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Mary X. Dennis
Mary Xiaofung Dennis is a Singaporean-American writer and photographer from Ithaca, New York. She spent several years in Beijing, China, working as the Ecology editor of the Beijinger magazine. She recently returned to New York to attend Columbia University, where she earned an M.A. in science journalism.

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Forest Service Asks Visitors To Stop Taking Dangerous Bear Selfies

Park rangers at Taylor Creek, in South Lake Tahoe, California, are issuing strong warnings against bear selfies, as common sense has so far proved useless in preventing visitors from approaching the wild animals.

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10 Sensational Animals With Cult Followings

1. Machli

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Unbelievable Photos Reveal The Work Of A Real Batman

Merlin D. Tuttle has been researching and photographing bats for the past 20 years.

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Vervet Monkey With Deep Wounds Bounds Back To The Treetops After Rehab

Vervet monkeys are highly intelligent, highly adorable primates native to eastern and southern Africa.

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7 Sets Of Teeth That An Orthodontist Would Love

The time for plastic vampire teeth is over.

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If Cats Edited These 9 Books...

1. "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single cat in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of the tallest cat tower ever."

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An Underwater Peek At The Migration Of Thousands And Thousands Of Spider Crabs

Each summer, hundreds of thousands of giant spider crabs migrate to Port Phillip Bay in Victoria, Australia.

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7 Monkeys Who Woke Up Like This

1. This Yunnan snub-nosed monkey woke up with a photo-ready face like this.

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12 Bats Who Refuse To Be Terrifying

Bats get a bad rap.

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