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Giraffe joins list of species that are 'vulnerable to extinction'

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) made an update to its Red List of Threatened Species earlier this week at the 13th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Cancun, Mexico. The report states that one of the world’s favorite mammals—the giraffe—is now vulnerable to...

Peacock Spider Dances Its Way Into Our Arachnophobic Hearts

You'd never consider spiders to be symbols of romance, especially during this time of year. Depicted as hairy, with dripping fangs and far too many eyes, spiders have scared the freckles off Ron Weasley and other fellow arachnophobes. However, among the tarantulas and black widows that dream of tasty flies to gobble up, one tiny spider...

Get Ready To Rumble! Robotic Animals Show Off Their Battle Moves

Which animal would win in a fight? A lion or a tiger? Did you ever wonder if the polar bear would kill a walrus, or the other way around? Well, there may be answers to these hypothetical battles by looking back at the Animal Planet TV show, Animal Face-Off. The show used CGI animation and robotic models to portray hypothetical battles...

Few escape routes available for climate change-driven migration

Warming temperatures, rising oceans, and worsening storms are all effects of climate change that threaten our fragile habitats. Humans can, at least temporarily, adapt our homes by building flood walls or air conditioning units to withstand increasing temperatures, but the animals in our neighborhoods and beyond have only one reliable...