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What the ‘trash heap’ penguins of Argentina are teaching us about survival
For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an ...
The world’s rarest penguins don’t fear the heat. Here's how they learned to embrace it.
These birds have evolved to withstand the equatorial sun and shelter in volcanic rocks along a subtropical coastline. After ...
First ever video shows colossal squid in natural habitat
A one-foot-long baby squid was spotted swimming in the waters around the South Sandwich islands. The footage is unprecedented ...
California's sea lions aren’t really ‘demonic’—they’ve been poisoned
A common neurotoxin produced by algae blooms is making California sea lions more aggressive. Here’s why it has the power to change behavior—and the danger it poses.
This was the best place on Earth to see great white sharks—then they vanished
A new study based on two decades of data shows what happens in an ocean ecosystem without great white sharks. Great white ...
The 'ugly' blobfish doesn't look like this—when it's underwater
In 2013, the blobfish was voted World’s Ugliest Animalby theUgly Animal Preservation Society in an effort to get some ...
7 places to see wildlife in the U.S. this spring
From wild ponies in Virginia to bison in Yellowstone, here are seven wildlife-rich destinations—and tips on how to be a ...
Why penguin poop makes krill swim for their lives
A new study shows that the mere presence of poop prompted the crustaceans to launch into evasive maneuvers. New research ...
Scientists peeked underneath an iceberg and found a startling kaleidoscope of marine life
A hidden ecosystem of giant sea spiders, octopuses, and other stunning sea creatures shows how life can flourish even when ...
These beetles eat rotting flesh—and could unlock the next generation of antibiotics
Known for spending much of its life underground, the little-known American burying beetle could hold the key to developing ...
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Joel Sartore's latest book, "National Geographic Photo Ark: Babies," captures the animal kingdom's most curious ... It is the largest hard-shelled sea turtle, has a vast range across most of ...