Why we're hardwired to love baby animals
Cute features in babies and animals are more than just amusing—they trigger powerful evolutionary responses that help our ...
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In a First, Scientists Find Animals Thriving Beneath the Ocean Floor in Hidden Habitats Near Deep-Sea Vents
The discovery of worms and snails confirms that these still-mysterious, dark hotspots of life extend beyond what’s visible ...
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The Most Abundant Land Animal Totals 20 Quadrillion and They Thrive Everywhere
With over 20 quadrillion ants worldwide, ants dominate the Earth's biomass. Learn why these social insects thrive in nearly ...
Move along moose: Study reveals the 'most Canadian' animals
What is the "most Canadian" animal? Spoiler: it's not the beaver, or the moose. Published in the journal The Canadian ...
How AI is helping to decipher animal communication
David Gruber, National Geographic Explorer and founder of Project CETI, discusses how AI is helping researchers decipher ...
Animals that are all black or all white have reputations based on superstition − biases that have real effects
What may be scariest about a spooky black cat is the way superstition and tradition shape people’s perceptions and biases ...
Wild animals can experience trauma and adversity too − as ecologists, we came up with an index to track how it affects them
Psychologists know that childhood trauma, or the experience of harmful or adverse events, can have lasting repercussions on ...
The animal that can regenerate its brain and heart
The animal kingdom is full of amazing creatures that have incredible traits, perhaps none more so than being able to ...
National Wolf Awareness Week
This is National Wolf Awareness Week. According to a nonprofit organization known as Born Free USA (BornFreeUSA.org), this is a week to dispel misinformation spread about wolves. Gayle Anderson ...
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Legless Lizard vs. Snake: Are They Actually Different Animals?
The legless lizard is an entirely different creature from its slithery look-alike, the snake. Learn about the legless lizard ...
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National Geographic article explores plans to create a national park in Romania’s Făgăraș Mountains
Romania’s Făgăraș Mountains, one of Europe's last wild regions, were recently the focus of an article in National Geographic, ...