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Vets Surgically Remove Nearly 1,000 Coins From Sea Turtle’s Stomach

Surgeons removed almost 11 pounds of metal coins from this green sea turtle's stomach.

By All That's Interesting • Mar 6, 2017

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Vets Surgically Remove Nearly 1,000 Coins From Sea Turtle’s Stomach

Surgeons removed almost 11 pounds of metal coins from this green sea turtle's stomach.

By All That's Interesting • March 6, 2017

This Dinosaur Looked Like A Chicken And May Have Been Able To Fly, New Discovery Reveals

A new laser-based technique has found that the Anchiornis might have soared through the Jurassic skies.

By John Kuroski • Mar 2, 2017

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This Dinosaur Looked Like A Chicken And May Have Been Able To Fly, New Discovery Reveals

A new laser-based technique has found that the Anchiornis might have soared through the Jurassic skies.

By John Kuroski • March 2, 2017

Vaquita, The World’s Smallest Porpoise, Is On The Verge Of Extinction

Only 30 vaquita porpoises remain and there's no sure way to save them.

By Savannah Cox • Feb 28, 2017

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Vaquita, The World’s Smallest Porpoise, Is On The Verge Of Extinction

Only 30 vaquita porpoises remain and there's no sure way to save them.

By Savannah Cox • February 28, 2017

Harvard Scientists Plan To Resurrect Woolly Mammoth By 2019

Via DNA splicing, mammoths may be coming back — and helping to fight climate change — very soon.

By All That's Interesting • Feb 17, 2017

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Harvard Scientists Plan To Resurrect Woolly Mammoth By 2019

Via DNA splicing, mammoths may be coming back — and helping to fight climate change — very soon.

By All That's Interesting • February 17, 2017

Indian Park Rangers Shoot Poachers On Sight, Reduce Rhino Poaching To Almost Zero

The "shoot-on-sight" policy at India's Kaziranga national park saw more poachers killed by guards than rhinos killed by poachers in 2015.

By All That's Interesting • Feb 13, 2017

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Indian Park Rangers Shoot Poachers On Sight, Reduce Rhino Poaching To Almost Zero

The "shoot-on-sight" policy at India's Kaziranga national park saw more poachers killed by guards than rhinos killed by poachers in 2015.

By All That's Interesting • February 13, 2017

Scientists Create Human-Animal Hybrid In Laboratory, Hope Breakthrough Will Save Lives

Scientists hope that this will advance the fight to save lives by creating lab-grown organs.

By All That's Interesting • Jan 27, 2017

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Scientists Create Human-Animal Hybrid In Laboratory, Hope Breakthrough Will Save Lives

Scientists hope that this will advance the fight to save lives by creating lab-grown organs.

By All That's Interesting • January 27, 2017

Feral Cats Have Taken Over Australia, And The Government Is Now Fighting Back

Australia may very well be the land of cat people — but not exactly by choice.

By Krissy Howard • Jan 25, 2017

Feral Cats Have Taken Over Australia, And The Government Is Now Fighting Back

Australia may very well be the land of cat people — but not exactly by choice.

By Krissy Howard • January 25, 2017

Killer Elephants: When Pachyderms Carried Out Capital Punishment

Humanity has conjured a constellation of ways to conduct executions, and this may be one of the wildest methods of them all.

By Krissy Howard • Jan 20, 2017

Killer Elephants: When Pachyderms Carried Out Capital Punishment

Humanity has conjured a constellation of ways to conduct executions, and this may be one of the wildest methods of them all.

By Krissy Howard • January 20, 2017

Elephant Herd Tramples One Poacher To Death, Injures Another

Earlier this month, a herd of Indian elephants fought back against a gang of poachers unfortunate enough to cross their path.

By All That's Interesting • Jan 18, 2017

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Elephant Herd Tramples One Poacher To Death, Injures Another

Earlier this month, a herd of Indian elephants fought back against a gang of poachers unfortunate enough to cross their path.

By All That's Interesting • January 18, 2017

Aboriginal Australians Co-Existed With Giant Reptiles And Marsupials For Over 17,000 Years

A new discovery shows that these enormous megafauna went extinct far later than researchers had thought.

By All That's Interesting • Jan 12, 2017

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Aboriginal Australians Co-Existed With Giant Reptiles And Marsupials For Over 17,000 Years

A new discovery shows that these enormous megafauna went extinct far later than researchers had thought.

By All That's Interesting • January 12, 2017