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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 • 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

The Vatican Really, Really Hates Cats

When you're as old as the Catholic Church, you're going to have picked a lot of fights — and some are more absurd than others.

By All That's Interesting • Jan 9, 2017

The Vatican Really, Really Hates Cats

When you're as old as the Catholic Church, you're going to have picked a lot of fights — and some are more absurd than others.

By All That's Interesting • January 9, 2017

How Wojtek The Bear Became A World War II Hero

How an orphaned Syrian bear named Wojtek became a Polish army hero.

By Savannah Cox • Jan 7, 2017

How Wojtek The Bear Became A World War II Hero

How an orphaned Syrian bear named Wojtek became a Polish army hero.

By Savannah Cox • January 7, 2017

How Bunny Rabbits Took Over Australia — And What The Government Is Doing About It

Thanks to one bored 19th century hunter, Australia has a massive rabbit problem.

By All That's Interesting • Dec 31, 2016

How Bunny Rabbits Took Over Australia — And What The Government Is Doing About It

Thanks to one bored 19th century hunter, Australia has a massive rabbit problem.

By All That's Interesting • December 31, 2016

What We Loved This Week, Dec. 18 – 24

The year's best animal, space, and news photos as well as Russia's reindeer wranglers and some terrifying deep sea creatures.

By All That's Interesting • Dec 23, 2016

What We Loved This Week, Dec. 18 – 24

The year's best animal, space, and news photos as well as Russia's reindeer wranglers and some terrifying deep sea creatures.

By All That's Interesting • December 23, 2016