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The Ongoing Fight to Phase Out Horse-Drawn Carriages in New York City
A horse collapsed in Central Park, a tourist died from a runaway carriage, and Philadelphia banned the trade entirely, all…
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Tortoiseshell Hunting Made This Species One of the Most Critically Endangered Turtles in the Sea
Centuries of demand for hawksbill shells built empires of decorative treasure, and even a global trade ban has not stopped…
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Timmy the Turtle Was Swimming in Circles Before the Coast Guard and Doctors Came to Her Rescue
A 270-pound loggerhead turtle spotted swimming erratically miles off the Florida Keys stumped rescuers with a mystery that pointed to…
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The Ship Barrier That Accidentally Built Peru’s Penguin Colony
A threatened penguin species found an unlikely sanctuary inside a man-made structure built for industrial shipping, and what researchers discovered…
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Why Whooping Crane Chicks Are Raised by People Dressed Like Cranes
Conservationists at the International Crane Foundation suit up in elaborate disguises each summer, spending 12-hour shifts pretending to be birds…
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A Day in the Life of a Sea Turtle Nest Monitor
Debra Allen patrols seven miles of North Carolina coastline before sunrise, racing against predators, rising tides, and streetlights that send…
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Orcas Have Taken Playing With Their Prey to New Level: Exploding Fish
Researchers off the coast of Baja California just filmed orcas doing something with a massive sunfish that no one had…
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Baby Turtles Face Predators, Heat, and Funding Cuts. One Group Fights Back.
Sea turtles survived dinosaurs but may not survive us. David Godfrey has spent three decades fighting poachers, plastic, and politicians…
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New Study: Naked Mole Rats Create Their Own Smell of Colony Success
A pregnant naked mole rat can shut down reproduction across her entire colony using a single chemical compound, and researchers…
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Preventable Beach Mistakes That Can Trap Baby Sea Turtles
Every summer, millions of baby sea turtles hatch and crawl toward the ocean, but common beach habits that most people…
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The Evolution of the Brain May Have Outpaced the Body, New Study Suggests
For nearly 30 years, a landmark study shaped how scientists understood the relationship between brain and body size in primates.…
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Deconstructing the Blink-of-an-Eye Strike of the Black Mamba
A black mamba can kill an untreated victim in as little as 20 minutes, yet the biology behind its lightning…
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10 Million Dogs and Cats are Lost or Stolen Each Year. This Program Aims to Change That.
Every year, millions of pet owners face the terrifying moment their dog or cat vanishes, and most have no idea…
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Keeping Honey Bees Won’t Save Native Bees, Experts Warn
Millions of people have started keeping honey bees to help save pollinators, but experts say this well-meaning trend may be…