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It's a carnivore, though it mostly eats fruit. It has a prehensile tail, but it's not a primate
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Traveling snails, brainwashed rats and more updates from the world of wildlife
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As demand for rhino horn soars, police and conservationists in South Africa pit technology against increasingly sophisticated poachers
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The Geomyces destructans fungus causes deadly white-nose syndrome in bats
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Three color varieties each have advantages and disadvantages relative to the others
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Parasites and zombies are not science fiction; they infest rats, crickets, ants, moths and other creatures, sucking the life out of them
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For 30 years the Zoo has helped breed hundreds of ferrets, but one of the most recent additions is in need of a name
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Science is not a list of facts but a method of asking questions, testing possible answers and asking yet more questions
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New research finds that the giant panda may get some bacterial help to digest its bamboo diet
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The demand for alternative remedies has given rise to a poaching industry that, along with other factors, has decimated animal populations
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A new study provides evidence that seeing chimps in commercials makes us care less about them as a species
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Two scientists are in a grim contest to document some of the animal kingdom's most endangered species
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#12: Hundreds of dragonflies of different species will gather in swarms, either for feeding or migration
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There are 200 million European starlings in North America, and they are a menace
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Sea monster mamas, bat signals and opossum versus viper
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A bold plan for wildlife corridors that connect populations from Mexico to Argentina could mean the big cat's salvation
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High in the Himalayas, the Tibetan bunting is getting help from a very special friend
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One appeared on the very top of one of the highest fingers and grasped the tip in what appeared to be a moment of victory: King of the Hill
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The blind, nocturnal arthropod produces a deadly toxin when disturbed
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It's the elephant's closest living, land-based relative
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