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Rain has darkened a patch of red Australian desert sand. A thorny devil moves across the wet surface, and liquid touching its body disappears into microscopic spaces associated with its …
A young killer whale travels beside its mother and other experienced members of its social group as they search for prey. When the adults accelerate, dive, circle a school of …
A person walks through a city park while an American crow watches from a nearby tree. To a human observer, there may be nothing unusual about the encounter. But suppose …
Night has settled over the desert of the American Southwest. Between scattered rocks and dry vegetation, a southern grasshopper mouse moves toward a bark scorpion—dangerous prey armed with a venomous …
Among the wind-scoured rocks of Central Asia, a Pallas’s cat can appear almost motionless against the winter landscape. Snow collects between boulders, temperatures fall far below freezing, and vegetation offers …
Marigolds are usually treated as the colorful border around the “real” vegetable garden. But their value can go beyond appearance. When used correctly, companion planting marigolds can add plant diversity, …
A peregrine falcon high above the landscape can transform from a soaring bird into one of nature’s most extraordinary high-speed predators in seconds. During its specialized hunting dive, known as …
After sunset in a tropical American forest, a kinkajou may emerge from a tree hollow and begin moving through a world of trunks, vines and overlapping branches. Its movements can …
Succulents have a reputation for being easy houseplants, but there is one mistake that can quietly damage them before anything looks seriously wrong: too much water. The earliest signs of …
If your Monstera has started producing long brown or greenish roots from its stem, there is usually no reason to worry. These strange-looking growths are monstera aerial roots, a normal …