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These bats are taught to eavesdrop—in order to survive
The love songs of these Panamanian frogs is a dinner bell for fringe-lipped bats. But how do they learn which frogs and toads ...
Bertie Gregory’s filmmaking offers a front-row ticket to wildlife in action
As Bertie Gregory remembers it, the seeds of his passion might have been sown in the fields of English farmers, near his ...
Is this really a dire wolf? Here’s how the ‘de-extinct’ pups compare to the real thing.
The private company Colossal Biosciences claims to have resurrected dire wolves through genetic editing. The resulting trio, ...
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 ...
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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Inside a Sheikh's Plan to Protect the World's Fastest Animal
This story appears in the October 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine ... changes in Middle Eastern falconry, eschewing wild birds for those he breeds himself. Pani, one of the sheikh ...
Wildlife Expert Shares the 'Ridiculous' Animal Encounter He Caught on Film for the First Time (Exclusive)
Secrets of the Penguins cinematographer, Bertie Gregory, shares the memorable moment he filmed baby penguins leaping from a 50-foot cliff with PEOPLE.
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Female Bonobos Assert Their Dominance Over Males by Banding Together, New Study Suggests
Bonobos, which are among our closest living relatives, live in rare societies where females tend to outrank males, even ...
‘Secrets of the Penguins’ Cinematographer on How the Birds ‘Break the Fourth Wall’
"Secrets of the Penguins" cinematographer Bertie Gregory describes how the birds would practically "break the fourth wall" ...