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New monkey species discovered in Amazon

Scientists have discovered a new species of monkey on an expedition into an unexplored part of the Brazilian Amazon. The monkey is a new species of titi, or...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Yosemite to Cut Trees for Better Views

“These darn trees are getting in the way of my view of nature,” joked one of my guides on a trip to British Columbia a few years back. We had stopped during a...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Extraordinary Cougar Caught on Tape

The cougar that lost his life recently on a highway in Connecticut pulled off one remarkable feat. He walked from South Dakota to the East Coast, a journey...

Wendy Redal

Deal With the Devil? Tanzania to Mine Uranium in Selous to Fund Park Upkeep

Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park is legendary, but its biggest game reserve – the Selous – is even more impressive, for its size and stunning amount of...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

When Coal Cools: a Global Warming Enigma

The Dallas-Fort Worth area is currently on its 39th consecutive day of temperatures in the triple digits. The region might soon break its record of...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Thank-You Note from a Whale

When going out into the Sea of Cortez, California, with the intended purpose of doing some whale watching, it’s probably not all that unusual to actually come...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Turtle Runways and Pronghorn Highways

You’d think it would take something very big or potentially catastrophic to stop an Airbus A380 or a Boeing 747 from taking off at New York City’s John F....

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: A Need for the Dark

We humans have long feared the dark. That’s where scary monsters hide and criminals lurk. So that’s why, for most of our history on the planet, we’ve been...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: From a Lion’s Point of View

Recent new technology has allowed us to get a glimpse into other creatures' lives like never before. It seems that every day, we’re learning more about the...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Great Migrations—from Small Creatures

If you dread overseas flights because you always land intolerably tired and exceedingly hungry, I have some facts that might help you put such ordeals into...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Dolphins as Therapists

Dogs have been working as “therapists” for us for a long time now. Since the 1970s, they have been going into nursing homes, assisted living centers,...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Videos: Lemming Suicide, the No. 1 Nature Hoax

The top nature hoax—according to Animal Planet, the popular TV channel created by the BBC and Discovery Communications—is the suicidal nature of lemmings....

Brad Josephs

The World’s Most Underappreciated Bird?

In modern society the raven is surely the world’s most underappreciated bird. Physically, ravens are neither ornate nor powerful. They lack the color of most...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

What Whales Contemplate

Seems there’s a rising singing sensation who’s getting a lot of press lately. He hails from Australia. Well, actually, from off the coast of Australia—way...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: When a Leopard Seal Serves You Lunch

When National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen jumped in the waters off Antarctica to photograph a leopard seal, he never expected her to play the perfect...

Wendy Redal

Baby tigers have blue eyes! And other fun tiger facts

Did you know the tiger's mystical golden eyes are a trait that only adults possess? Babies are born with blue eyes, which open when they are about 10 days...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Species Numbers Game

When it comes to environmental and wildlife issues, it seems that the more alarming the statistics are, the more likely it is that they will command our...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

It’s Raining Birds

Instead of waking to falling snow as many of us did on New Year’s Day 2011, people in Beebe, Arkansas, rose to find thousands of birds—grackles, starlings and...