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Animals That Form Lasting Pairs and What Monogamy Means for Them
Animals That Form Lasting Pairs and What Monogamy Means for Them
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Lar gibbon
A pair of French angelfish can spend its days foraging together. Australian shingleback lizards can reunite with the same partner for decades. Biologists follow marked animals to see how long...
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Hummingbird Species in Photos
Hummingbird Species in Photos
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Anna's hummingbird
A hummingbird can look plain one moment and flash color the next. These close photographs make it easier to see what changes from species to species. Start with the throat patches and bills of...
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Birds With Spectacular Courtship Displays
Birds With Spectacular Courtship Displays
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Anna's hummingbird
A manakin makes music with its wings. A bowerbird arranges stones so they look different from a visitor’s point of view. A pair of grebes rises breast to breast with weeds in their bills. Watch...
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Ducks, Geese & Swans to Recognize on a Winter Walk
Ducks, Geese & Swans to Recognize on a Winter Walk
by curious_compiler  • 
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Start with the bill and the bird’s silhouette. A duck may flash a patch of color when it takes flight, while two white swans can have strikingly different bill patterns. This guide pairs familiar...
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Animals That Make Weird Noises and How They Do It
Animals That Make Weird Noises and How They Do It
by list_wrangler  • 
On a similar theme
A bird sounds like a pump, a fish hums through the night, and a shrimp snaps so fast it creates a bubble. Bowed feathers, vibrating tail segments, and the voices of some surprisingly loud animals...
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Weird Extinct Animals and the Fossils That Explain Their Shapes
Weird Extinct Animals and the Fossils That Explain Their Shapes
by list_wrangler  • 
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Fossils preserve things as strange as a five-eyed swimmer, a spiral of sharklike teeth, and a whale with hind feet. These animals span the early seas and the age of mammals. Look for the clue in...
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Invasive Animals That Changed U.S. Ecosystems
Invasive Animals That Changed U.S. Ecosystems
by curious_compiler  • 
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Several once-common mammals became much harder to find in Florida’s Everglades as a large snake spread. In New York’s Hudson River, a small mussel changed how much food was suspended in the water...
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Viral Animal Stars and the Posts That Made Them Famous
Viral Animal Stars and the Posts That Made Them Famous
by curious_compiler  • 
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A sideways look from a shiba inu became the face of a meme. A fluffy king penguin chick kept appearing in feeds as it grew into its adult feathers. These animals reached audiences through a...
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Weird Ocean Animals With Body Shapes That Look Impossible
Weird Ocean Animals With Body Shapes That Look Impossible
by curious_compiler  • 
On a similar theme
Meet weird ocean animals whose shapes help them live in very different parts of the sea. A fish with a clear head can aim its eyes upward, a crab holds living pom-poms, and a sea slug kicks...
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Remarkable Rodents From Capybaras to Flying Squirrels
Remarkable Rodents From Capybaras to Flying Squirrels
by curious_compiler  • 
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A capybara can keep its nose above water with most of its body submerged. A flying squirrel steers a glide with a membrane stretched between its legs. Meet wild rodents whose teeth, tails...
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Weird Australian Animals and the Features That Make Them Unusual
Weird Australian Animals and the Features That Make Them Unusual
by curious_compiler  • 
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The platypus and echidna are only the beginning. Australia also has a frog that holds water underground, a fish that walks on the seafloor, and a bird that builds a display around blue objects...
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Seabirds Worth Knowing, From Albatrosses to Puffins
Seabirds Worth Knowing, From Albatrosses to Puffins
by curious_compiler  • 
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These birds make a living at sea in very different ways. Some dive with folded wings, some glide for miles without flapping, and one looks as if it can walk on the water. Each entry gives you...
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Extraordinary Animal Senses and How They Work
Extraordinary Animal Senses and How They Work
by curious_compiler  • 
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A platypus can sense the electrical activity of prey. A loggerhead hatchling can use Earth’s magnetic field to find a direction. Humans can learn to navigate by sound and can detect some polarized...
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Animals That Can Regrow Lost Body Parts
Animals That Can Regrow Lost Body Parts
by curious_compiler  • 
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An axolotl can rebuild a limb. A green anole can replace its tail, but the new one is built differently. And a loose arm can become a whole sea star in some species. Compare what these animals can...
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Animals That Flew Into Space and What Their Flights Tested
Animals That Flew Into Space and What Their Flights Tested
by curious_compiler  • 
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Fruit flies came back alive from an early rocket flight. Tortoises traveled around the Moon, and spiders tried spinning webs aboard Skylab. These missions show how animal flights changed from...
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