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Camel Bones Prove Bible Wrong

Domesticated camels weren't known in Israel until about 900 B.C., when there were major changes in copper production throughout the region.
Songbird Slaughter Stopped

Birds and Mammals Get a Two-Year Break in Albania
Giraffe Killing Sparks Outrage

A healthy male giraffe was euthanized because its genes didn't add to the diversity of the zoo population.
“Extinct” Toad Alive and Well

A toad from the Andes mountains that had long been thought extinct and was known only from a single museum specimen collected in 1970 has resurfaced in Ecuador.
France Crushes Its Ivory Stockpile

It's the first European nation to do so since the 1989 global ivory ban.
Echidna Secrets Revealed

An egg-laying, spiny mammal is already pretty bizarre, but it turns out short-beaked echidnas are even stranger than we thought.
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5 Flirtatious Animals

From stone-throwing monkeys to castle-building fish, see the lengths that some species go to please their mates. Friday
Lee Deigaard: Animal Witness

Photographer Lee Deigaard captured images of critters on her parent's farm with infrared camera traps for her series 'Unbidden'.

Gannets Pictures

Champion divers but clumsy landers, doting parents but hostile neighbors—northern gannets abound in contradictions.
Estonia's Ural Owls

Photographer Sven Začek provides an intimate view of this large raptor.