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Scientists discover why large mammals vanished from North America 50,000 years ago
Around 50,000 years ago, North America was home to a diverse array of megafauna. Mammoths roamed the tundra, while towering ...
Why do I smell skunks? Mating season is underway for Michigan's stinky residents
Skunks are weaned after two months and the young skunks follow their mother for the first few months before going off on ...
500,000 years ago, a bunch of animals fell into a Florida sink hole
Roughly half a million years ago, a group of armadillo-like mammals, horses, and sloths met their end in a sinkhole in what ...
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Maned Wolf Program at the National Zoo’s Research Campus Welcomes Three Pups
The three baby wolves were born this winter at the Smithsonian National Zoo’s conservation and research campus in Front Royal ...
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Texas armadillo isn’t what you think. New research reveals hidden diversity for species
The study found that what is typically called the Nine-banded Armadillo is really four separate species. The armadillo found ...
Bird flu variant found in Nevada cows shows signs of adaptation to mammals
The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic change that’s thought to ...
"It's absolutely a species worth saving" | Conservation, cloning, breeding helping to save the black-footed ferret
Work at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in northern Colorado is helping save one of the most endangered ...