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Are You Wooed By This Bird’s Gronking Song?
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Sabrina Imbler
May 2, 2024
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Can You Blame Bees For Loving The Great American Game Of Baseball?
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Sabrina Imbler
May 1, 2024
The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock
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A Brief Investigation Into Whether Charlotte The Pregnant Ray Is Scamming Us All
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Sabrina Imbler
April 30, 2024
Creaturefector
Whales Are Singers Too, Billie Eilish
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Sabrina Imbler
April 26, 2024
Creaturefector
Meet The Extremely Metal Spike-Toothed Salmon
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Sabrina Imbler
April 24, 2024
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In Hawaii, Crickets Are Learning New Songs Of Sex And Death
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Sabrina Imbler
April 19, 2024
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The Secret Life Of A Tiny Flower
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Sabrina Imbler
April 18, 2024
Arts And Culture
The Forbidden Worlds Of Toshiko Takaezu
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Sabrina Imbler
April 17, 2024
Interviews
What Do We Do With Our Climate Anxiety?
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Sabrina Imbler
April 12, 2024
Creaturefector
It’s Time For God’s Ugliest Little Bugs To Be Represented In The Beautiful Tradition Of Haiku
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Sabrina Imbler
April 4, 2024
Creaturefector
Point/Counterpoint: That’s My Lunch!
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Sabrina Imbler
April 3, 2024
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If Romeo And Juliet Were Ancient Termites They Wood Look Like This
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Sabrina Imbler
March 26, 2024
Science
Vibrations From “Interstellar Meteor” Actually From Local Truck; Or, Fact-Checking The Celebrity Scientist
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Sabrina Imbler
March 22, 2024
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She’s Literally Mother
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Sabrina Imbler
March 21, 2024
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This Parasite Has Become A Full-Time Booger
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Sabrina Imbler
March 14, 2024
Creaturefector
The Twilight Chorus That Can Be Heard 18,000 Feet Under The Sea
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Sabrina Imbler
March 13, 2024
Creaturefector
Honey, They Yassified A Kākāpō!
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Sabrina Imbler
March 12, 2024
Creaturefector
Fleeting Joy, Unexpected Despair, And Eventual Peace; Or, The Time I Learned About Two Gay Humpback Whales
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Sabrina Imbler
March 1, 2024
Birdfector
What Do We Owe Zoo Animals?
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Sabrina Imbler
February 28, 2024
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Everybody Wants To Be An Ant
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Sabrina Imbler
February 22, 2024
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The Brief And Wondrous Life Of The AI Giant-Penised Rat, Explained
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Sabrina Imbler
February 21, 2024
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Charlotte The Ray Did NOT Have Sex With A Shark, So Stop Asking!
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Sabrina Imbler
February 16, 2024
Defector Reads A Book
From Hell’s Heart We Blog At Thee: Let’s Chat About ‘Moby-Dick’
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February 14, 2024
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Mushroom Growing On A Frog? Now That’s A Toadstool
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Sabrina Imbler
February 13, 2024
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The Little Fish With A Mouth That Defies All Logic
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Sabrina Imbler
February 9, 2024
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