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The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.

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A controversial reintroduction program is off to a messy start.

Madagascar is reeling from political unrest. But there’s another problem that no one’s talking about.

The only way to save them is to put people first.

Madagascar is reeling from political unrest. But there’s another problem that no one’s talking about.

We still haven’t documented 90 percent of animals on Earth

We still haven’t documented 90 percent of animals on Earth

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The bizarre link between your anti-anxiety drugs and salmon.

Researchers are hoping they may unlock one of animal biology’s greatest mysteries.

Sometimes nature thrives in the most unlikely places.

Here’s why you should never, ever drink the rain.

The rise and fall of dairy milk in America, explained in 8 charts.

A baby bust threatens the future of an already struggling reef.

Job cuts and frozen funding could inch one of the world’s rarest species even closer to extinction.

Job cuts and frozen funding could inch one of the world’s rarest species even closer to extinction.

In the oil-rich Permian Basin, the dunes sagebrush lizard faces extinction. Will Trump do it in?