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Researchers Dumped 30 Truckloads of Coffee Waste on Barren Land — Two Years Later, It Was a Small Forest
Every cup of coffee leaves behind a mountain of waste at the other end of the supply chain. A team of scientists in Costa Rica decided to see whether that waste could do some good, and the results surprised even them. 30 Truckloads, One Bold Experiment Researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of HawaiÊ»i…
He Thought He’d Never See His Bomb-Sniffing Dog Again — Then a Pennsylvania Rescue Brought Them Back Together After a Year Apart
For years, Matthew Kropp and a German Shepherd named Tina worked side by side keeping explosives out of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. When Tina grew too old for the job, they were separated, and Kropp feared he would never see her again. A small nonprofit in Pennsylvania had other plans. A Team That Guarded…
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Ukrainian Tourists Face Backlash — And Possible Legal Action — After Riding A Nesting Sea Turtle In Oman
A video filmed at one of Oman’s best-known sea turtle nesting sites has triggered an international backlash, after two Ukrainian tourists were seen sitting on the shell of…
Scientists Just Named The First New Penguin Species In More Than 100 Years — And It Was Hiding In Plain Sight
For more than a century, gentoo penguins were treated as a single, widely distributed species spread across the Southern Ocean. New genomic research says that’s wrong — there…
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Veteran Brings Service Dog Back to Prison — And the Dog Remembers Exactly Who Trained Him
A veteran walked into a women’s correctional facility with his service dog by his side. The moment the dog spotted a familiar…
A Photographer Shared an Unflattering Bird Photo. A Stranger’s Reaction Made It Go Viral.
UK wildlife photographer Carl Bovis has built a following of hundreds of thousands by sharing charming, high-quality bird photography. So when a…