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Shelter Dog Looked Like Their Pet — DNA Test Revealed They Were Brothers
A visit to an animal shelter in New Jersey turned into a family reunion no one expected. A couple who had stopped by without planning to adopt noticed a dog who looked remarkably like their own. A few months and a DNA test later, they learned the two dogs were brothers. A Dog Who Looked…
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The Antarctic Worm With Teeth That Looks Like It Crawled Out of a Nightmare
A golden, spiny creature with a mouthful of teeth has taken over social media. The real animal is stranger, and far less understood, than the memes suggest. It shimmers like a piece of cheap holiday decoration, bristles like a sea urchin and, when it feeds, unfurls a gaping, tooth-lined mouth that seems designed to haunt…
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BLM Shoots and Kills Three Rare Mustangs, Including Nursing Foal, During Roundup
A helicopter roundup of wild horses in Wyoming’s Red Desert has drawn national attention after three horses, including a nursing foal, were killed. The federal agency that manages…
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Seven Circus Tigers Rescued in Guatemala After Years Held on Trailers
After a tense 18-hour operation involving police and government officials, seven tigers have been freed from a circus in Guatemala and taken to safety. The British charity Animal…
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The polar vortex is weakening unusually early. Here’s what that could mean for the weather
High in the stratosphere miles above the North Pole, an atmospheric fortress of wind normally strengthens quietly throughout autumn. Right now, however,…
Permafrost Is Thawing From the Inside Out—and It’s Unleashing an Entirely New Kind of Landslide
From a helicopter flying over a remote part of Canada’s Northwest Territories, geologist Joseph Young saw something that puzzled him: hillside after…