Wildlife

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Humans Steal Food From Lions

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Is My Cat Right- or Left-Handed?

There are 50 to 70 reported shark attacks on humans each year, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History.

Stopping Sharks by Blasting Their Senses

Chemist and businessman Eric Stroud develops shark repellents to protect sharks from being ensnared in commercial fisheries

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The World's Strangest Scientific Names

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Picture of the Week—Starfish

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Tiny Lungless Salamander Discovered in Georgia

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What Color Was That Moa?

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Lion Prides and Street Gangs

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Wild Things: Life as We Know It

Whale of a comeback, dancing cockatoos, sticky bees, and waltzing pond scum

An Australian bull dog ant tends larvae.

The Hidden World of Ants

A new photo exhibit featuring the work of biologist Mark Moffett reminds us that we still live in an age of discovery

A Dancing Parrot and More

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Picture of the Week—Laysan Albatross Pair

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Migratory Canada Geese Brought Down Flight 1549

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What is Schrödinger's Cat?

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Wild Things: Life as We Know It

Flight of the hummingbird, termite cloning and the rise of the octopus

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Picture of the Week—Whorly Snail

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Howl at the Moon for Science

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The Cat’s 10,000-Year Journey to Purring on Your Lap

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The Hubbub About Ida

Richard Conniff has been writing for Smithsonian magazine since 1982. His latest work is titled, "Swimming with Piranhas at Feeding Time: My Life Doing Dumb Stuff with Animals."

Richard Conniff’s Wildlife Writing

International journalist Richard Conniff has reported on animals that fly, swim, crawl and leap in his 40 years of writing

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