junk

100 Million Years of Decorating Yourself In Junk

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