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Giant snake and giant turtle were besties
Researchers from the University of Florida announced they've found an eight-foot-long prehistoric turtle in the same Colombian mine where the one-ton "Titanoboa" snake was discovered.
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Romney choosing climate skeptic as running mate
Virtually all high-level Republicans are dubious about the climate crisis, so what other options does Mitt Romney have?
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We’ve lost 30 to 70 percent of our wildlife since 1970
We love wildlife! We love watching it in high definition on our TV screens while David Attenborough says something droll to ease the trauma of looking at a whale penis. (SO FLEXIBLE.) But apparently we don’t love it so much that we’re dedicated to keeping it around. A new report [PDF] from the World Wildlife Fund […]
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Puppy rescued after escaping hawk and falling from sky
"When God drops a puppy from the sky, you keep it."
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Solar eclipse this weekend!
The Western U.S. is getting an annular eclipse this weekend, which is an eclipse where the moon’s shadow turns the sun into a “ring of fire.” A swath of the country from Oregon down to Texas will see the whole enchilada, and most other Westerners will get to see at least a partial eclipse. Those […]
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Ecology of the undead: Life and death in the age of mass extinction
Tropical forest ecologist Rodolfo Dirzo talks about deforestation, “defaunation,” and the ecological concept of “the living dead.”
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Nonprofit teaches you how to save endangered species, then gives you a tattoo of one
Tatzoo holds training bootcamps where you work to save an endangered species. At the end of the program, you're rewarded with a tattoo.
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Cherry bomb: A year with less pie
Things are not looking good in the nation's sour cherry capital after a series of freezes followed some unseasonably warm spring weather.
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Elephants hold vigil for human friend
In case you needed another reason to care about wildlife, here's one: If you devote your life to elephants, they might come to your funeral.