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India Is Building a Mega-River
The Atlantic· 19 hours agoIn India, severe water shortages in one part of the country often coincide with acute flooding in another. India is about to launch a massive engineering...
The city that moved rivers to emerge as a cultural capital
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoHigh-end dining landmark Al Forno was opened in 1980, and its grilled pizza is legendary. On the...
On the hunt: Tracking the illegal cheetah trade
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThis article was originally featured on Undark. Patricia Tricorache, an independent wildlife trade investigator based in Mexico City, spends hours each...
Scientists Reveal Millennia-Old Secrets of the World’s Most Popular Coffee Species
SciTechDaily· 5 days agoThe secret to cultivating coffee plants that are more resilient to future climate changes might be...
Newly discovered crocodile-like reptile lived millions of years before dinosaurs
Fox Bangor· 4 days agoA new crocodile-like reptile that lived millions of years before the first dinosaurs have been discovered in Brazil. The predator, dubbed Parvosuchus aurelioi and part of ...
Remote Island Paradise Threatened by Shipping Terminal
Scientific American· 3 days agoIn 1667 a Swedish sailor reported that on his travels in the Far East he’d landed on the island of...
Largest bird in the world: Meet the 9-foot, 300-pound feathered friend
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoFemale giant moas could reach nearly 12 feet tall. With...cranes are the tallest flying birds at...
How “Sea Cocaine” Brought a Tiny Porpoise to the Brink of Extinction
Vice· 4 days agoThe vaquita is a small, round-headed species of porpoise with distinctive, panda-like markings...
Wild horse species returns to the Kazakh steppes
DJournalnow· 6 days agoThe last species of wild horses has been reintroduced to their original habitats in the steppes of Kazakhstan.
Episodes We Love: Worm Wars
WBUR Boston· 3 days agoEndless Thread tunnels down a wormhole, encountering a long history of xenophobic rhetoric about so-called invasive species, and some hard truths about...
