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What’s the cleverest way to avoid being noticed by a predator in a forest? Make yourself look like a dead leaf, of course!

The Indo-Pacific leopard shark is an endangered species. Discover how one group is helping to rebuild the population.

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Have you ever wondered why spiders curl up when they die? This occurs when they lose the internalized pressure to push out their limbs.

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Brown tree snakes, which are invasive in Guam, have caused local extinctions of bird and bat species. Eradication efforts are ...