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An animal or plant becomes extinct when the last of its kind dies. 
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Why are many animal and plant species dying out forever?
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Take a look at some unusual living and extinct mammals.
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Invent a story about an endangered species. Then draw and write about it!
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This mighty member of the cat family is a powerful predator. It can leap up to 30 feet in the air, climb trees, and e...
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You could travel the globe, but there's only one place you'd find a ruffed lemur: Madagascar. It is an endemic specie...
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Ross MacPhee has always loved dirt. It means the opportunity to find lost things--from bones and teeth to pirate trea...
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At age 10, George Barrowclough began bird watching with his dad. He pursued his interest in birds by becoming an orni...
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An invasive species is a living thing that moves into a new region. Species often become "invasive" as a re...
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Biodiversity is the rich variety of life on Earth. But why is it important?
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Thousands of plants and animal species may be in danger of becoming extinct and disappearing forever.
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As a kid, John Flynn had a rock collection and made lots of trips with his family and school to the American Museum o...
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This butterfly once lived in the mangrove forests along the tropical coast of Taiwan.
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Send a note to a friend with these colorful letterheads.
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Play this game to find out how a law protects animals and plants.
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Compared to the continent of Africa, Madagascar may seem small. But this island, the fourth largest in the world, is...
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One look at Redondasaurus, and you might think it's a crocodile. After all, it has a similar long, armored body, with...
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The Sumatran tiger is found in only one place on the Earth -- on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. Fewer than 500 o...
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Growing up, Joel Cracraft loved reading travel and adventure books. In high school, he became interested in ornitholo...
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The name Jurassic conjures images of tremendous dinosaurs roaming the Earth.
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Earth was a very different place at the beginning of the Triassic. All of Earth's continents were combined into one s...
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Many famous dinosaurs, such as T. rex and Triceratops, first appeared in the Cretaceous Period.
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California condors are the largest birds in North America. Like all vultures, condors are carrion-eaters. This means...
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If you came face to face with a pacu, what would you do? Never fear -- the pacu may look like a big and scary fish, b...
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Some volcanoes erupt explosively, like opening a shaken soda bottle, because their magma is full of gases.
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According to legend, the roc was a giant bird large and strong enough to carry an elephant in its claws. As incredibl...
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Long before dinosaurs, these strange roach-like creatures scurried along the ancient sea floor.
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Although extinct today, this gopher-sized mammal thrived during the Mesozoic Era for about two million years.
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Many mammals run and walk. Some hop, swim, and even glide from trees.
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The red kangaroo is an amazing mammal. With its powerful hind legs and long tail, it can leap up to 45 feet (13.5 m)...
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The rare Taiwan beech tree grows only in a few forests of northern Taiwan. These are also the only places you'll find...
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How do your fossil-sorting skills stack up? Put them to the test with this kid-friendly online puzzle.
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Kids took the OLogy Challenge and shared their work with us!
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Paleontologist Mark Norell answers kids’ questions.
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In the wild, ruffed lemurs live in only one place -- the eastern rain forests of Madagascar.
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The gremlin-like, endangered aye-aye makes its home in the tropical forests of Madagascar, a large island off the coa...
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Manatees were once mistaken for mermaids. In fact, manatees are part of a small group of marine mammals known as &quo...
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In Japan, a frightening water creature called the kappa was long known for pulling children underwater and drowning t...
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Bubbling hot springs. Antarctic ice. Deep ocean trenches. The Himalayan peaks. Few organisms can live in any of these...
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Examine fossils and gather clues from experts!
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Ornithologists, or scientists who study birds, want to prevent the forests of the Pacific Northwest from being choppe...
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The mountain gorilla lives high up in the forests of east central Africa.
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The whooping crane is known as the tallest bird in North America. This long legged creature has been struggling to su...
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This plant-eating dinosaur might have weighed as much as 225 kilograms (500 pounds)!
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New Caledonia, a tiny island east of Australia, is the only place where an unusual bird called the kagu is found. Abo...
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How far have your groceries traveled? Find out!
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The Asian elephant is one of the largest land mammals in the world. Some people believe that elephants feel joy and s...
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This extinct bird weighed over 330 pounds and had heavy legs and tiny wings. 
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Take a world-wide tour of biodiversity with three scientists.
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As a conservation geneticist, Yael tries to help endangered species by studying their DNA.
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The striped bass has been a popular catch for fishermen for centuries. These fishes are known for their spiny fins an...
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With its furry coat, friendly face, and playful nature, the sea otter is perhaps one of the most endearing animals in...
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In 1938, fishermen off the east coast of Africa pulled up a strange creature in their nets.
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Confuciusornis is the earliest-known toothless, beaked bird.
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For thousands of years, the dragon has been an unmistakable symbol around the world. But this lizard-like beast doesn...
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Throughout history, many cultures have told of mythic creatures of enormous size. The cyclopes are some of the most f...
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This is one of the oldest known dinosaurs!
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This prehistoric relative of living ducks had a long neck, tall legs, webbed feet, and a duck-like head.
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His love of natural sciences and extreme camping led this scientist to paleontology.
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Paleontologists uncovered this just-hatched Protoceratops in 1997 at Ukhaa Tolgod.
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The dazzling Magellan's Iridescent Birdwing is found only on Orchid Island, about 60 kilometers off the southeast coa...
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This horned dinosaur had two long spikes on the back of its frill, the bony extension behind its skull.
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Fossils are the key to understanding life in the past.
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These creatures have lived in Earth's oceans for over 545 million years!
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California sea lions are playful, intelligent, and fast—in and out of water. Their large flippers enable them to leap...
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The first vertebrates to fly took to the skies about 215 million years ago. These creatures were neither birds nor ba...
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Its brow horns and snout horn inspired this dinosaur's name, which means "three-horned face."
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About 120 kilometers (75 miles) off the coast of China is the island of Taiwan. Although this country is small, it is...
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Learn how to look at a bunch of bones and draw what a dinosaur looked like. 
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Meet some of the more unusual members of T. rex and Velociraptor's family tree.
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The St. Vincent parrot makes its home on the tropical island of St. Vincent in the Caribbean. These parrots are cover...
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The Tibetan antelope, also known as "chiru," is one of the most beautiful mammals in the world.
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The leatherback is the world's largest turtle. Unlike the bony exterior of other sea turtles, the exterior of the lea...
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This beautiful tortoise lives in the deserts of Madagascar, an island off the coast of Africa. This reptile gets its...
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Find out how paleontologist John Flynn answered kids' questions.
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From Madagascar to Indonesia, travel around the world with Museum scientists.
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What kind of person becomes an ichthyologist, a scientist who studies fish?
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Ross MacPhee has always loved dirt. To him it means the opportunity to find lost things — from bones and teeth to pirate treasure.
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How is the ocean like a layer cake? What creatures live there? And how important is the ocean? Take a dive and find out!
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Chris Raxworthy has been fascinated by all things scaly and slimy since he was a kid. Chris is a herpetologist at the...
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In this interview, meet the cast of a titanosaur, one of the largest dinosaurs ever found!
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What do we have in common with sharks, bluebirds, lizards, and toads? We are all vertebrates, or animals with backbon...
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For centuries, orange roughy went mostly unnoticed by humans. These fish thrived in the dark, the cold, and the inten...
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This large dark bird is unmistakable soaring in the air along the coast.
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The snowy egret is a beautiful sight. An adult egret is distinguished by its dark slender beak, long black legs, and...
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Museum scientists answer kids' questions!
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Conservation biologist Ana Luz Porzecanski answers kids' questions.
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Find out what causes volcanoes to erupt and how scientists study them.