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What the ‘trash heap’ penguins of Argentina are teaching us about survival
For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an ...
How Antarctica’s penguins became nature’s daredevils
From diving off cliffs to starving for months, emperor penguins are continuing to surprise scientists with their ability to adapt to one of the world’s most extreme environments.
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One of the images already selected as part of the #YourShotOurHOME challenge. "An adorable Asiatic lion cub sleeps in the ...
These glowing seas have baffled sailors for centuries. Science may finally have answers.
"Milky seas” are one of the rarest reported forms of bioluminescence. A new scientific database may finally reveal the ...
Cicadas are back—and this time it’s the ‘mother of all broods’
The eastern U.S. is about to be inundated with trillions of Brood XIV periodical cicadas—which were first documented by the ...
I watched Nat Geo's new must-see docuseries, and it's the most gripping drama of the year so far
Secrets of the Penguins is the latest entry in National Geographic's Secrets of series after whales, octopi and elephants, ...
Why do birds sing so loudly in the morning in spring? It’s the ‘dawn chorus’
Yes, there are more birds singing at this time of year. But their symphony is also louder and more energetic than ever—and ...
At the edge of Romania, the Danube Delta is a wilderness best discovered by boat
Romania’s section of the Danube Delta brims with natural wonders, but Letea Forest, a stretch of the wetland where green ...