From reality in a European lab to mythology of the American West, nature makes us wonder: Can this actually happen?
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Tag Archives: Nature
Mexico’s Butterfly War
Two suspicious deaths in a nature preserve are the latest threat to the monarch butterfly’s continent-spanning migration.
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Volcano Tourism
Volcanoes have awed visitors and lulled nearby residents for millennia. Paying the occasional steep price is in our nature.
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Where Are The Birds?
A new report estimates continental bird populations have shrunk by 3 billion in 50 years. It isn’t too late to turn the tide.
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Environmental Restoration In A Parking Lot
Nature demonstrates its resilience in surprising ways and places, including a South Florida strip mall.
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A Fresh Crop Of Baby Whales
The species is still critically endangered, but at least right whales showed up in their Florida calving grounds this year.
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Can Birth Control Stop ‘Zombie Deer?’
What will happen when deer with a variant of “mad cow disease” arrive in suburban yards? Let’s try not to find out.
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Tweets From A Great White Shark
If the author ever meets Katharine the Great White Shark, at least one of them will be having a very bad day.
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The Dark Side Of Adorable Critters
That adorable furry creature you love might be a necrophiliac serial killer. Deal with it.
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For Whales, A Winter Of Excitement And Hope
Hope displaces dread as the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale produces its biggest calf cohort in years.
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