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Animal ID Challenge - Nuthatch, Tufted Titmouse, or Chickadee

Photo © Chas53 / iStockphoto. In today's animal identification challenge, we have a little grey and white bird with a splash of orange on its flanks. This little bird is about 6.5 inches in length with a 9.75 inch wingspan. It is common in mature deciduous forests in the US, east of the M...

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About.co...Wildlife — 6 days ago

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Ten Facts About Birds

Birds (Class Aves) are one of the six basic groups of animals. Birds, best known for their ability to fly, are unmatched in their command of the skies. Albatrosses glide long distances over the open sea, hummingbirds hover motionless in mid-air, and eagles swoop down to capture prey with pinpoint...

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About.co...Wildlife — October 28

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For Paper Wasps, Being Unique Has its Benefits

For paper wasps, it pays to have a unique face. That's what Michael Sheehan and Elizabeth Tibbetts of University of Michigan concluded in a recent paper published in the journal Evolution. Their research reveals that paper wasps (Polistes fuscatus) that have distinct facial markings become embroi...

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About.co...Wildlife — October 20

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Fossil Mammal Reveals Clues About Mammalian Hearing

Photo © Mark A. Klingler / Carnegie Museum of Natural History.A team of paleontologists have discovered a fossil of a 123-million-year-old mammal that lived in what is now the Lianoning Province of northeastern China. The mammal, Maotherium asiaticus, was so well preserved that it has prov...

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About.co...Wildlife — October 12

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Photos: Wildlife of the Great Plains

NPR has a fantastic collection of 15 images from a new book by photographer Michael Forsberg, Great Plains: America's Lingering Wild. ...

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About.co...Wildlife — September 30

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On TV: National Parks Feature in Documentary by Ken Burns

This week, PBS is showing a six-part documentary by Ken Burns, The National Parks: America's Best Idea. You can find out more about the series here and here. If you missed any of the episodes that have already aired (like I did) you can view them online here. ...

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About.co...Wildlife — September 30