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How Worm-Inspired Treatments Are Inching Their Way Toward the Clinic

Why Has This North Carolina Town Embraced a Strange Salamander?

These Sandhill Cranes Have Adopted a Canada Gosling, and Birders Have Flocked to Watch the Strange Family

This Majestic Monkey Has Become a Beloved Neighbor for Millions in Vietnam

After Crocs and Lemurs Went Extinct on the Mainland, Many Survived on Islands for Millions of Years

Can the Redfish, That Gulf Coast Culinary Icon, Be Brought Back From the Brink?

Scientists Are Just Beginning to Understand How Life Makes Clouds, and Their Discoveries May Drastically Improve Climate Science

Scientists Are Tracking Worrying Declines in Insects—and the Birds That Feast on Them. Here’s What’s Being Done to Save Them Both

Ten Stunning Nature Photos From the BigPicture 2025