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Nature doesn’t hand out invisibility cloaks, but some animals come awfully close. Instead of relying on speed or toxins to stay alive, these animals take a quieter route and vanish. Camouflage is a ...

Where it lives: Steppes and meadows in Asia, notably China, India, Japan, Korea and Russia. It's also found in Africa and parts of Europe. Some populations are migratory. What it eats: Seeds of ...

The other day, nature educator Brianna Varner was walking on the beach when she saw what appeared to be an empty shell scuttling around on its own. Perplexed, she picked it up and turned it over — and ...