4 Men Caught Smuggling Hundreds Of Ants
Four ant smugglers pleaded guilty after being caught by the Kenyan Wildlife Service attempting to sneak hundreds of giant African harvester ants out of...
Pros And Cons Of Bringing Back Extinct Species
Colossal Biosciences claims it has brought back the dire wolf, a species that went extinct thousands of years ago, by editing the genes of...
U.S. Imposes Tariffs On Remote Island Of Penguins And Seals
The U.S. Commerce Secretary defended the country’s decision to impose tariffs on Heard and McDonald Islands, an uninhabited archipelago populated only by penguins and...
Galapagos Tortoises Become First-Time Parents At 100
A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents, with the arrival of the four hatchlings...
Tips For Keeping Backyard Chickens
As the art of homesteading enjoys a resurgence in modern culture, many Americans are turning to backyard chicken coops as both an alternative source...
Snake Getting Twirled Around Like Lasso Never Gonna Live This Down
SARTELL, MN—Feeling a deep sense of embarrassment wash over his long, scaly body, a local snake getting twirled around like a lasso reportedly realized...
Report: Anti-Science Attitude Strongest Among Those Who Believe Turtle Has Little Apartment Inside Shell
CHICAGO—Highlighting a rising distrust in evidence-based knowledge, a report published Wednesday in the American Journal Of Sociology found that anti-science attitudes were strongest...
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A vanished kingdom comes alive in the songs of griots and a new archaeological...
The legendary west African kingdom of Kaabu has long been memorialized in the songs and stories of griots. That's inspired archaeologists to excavate the...
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Trump’s ‘America First’ is becoming ‘America Alone’ — at the worst possible time
The Associated Press reported that the White House Office of Management and Budget proposed slashing the State Department’s budget by almost 50%.