Nature & Wildlife
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What do bats do when they get sick? Do they stay in their roost to rest, or self-isolate from other bats, or eat fruits or leaves that might have medicinal properties to make themselves better?
Slow down, or you’ll miss Olive, a 4-year-old female sloth, who made her National Zoo debut in August. Keepers who’ve spent the past several weeks getting to know Olive say she has a curious and spirited personality.
Carrie Beauchamp, a collections manager at the museum, introduces the North American porcupine on display from her home state of Wisconsin.
Marty and Beth head to Tornado Alley to try to intercept a monster storm. They are working with researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who study the different impacts of storms.
Every fall, millions of monarch butterflies migrate to Mexico, where they overwinter. In the spring, the same butterflies fly back to the United States, where they mate, lay their eggs, and die.
Mangoes are either monoembryonic or polyembryonic, meaning each seed contains either one embryo/plant or contains multiple. This is dependent on which mango cultivar you have.
Permanent, toothy frowns might make it seem like these fish are always feeling down, but in reality, their unique facial structure allows them to spend their time looking up—at prey.
Two animal care experts share why this new species might become your next obsession.