Some creatures just seem to have won the genetic lottery. You know the ones. They’re effortlessly cool, impossibly beautiful, and carry themselves with an air of quiet confidence that makes everyone ...

ATLANTA - Zoo Atlanta's newest addition knows that stripes are always in fashion. Buttercup, a 2-year-old Sumatran tiger, arrived at the zoo on Wednesday night from Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oregon.

Officially, Earth boasts roughly two million species. Unofficially, scientists suspect there could be millions — perhaps over 100 million — more. Each year, scientists add thousands of new species to ...

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