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Diary of a one-month vegan
Grist’s green-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, has forsworn all animal products this month. Nobody told her there might be fish bladder in her Guinness.
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Man presumptuously kidnaps 13 percent of an entire turtle species
A man was arrested in Bangkok smuggling 54 ploughshare turtles. There are only 400 of the species in the wild.
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Please keep an eye out for this lost space hedgehog
CASSiE the Cosmic Hedgehog is the U.K. space mascot. We're hoping for her safe return after being lost on the way back from the edge of space.
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Deer playing in a mud puddle will totally make your day
If you are feeling overly old or responsible, here's your antidote.
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Screw Cadbury, make your own creamy chocolate Easter eggs
Mass-manufactured chocolate Easter eggs are terrible for the environment. Here's how to make them from scratch.
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Strawberries should not be growing in the Arctic Circle, and yet here they are
Greenland is not farm country. But the climate here is changing fast enough that chefs and farmers are finding that they can grow produce they never dreamed of before.
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Climate change is killing the corn cob pipe
Higher temperatures and drought are hurting the quality of corn cobs and causing trouble for the country's last corn cob pipe producer.
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Do trees fight crime in Philadelphia?
More greenery is linked to lower crime rates, a new study finds.
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Scientists: To save the lions, fence them in
While it's romantic and all to think about lions roaming free, the reality is that lions that are not roaming free -- that are living in fenced-in reserves -- are doing better than the ones who can wander wherever they want.
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What climate hawks can (and can’t) learn from public-health campaigns
The public health community has learned a lot about what motivates people to change behavior -- and what doesn't. Climate hawks, listen up.