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One Bag of Cheetos, One Cave, 20 Minutes With a Toothbrush — How a Snack Disrupted Carlsbad Caverns
A dropped snack bag doesn’t sound like an ecological emergency. But in the damp, sealed-off world of Carlsbad Caverns, it was enough to spark a mold outbreak and a temporary food web. Found During an End-of-Day Sweep A ranger spotted the bright orange bag off the trail during one of the regular end-of-day checks of…
World’s Largest Male Great White Shark Discovered: What Scientists Found Left Them Speechless
Twenty months after researchers tagged him off the Georgia–Florida coast, Contender, the largest male white shark OCEARCH has ever tagged in the western North Atlantic, is still reporting his position. This September his tag placed him somewhere no similarly tagged shark has been seen before, off the coast of Newfoundland. How Contender Was Tagged On…
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From 18 Pounds and Near Death to Justice: Bogey the Pit Bull’s Recovery
When Bogey arrived at the Lucas County Pit Crew in Toledo, Ohio, in December, staff weren’t sure he’d survive the night. He weighed 18 pounds, couldn’t hold up…
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Abandoned Dog Stays Beside Her Bag Of Food As If It Is All She Has Left In The World
A young dog was left in a Michigan park with one possession: a bag of dog food. When the people who found her stayed by her side, they…
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18 Dogs Rescued From India’s Dog Meat Trade — After Three Wholesalers Quit to Grow Mushrooms and Make Pickles
Eighteen dogs, many tied in jute sacks, are safe after three longtime dog meat wholesalers in northeastern India walked away from the…
Scientists Found Ancient Americans Living Where No Humans Should Have Been
For decades, archaeologists believed the Clovis people, North America’s first widespread culture, stayed mostly on the plains and in valleys. Now stone…
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