Wildlife

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The Bugs Who Flew Too Much

This invasion would have driven even Alfred Hitchcock psycho

Peacock flounder (Bothus lunatus) near Coki Beach, St. Thomas, USVI

Wild Things: Life as We Know It

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Pesticide Resistance: Harder Than It Looks

Mushroom-Cloud Spicy: The Link Between Fiery Foods and Fungi

Burmese python

CSI Action Is for the Birds - and Pythons

Calaya gave birth to the Zoo's first male western lowland gorilla in nine years.

Good News/Bad News: The Primate Chapter

When it dives, the platypus closes its eyes, ears and nostrils and finds its food through electrical receptors in its bill that detect the movement of small prey.

On the Evolutionary Gold Mine Down Under

What the platypus and other Australian species reveal about genetics

Pseudoryx nghetinhensis Saola (aka Vu Quang ox) 4 - 5 month old female at the Forest Inventory & Planning Institute Botanical Garden. Hanoi, Vietnam

A Wildlife Mystery in Vietnam

The discovery of the saola alerted scientists to the strange diversity of Southeast Asia's threatened forests

Basking sharks can be found in coastal waters and feed on plankton.

Wild Things: Life as We Know It

From zombie caterpillars to basking sharks at sea

China Counts Four Bundles of Panda Joy

University of Cincinnati-led researchers found sunflower seeds in Tabasco, Mexico.

Wild Things

Mouse lemur calls, a coral comeback, sunflower seeds and more

Leatherback Sea Turtle Returns to Texas

Bottlenose Dolphin

15 Years After Dolphin-Safe Tuna, Signs of Recovery

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Sense and Sensitivity

Great whites have tiny brains but powerful sensory organs

It may be hard to fathom, but many great white encounters with humans are investigative, not predatory. (A great white attacks a seal decoy in False Bay.) They’re just curious, Compagno says.

Forget Jaws, Now it's . . . Brains!

Great white sharks are typecast, say experts. The creatures are socially sophisticated and, yes, smart

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Wild Things: Life as We Know It

The whiskered auklet's plumage, joshua trees, squid beaks and more

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Polar Bears Listed as Threatened

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Quake Strikes Heart of Panda Country

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Penguins Find DDT in Meltwater

Dr. Murray operates on one of the Zoo’s gorillas.

On the Job: Zoo Veterinarian

Suzan Murray talks about making house calls at the nation’s zoo

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