Animals

Are Humans Giving Animals Cancer?

More creatures are coming down with the Big C. The likely cause: people.

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| Mon Apr. 4, 2011 12:01 AM PDT

Did BP Spill Kill Hundreds More Dolphins?

How many whales and dolphins died in BP's Deepwater Horizon disaster? Scientists think they've finally found out—and it's much worse than you thought.

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| Tue Mar. 29, 2011 10:32 PM PDT

Small But Mighty

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| Mon Mar. 28, 2011 2:18 PM PDT

Animals at Play

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| Fri Mar. 25, 2011 4:12 AM PDT

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Alien vs. Predator: Biocontrol Edition

Can an imported weevil KO an invasive weed that's choking out our parks and pastures? Or do we enlist bugs at our own peril?

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| Mon Mar. 14, 2011 4:00 AM PDT

Sit Tight, Pooch, I'll Just Be a Minute

Images of dogs left in cars.

Photographs by Martin Usborne/eyevine/ZUMA

 | Sun Mar. 13, 2011 1:00 AM PST

An Orchestra of Elephants

How a scientist and an animal expert formed a band out of 14 Thai pachyderms

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| Mon Feb. 28, 2011 4:45 AM PST

Venn Diagram: Taliban v. Christians v. Lolcats

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| Thu Feb. 24, 2011 3:00 PM PST

Polar Bear Cubs Emerge From Hibernation

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| Wed Feb. 23, 2011 1:25 PM PST

Eat More Anchovies, Herring and Sardines To Save the Ocean's Fish Stocks

We should consume less of the fish at the top of the food chain and more of their prey to rebalance the marine ecosystem.

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| Fri Feb. 18, 2011 3:42 PM PST

Why Some Birds Became Flightless

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| Mon Feb. 14, 2011 10:44 AM PST

Albatross: Life in the Air

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| Fri Feb. 11, 2011 10:40 AM PST

Great Plains Gone Wild
Thu Feb. 10, 2011 1:00 PM PST

Ranches With Wolves

Can livestock owners—and their cows—learn to live with the lobos?

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| Mon Feb. 7, 2011 1:55 PM PST

Busy Beavers Building, Part 2

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| Tue Dec. 21, 2010 5:48 AM PST

Arctic Hybridization Makes Saving Species Tough

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| Thu Dec. 16, 2010 5:15 AM PST

Dolphins Give Birth Off South Africa Coast

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| Thu Dec. 9, 2010 12:25 PM PST

A Map of Crowded Cows

A new tool exposes the population of livestock across the country

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| Thu Dec. 2, 2010 4:53 PM PST

Liberia: Monkeys, Pets or Meat?

What every kid wants for Christmas.

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| Mon Nov. 29, 2010 12:43 PM PST

Putin's Animal Love

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| Thu Nov. 18, 2010 12:25 PM PST