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Buzz The Flying Squirrel’s Home

Buzz is a flying squirrel. Do you know where flying squirrels live? Learn about Buzz’s home, or habitat, in this mini game from the Museum of Science.
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Jane The Tamarin’s Home

Jane is a tamarin. Do you know where tamarins live? Learn about Janes’s home, or habitat, in this mini game from the Museum of Science.
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Sami The Sea Turtle’s Home

Sami is a sea turtle. Do you know where sea turtles live? Learn about Sami’s home, or habitat, in this mini game from the Museum of Science.
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Buzz the Phenomenal Squirrel

Buzz is a phenomenal flying squirrel who lives at the Museum of Science. Can you help figure out why he is not eating his food? Think like a scientist, make observations, and help Buzz!
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Meet 17ft, 3,500lb White Shark Nukumi

Dive deep into the heart of the ocean's mysteries with Nukumi, an extraordinary white shark tagged by OCEARCH in the vast Western North Atlantic. Towering at an impressive 17 feet and weighing a formidable 3,500 pounds, Nukumi stands as one of the largest...
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Tracking Monkeys in the World’s Harshest Place with Dr. Christopher Schmitt

What can monkey feces tell us about human evolution, climate change, and our health? Dr. Christopher Schmitt, who leads the Primate Ecology and Molecular Anthropology Lab at Boston University, studies “extreme monkeys”—including yellow-tailed woolly...
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Massive 18ft White Shark Female Named Curly

Female White Shark Curly measured nearly 18 feet long and was one of the largest great white sharks ever studied in the Atlantic. She was the first mature female Shark Biologist Greg Skomal ever tagged. Observing her up close reshaped his understanding of...
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Why Do Hedgehogs Spit Up On Themselves?

Why is this hedgehog foaming at the mouth and rubbing it all over her back? 🦔😳 It’s called self-anointing, and while scientists aren’t sure why they do it, they have some theories. It could help mask their scent from predators, or turn their spit into a...
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Could Generative AI Help Humans Talk to Animals?

Imagine unlocking the secrets of the animal kingdom—thanks to artificial intelligence (AI), that future might be closer than we think.
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This Turtle Shell has a Secret Door

Why does this turtle have a secret hinge? Sherbert is an eastern box turtle with an evolutionary advantage: a kinetic hinge on the bottom half of his shell, called a plastron.
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How Do Flying Squirrels Fly?

You’re about to see how a flying squirrel can glide over 150 feet—no wings, no engines, just evolution at work. Meet Buzz and Aldrin, two southern flying squirrels with built-in gliding gear.
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This Bug Sprays Acid for Defense!

This bug doesn’t bite or sting, it sprays vinegar! Animal Keeper Jason introduces Dozer, the vinegaroon, a species of arachnid found in the southwestern United States and Mexico.
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Glowing Oceans? Bioluminescent Plankton Are Back!

From June through the summer, coastal waters will shimmer with the otherworldly glow of bioluminescent plankton—a natural phenomenon caused by microscopic organisms known as dinoflagellates.
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Real-Life Armored Animal? Meet the Screaming Armadillo

Keeper Jason introduces Diego, the screaming hairy armadillo. Native to South America, Diego sports a tough shell made of osteoderms, which are bony plates covered in scales.
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Can Eating Insects Benefit The Planet? Entomophagy explained!

Would you eat a bug? It might sound strange at first, but eating insects — known as entomophagy — is gaining serious traction as a sustainable and nutritious solution to the world’s growing food challenges.