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For this installment of "From the Archives," we answer a reader question about the monk parakeets and grackles in Austin.

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The arachnophobes have come to a decision: jumping spiders can stay. The other spiders must leave, but jumping spiders are ...

When you think of birds, you might imagine wings flapping silently against a blue sky. The kākāpō, however, lacks these ...

There were about as many deadly bear attacks in Japan in just 2025 as there are in the United States in the average decade.

The elm zigzag sawfly has spread to 15 states in five years. Now it's attacking the tree that cities planted to replace Dutch ...

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