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Farmers in Thailand were losing crops to hungry elephants, so they began replacing sugar cane and bananas with coffee
By Daniel Moran · Sep 4, 2026
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Scottish lighthouse keepers filled in bird-observation schedules in the early 20th century, and several hundred of the surviving records
Sep 3, 2026
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A coyote somehow swam two miles to Alcatraz, vanished before cameras could find him again, and DNA in his droppings revealed he had crossed…
Sep 2, 2026
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A four-kilogram miniature dachshund survived 529 days alone on Kangaroo Island
By Daniel Moran · Sep 2, 2026
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Alligator blood can inhibit HIV and kill drug-resistant bacteria in laboratory tests
By Daniel Moran · Sep 2, 2026
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To count the tigers hiding in India's forests, researchers set out tens of thousands of hidden cameras and waited, and out of nearly 35…
By Kiran Journals · Sep 2, 2026
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A single female elephant seal was fitted with a depth logger and sent back to sea, and it turned out she was diving more than a mile…
By Kiran Journals · Sep 1, 2026
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A biologist banded a Laysan albatross on Midway Atoll in December 1956, and the same bird, Wisdom, was still returning to the colony and…
Sep 1, 2026
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A fanged “vampire deer” thought gone from West Bengal for nearly 70 years has appeared on a camera trap
By Daniel Moran · Aug 31, 2026
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A tiny turtle raised at a Massachusetts zoo was released into the wild in 2011 and disappeared from researchers for 12 years
Aug 31, 2026
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Scientists once thought zebra stripes might help confuse predators, but when researchers dressed horses in zebra-striped coats, biting…
By Daniel Moran · Aug 30, 2026
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Humpback whales have been seen helping seals, sea lions and even sunfish escape orca attacks
By Daniel Moran · Aug 30, 2026
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Add up every sparrow, crow, eagle, penguin and owl left in the wild, and the world's farmed chickens alone still outweigh them two to three…
Aug 29, 2026
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Elephants don't simply walk away when one of their own dies
By Daniel Moran · Aug 27, 2026