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From bold foxes to gregarious birds, animals’ personalities are increasingly being seen as crucial to conservation efforts.

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One of the world’s largest species of lizards, an ornate monitor, was found abandoned in an Alameda home last month, police ...

A single thermal performance curve applies across life, from bacteria to animals. Species differ in optimal temperatures, but not in the fundamental shape of their response to heat. Researchers at Tri ...

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Our bones did not begin deep inside the body. They started in the skin, not long after the first complex animals took shape.

Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences kept busy throughout 2025. Along with collaborators from across the globe, ...

A psychedelic spider, sign of spring, a loud primate and more make Fauna & Flora’s 2026 Species to Watch List.