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Found: Large And Deadly Nile Crocodiles, Now in Florida

They're a little terrifying.
Sarah Laskow May 20, 2016
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The Most Popular Dog Names in New York City

We got the list.
Beryl Lipton May 19, 2016
Manhattan schist
New York, New York

Hallett Nature Sanctuary

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.
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The World's Smallest Porpoises Might Soon Be Extinct

Just a handful are left.
Erik Shilling May 18, 2016
farms

Found: A Baby Alpaca Trapped in a Hole

A dirt bath went very wrong.
Sarah Laskow May 18, 2016
Acorn Woodpecker on a tree in California
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Acorn Woodpeckers Hoard Thousands of Acorns in a Single Tree

That’s not even the weirdest thing about them.
Tao Tao Holmes May 16, 2016
Fulmer Zaida
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How England's First Feline Show Countered Victorian Snobbery About Cats

The 1871 cat show ushered in a new era of appreciation for the furry rat-catchers.
Ella Morton May 13, 2016
An airport-pranking dog successfully avoids capture.
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Watch a Dog Gang Shut Down a Tokyo Airport

One of the trespassing pooches is still on the loose.
Cara Giaimo May 13, 2016
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For Sale: A Housebroken Pet Bison

If you're in the market.
Eric Grundhauser May 13, 2016
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Psychic Snail Sex Couldn't Replace the Telegraph, But One Frenchman Sure Tried

How an escargot obsession found its way from the Paris Commune to Japanese manga.
Rachel Rosen May 12, 2016
animals

Watch Octopus Babies Burst into the World

They're so tiny and wriggly!
Tao Tao Holmes May 12, 2016
animals

How Counting Horses and Reading Dogs Convinced Us Animals Could Think

Before the fin de siècle fad for 'wonder animals,' most people assumed creatures were mindless.
Atlas Obscura May 12, 2016
A deer hangs out at the Savannah River Site, just outside a nuclear reservation.
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How Radioactive Animals Become Tools, Pests and Political Statements

Far from Chernobyl, turtles, rabbits and cows make nuclear cleanups an educational mess.
Cara Giaimo May 11, 2016
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Russia Built a Huge Tunnel to Save a Near-Extinct Group of Leopards

In the far eastern part of the country.
Erik Shilling May 10, 2016
Giraffe eating breakfast with guests at Giraffe Manor
Nairobi, Kenya

Giraffe Manor

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.
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The Rogue Team Rescuing Fort McMurray's Pets As the City Burned

Many were found terrified.
Erik Shilling May 9, 2016
The zebra family
Mentor, Ohio

Judy's Jungle

A fiberglass jungle, deep in the wilds of the Cleveland suburbs.
Baby beaver, killing it on the campaign trail. (Screenshot: Jonathan Murray/Twitter)
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This Baby Beaver Won DC's Hearts and Minds After Trying to Take the Metro

"He was a little cutie," observers report.
Cara Giaimo May 6, 2016