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Earth’s largest land animals are not immune to threats, yet hope remains for wild elephants.

Spiders, doctors and journalists… what we get wrong when talking about spider bites. Arachnologist Sérgio Henriques sets the record straight.

Migratory monarchs increasingly face pressure from climate change, habitat loss, pesticides and herbicides. Such threats are pushing these butterflies towards extinction.

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Snakes are cool animals that play vitally important roles in our everyday lives, even though few of us may ever notice them.

Most of the planet’s oxygen comes from the ocean. So it’s fitting that the United Nations refers to our ocean as the “lungs of the Earth.”

World Parrot Day celebrates the diversity of these intelligent, colorful birds and raises awareness of conservation needs.

Choosing native species to plant in your garden can increase the local biodiversity, not only of plants, but also animals.