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These bear cubs aren't just cutely splashing around, they're learning life skills—while cutely splashing around. National Geographic

Unlike in the High Arctic, the polar bears of southern Hudson Bay are born into a very different world. Instead of icebergs and snow-covered mountains, their first home is the boreal forest. They spend only a short time…

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Meet Helicocranchia, the piglet squid. ⁠💙 ⠀ This species is found throughout the world’s tropical and subtropical oceans and, in the Atlantic Ocean, in north temperate waters. Their mantle reaches a maximum size of 10 c…

A highly venomous Huamantlan rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus salvini) is a stunning subspecies of the Mojave rattlesnake from Central Mexico. National Geographic