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During WWII, England poisoned sheep with anthrax on an idyllic Scottish island
Gruinard Island remained toxic for nearly 50 years—until activists started delivering buckets of dirt.
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Forgotten fossil from 1950s is actually a new species of Ice Age frog
The spadefoot toad is the second Ice Age amphibian ever found in North America.
Do not share fake images of Jackie the bald eagle
‘Every unnecessary interruption takes time and focus away from the animals depending on us.’
Massive, metal-encrusted megalodon teeth litter deep ocean floor
NOAA’s Cook Islands expedition has returned multiple specimens from the extinct giants.
Watching a banana slug chomp greens with thousands of tiny teeth is oddly soothing
California’s official state slug is here to help decompose all that dead stuff.
Pennsylvania vets fix a hummingbird’s tiny broken wing with tweezers
Injured birds as small as this ruby-throated hummingbird have a 50/50 chance of making a full recovery.
Mother bear kills cub in second tragic incident at Brooks River
Bear 335 (aka Jolly) lost her cub in the attack.
German WWII shipwrecks resurface in Danube River
Record droughts have exposed over 200 boats scuttled near Serbia in 1944.
Jackie the bald eagle’s anemia worsens
She has been recovering from an altercation with two eagles for two weeks.
The world’s oldest lightbulb has been shining for 125 years
Conspiracy theorists say the Centennial Bulb proves a longtime utility cover-up. The answer is more complicated.
When expressive humanoid robots are awkward, people become wary
New brain study shows how humans react to an expressive robot.
Antarctica’s Blood Falls teems with life from unexpected source
Despite being over 20 miles from the ocean, it’s organisms are pretty salty.
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