The sex of many turtles, crocodilians, and other reptiles is determined by the temperature at which their eggs incubate.

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About 20,000 years ago, a family of owls lived in a cave. Sometimes, they would cough up owl pellets containing the bones of ...

Claude's unique appearance and calm personality dazzled millions of visitors in San Francisco for nearly 20 years.

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Last year, they were hit with a deadly virus. The year before that, starvation. What will this breeding season bring for the ...

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Little kids giddily squeal as a baby sea turtle, flippers flapping, lurches toward the water with the grace of a drunk lunging for a cab at closing time. Tourists applaud as about a dozen more ...