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Kinkajou Holding a Balsa Blossom
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Resembling a small primate but actually related to the raccoon, the Central and South American kinkajou uses its long tongue to remove honey from beehives and nectar from flowers.
Photograph by Mattias Klum
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Getting the Kinks Out

Meet the reclusive, nocturnal kinkajou in its native habits of Central and South America in this multimedia feature.

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Southeast Asia is home to a menagerie of nocturnal creatures. Learn what goes bump in the night in this feature.

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Living Laboratory

See how 60 million years of isolation has shaped the incredible ecosystem of Madagascar in this feature.

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