Praying Mantis Clumsily Eats Bees in Brooklyn

Praying mantises aren’t rare or graceful, but a treat to see. How do bees not notice this lobster-like monster sitting on a flower? This mantis in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park lurked on a flower, then lunged on two bees and tore them to pieces.

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Cardinals finally let me see them raise babies in Brooklyn

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Cardinals feed babies fresh bugs in nest you could see if you knew where to look in Prospect Park.

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Peter Capaldi's Leonardo da Vinci loves animals, mocks humans

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With Peter Capaldi–a proven choice for the smartest man in the universe–you come away impressed with Leonardo’s love of animals and maybe a little creeped out by his anger at humans.

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Guide to Troubled Birds: showing birds as the jerks they sometimes are

Guide to Troubled Birds

Guide to Troubled Birds is the rare funny bird book that illustrates what any birder secretly knows: a lot of birds are jerks.

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Many Ubiquitous TV Jingles Make Dogs Sing, But Why?

Dogs sing to the most ubiquitous songs on TV. Do they hate the Empire Carpet jingle as much as we do? Or do they like the familiarity of another Law and Order?

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Green heron nest survived Googa Mooga

Heroic green heron parents endured days of hipster music and foodies when their eggs were about to hatch. Now two chicks are learning to eat regurgitated fish and walk on branches of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.

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Monster quest: finding the giant snapping turtle of Prospect Park

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Enormous snapping turtles lurk in Brooklyn lakes but emerge this time of year to lay eggs. Oddly, NY state is about to allow trapping, hooking and clubbing them to death.

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Zombie Birds shows us we still have a lot to learn about animals

The latest animal research seems to prove that animals are sexually and morally freaky in ways we never imagined. This book turns biology into fun sideshows.

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Yellowstone Sanctuary, home to bears, cougar, Ted Turner's magpie, may close

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MT’s only wildlife sanctuary may close because it’s not meeting federal regulations, but it won’t say which ones.

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Reader question: what's up with this squirrel's raggedy fur?

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This VA squirrel has white, gray and rusty fur at all different lengths and angles. Can you figure out what’s wrong?

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