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Masked boobies on Johnston Atoll
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Pacific island wildlife refuge spared from SpaceX rocket project

By Andrew Paul

eight chipmunk specimens with tags on them in a museum collection
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City living is changing rodent skulls in Chicago

By Laura Baisas

a small frog on a road, with a person's bright sneakers in the background
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Wildlife underpass reduces squished amphibians by 80%

By Laura Baisas

a large American bullfrog in water with vegetation
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This invasive frog can fit baby turtles inside its mouth

By Margherita Bassi

Man holding woolly rat out for camera
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Elusive woolly rat photographed for the first time

By Andrew Paul

a papier mache bird sits in a field
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Grand Teton deploys papier-mâché birds

By Popular Science Team

a brown building against mountain backdrop
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Visit one of the world’s most prolific research stations in Colorado mountains

By Alisha McDarris

Coiled rattlesnake near flowering bush
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Rattlesnakes may evolve specialized venoms

By Andrew Paul

Gold mining operation on banks of river in Amazon rainforest
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Trees can snitch on illegal gold miners in the Amazon

By Andrew Paul

Man swimming in river seen from POV of GoPro camera
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YouTuber arrested for approaching uncontacted tribe in India

By Andrew Paul

a small bird with yellow plumage stands on a branch with its mouth wide open
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Traffic noise is making these Galápagos birds more aggressive

By Laura Baisas

Cougar kitten next to car tire in the snow
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Cougar cubs spotted in Michigan for first time in over a century

By Andrew Paul

two baby eagles tended to by their parent
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The famous bald eagle nest live cam is back and we have 3 baby eaglets

By Laura Baisas

a large hornet dismembers a honey bee
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1,400 different bug species found in the guts of Asian hornets

By Laura Baisas

An argentine ant is farming aphids on a young leaf.
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Vicious invasive ants form gigantic supercolonies

By Adam Kovac

Nutria looking at camera against plant background
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US Fish and Wildlife is begging you to eat more invasive marsh rodents

By Andrew Paul

a newly discovered species of plant. it has fuzzy white wool on its green leaves, a yellow center, and two small red flowers
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New species of fuzzy sunflower found by national park volunteer

By Laura Baisas

lush green tropical rainforest in Brazil. Mata Atlantica
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Man from uncontacted tribe emerges from rainforest, signals to villagers

By Andrew Paul

a long python snake coiled in the grass with its head poking up
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Hunting for Burmese pythons is best done in the dark

By Laura Baisas

a brown dog ups up onto a tree and sniffs it, while its human handler points to what it is sniffing
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Sniffing dogs join the fight against invasive spotted lanternflies

By Laura Baisas