Animals
ANIMALS
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Meet the American Pika: This Pint-Sized Mountain Mammal Gathers Wildflowers and Has a Distinctive “Bark”
For humans, a bouquet may be a gesture of appreciation meant for a loved one, but for American pikas, bunches of flowers are a means of survival. Native to North America, these pint-sized herbivores live off a diet of weeds,…
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NOVEMBER 18, 2022
Your Guide to the 2023 National Dog Show: What to Expect and How to Watch
Like the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and pumpkin pie, the National Dog Show is an American holiday tradition. As many as 2,000 of the top American Kennel Club sanctioned dogs competed this year in the most widely viewed dog show…
OCTOBER 26, 2023
In 93-Degree Water, the Endangered Devils Hole Pupfish Keep Swimming
In a geothermal cave in Nevada, the endangered Devils Hole pupfish is embodying a certain cartoon relative’s mantra: “Just keep swimming.” The fish species has not only endured in the ostensibly forbidding environment it became trapped in thousands of years…
