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Deadly Crocodiles Down Under Australians try to live safely with giant saltwater reptiles that will eat just about anything—including people. Listen to the story.
How Smart Is An Octopus? Hold your fork—octopuses and other mollusks are more intelligent than you may think. Watch the video.
How to Speak Walrus Two experts—and two walruses—demonstrate in this audio slide show. Learn their language.

Nature

Profile: Irene Pepperberg & Alex

One woman's 30-year relationship with an African gray parrot transformed our understanding of bird intelligence.
Photographing Climate Change

Acclaimed photographer James Balog describes his Extreme Ice Survey, a photographic record of arctic and alpine melting.
Profile: Maydianne Andrade

By peering into the sex lives of spiders, this evolutionary biologist has shown the upside of cannibalism.
Population Ecology

When oak trees shed huge numbers of acorns every few years, it has ramifications throughout the ecosystem.

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by Frans de Waal
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For Love of Insects
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Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth
by Richard Fortey
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by David Quammen
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by Michael Pollan

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