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The Endangered Proboscis Monkey Is Easily Identifiable By One Physical Trait: Its Supersized Schnoz

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By Alex Fox Verified
| Smithsonian Magazine Verified
When you see this primate’s nose, you know you’re in Borneo, where efforts are underway to restore its habitat If Cyrano de Bergerac had been a proboscis monkey, he might not have needed poetry. For this furry primate, found only on the island of Borneo, a prominent nose is an asset. Males with the biggest snouts, up to nearly seven inches long, usually have the largest bodies overall.
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Positive Interactions Dominate Among Marine Microbes, Six-Year Study Reveals

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By Alex Fox Verified, Brittany Hook
| UC SAN DIEGO
Published Date January 21, 2026 A six-year analysis of marine microbes in coastal California waters has overturned long-held assumptions about how the ocean's smallest organisms interact. Researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography found that marine microbes interact in ways that benefit one another more often than they eat each other or compete.
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Scripps Scientists in Antarctica Studying Retreating Glaciers, Cancer-Fighting Microbes and More

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By Alex Fox Verified, Lauren Wood Verified
| UC SAN DIEGO
Published Date January 20, 2026 Seals resting on sea ice floes in the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula near Marguerite Bay, 68°S, in 2023. Credit: Allison Cusick Scientists from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Scripps Polar Center are at the bottom of the world conducting field research in Antarctica this season.
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