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Piping plover populations around the Great Lakes plunged in the 1980s. Conservation efforts have helped the numbers grow to record highs.

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You’ve probably heard of a partridge in a pear tree, but have you heard of three greenfinch hatchlings in a Christmas tree?

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Rounding the point at the bay’s mouth, the full force of the Gulf of Alaska makes itself known – these are serious waters, home to serious creatures, and you’re now in their domain.

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“Pecking is a full-body exercise,” says University of Alabama biologist Nicole Ackermans, who studies brain damage in ...