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Animal Features

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Sea Monsters Theater Listings

Go on a prehistoric adventure and meet the monsters that cruised the seas 82 million years ago with National Geographic's new 3-D giant-screen movie.

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Photo Gallery: Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo

National Geographic Explorers-in-Residence Dereck and Beverly Joubert spent two years with the lions and buffalo of Duba for their recent book Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo.

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Video: Rock Wallabies

In Australia, a cousin of the kangaroo, the rock wallaby, lives in its mountain refuge. But predators are never far away.

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Quetzal

Meet one of the world’s most beautiful birds. Find out why the quetzal was sacred to Maya and Aztec peoples.

Animals News

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Photo Gallery: "Spa Month"

Indian temple elephants are treated to an end-of-summer regimen of massage, rest, and health food.

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