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Tohono O'odham students, elders name one of Arizona's elusive jaguars, 'O:ṣhad Ñu:kudam'
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJaguars, the largest feline species in the Americas and the third-largest cat in the world, once...
The Great Barrier Reef is seeing unprecedented coral bleaching
The Economist· 16 hours agoTHE GREAT Barrier Reef is a natural marvel. Thousands of other marine species rely on it for their...
On This Day, May 14: U.S. launches Skylab into orbit
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 days agoEdward Jenner, a rural England physician, tested his smallpox vaccine. It was a success. File Photo by Debbie Hill UPI In 2008, the polar bear was chosen...
The changing landscape of Lee and Collier counties and what it means for the panther
WLRN Miami· 22 hours agoThe old roads heading east had long been a quiet expanse of row crops and cattle. Development, in...
A Mass. river turned white with wastewater. Now the responsible company is paying up.
The Republican· 7 days agoThe state alleges the combined discharge of calcium carbonate and calcium hydroxide damaged over 200...
Science and music festival Starmus VII is about to rock Bratislava with a stellar lineup
Space via Yahoo News· 6 days agoFull-disc view of earth against the blackness of space. The biannual Starmus festival kicks off May...
Japan plans to commercially hunt vulnerable fin whales, enraging conservationists
LiveScience· 2 days agoJapan's commercial whaling activities could soon expand to include fin whales, government officials...
BWL peregrine falcons get named, banded
WILX 10 Lansing· 1 day agoTwo peregrine falcons that nest on top of Lansing’s Board of Water and Light (BWL) recently saw their four eggs hatch. The nest has been on top of BWL’s...
Why we still collect butterflies
San Francisco Chronicle· 6 days agoPerhaps because of their beautiful colors and intricate patterns, or the grace of their flight, butterflies tend to get a lot more love than other types of insects. As a caretaker of one of ...
Are the new Planet of the Apes movies going anywhere?
Digital Trends via Yahoo News· 2 days agoLast week’s Kingdom smartly makes no attempt to continue tracing that particular strand of the...