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Instead of kicking indigenous groups out, let them continue to manage these lands effectively, argues a new report
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For Erin Greene, walking up to a polar bear requires even more courage than most of us can imagine
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After mating takes place, a female polar bear will prepare for her impending pregnancy by eating voraciously. In all, she will pack on more than 400 pounds
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Everyone thought that the Arctic ground squirrel was an invasive species on this remote Alaskan island. A pair of scientists beg to differ.
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In 1882, General Philip Sheridan's expedition to the protected buffalo haven in Yellowstone National Park revealed a gruesome reality
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LED Christmas lights make the needles hold on longer, and other discoveries from the world’s only Christmas tree research center
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A car horn outside Churchill, Manitoba, causes a curious polar bear mom and her cub to scurry in opposite directions
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Saint Pete, as he's known by locals in nearby Churchill, Manitoba, is an elderly polar bear who's been visiting the town for decades
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A lion ventures into an area of the river that's part of a hippo bull's territory. The enraged hippo wastes no time in asserting his dominance
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Female giant burrowing cockroaches look after their young for up to six months. In an eight-year lifespan, they can produce around 150 young
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A 15-foot male hippo carefully negotiates his enormous body down a sheer cliff. It's the shortest and most direct route to the water
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Bottoms is the nation's largest inland marsh, an area of over 60 square miles. It's also the favored resting spot of many species of migrating birds
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The transition from caterpillar to butterfly is a process that consists of four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult
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The wood-boring shipworm has bedeviled humans for centuries. What's its secret?
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What caused woolly mammoths to die-off so quickly? New evidence suggests an unfavorable climate may have drove them to extinction
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A potential influx of legal and illegal mining leaves the country's megadiverse landscapes—and the communities who depend on them—in jeopardy
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With the help of a supercomputer, Smithsonian scientists figure out how to help the lobster fishery off the coast of Honduras
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The birthing process for a female tick is very involved. Once she's matured, she can take up to 20 days to lay her eggs
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