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How did coyotes become regular city slickers?
By Patrick Pester published
Coyotes originated in prairies and deserts, but are now right at home in big cities across North America. How did this naturally shy creature learn to thrive in crowded urban landscapes?
Electric eels can supercharge their attacks by working together
By Patrick Pester published
Electric eels have been observed in the Amazon hunting in groups for the first time. By working together, they can send fish flying with a supercharged jolt of electricity.
Giant pandas have winter poop parties, rolling around in horse manure
By Mindy Weisberger published
Pandas enjoy rolling in horse manure; this smelly habit may help them keep warm.
World's ugliest bats sing through 'face masks' made of skin to woo the ladies
By Mindy Weisberger published
Scientists recently documented never-before-seen mating behavior in wrinkle-faced bats, in which males pull a furry flap of skin over their faces.
Platypuses glow an eerie blue-green under UV light
By Mindy Weisberger published
Scientists have discovered that platypus fur glows under ultraviolet light, in the first example of biofluorescence in egg-laying mammals.
1st-ever footage of giant pandas mating in the wild is not 'cute and cuddly'
By Mindy Weisberger published
Filmmakers spent three years following pandas in China's Qinling Mountains, capturing never-before-seen footage of males competing over females.
After 3,000 years, Tasmanian devils return to mainland Australia
By Mindy Weisberger published
Tasmanian devils have been reintroduced to mainland Australia, where they haven't been seen in the wild for millennia.
During Fat Bear Week, bears compete in a battle of the bulge
By Mindy Weisberger published
Who will be the chonkiest bear of all? As bears in Alaska's Katmai National Park bulk up for winter, rangers invite the public to select one thicc beauty as the favored fattest.
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