As Louisiana’s statewide election slated for Saturday hit the campaign home stretch, one state senator used the likeness of an unlikely hero for the trail: a nutria rat. Earlier this year, Louisiana Department of Fisheries and Wildlife agents took “Neuty” away from the family that raised him since it discovered …
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Move over Eagles, another raptor is taking over the gridiron. Ospreys who chose to raise their chicks in a nest on top of a light pole at a high school football stadium in Minnesota now have the whole field to themselves. Ospreys are a federally and state protected species, and …
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Jane Goodall, the trailblazing primatologist who taught the world about chimpanzees and their striking similarities to humans, has died at the age of 91. Her death was announced by her foundation, the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), on Wednesday. According to the organization, Goodall passed away earlier that morning “due to …
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The mystery of the Moai stone heads has eluded onlookers for centuries — and now, researchers say they finally know how they got there. The statues, which were carved and placed on the South Pacific’s Easter Island between the 12th and 17th centuries, have puzzled travelers since the first European …
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A hobbyist’s keen eye led authorities to a human skull on the bank of an Indiana river — a find that turned out to be over 4,000 years old. The Fayette County Coroner’s Office announced the discovery in an Oct. 9 press release. The skull, which was reported to authorities …
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A baby humpback whale stranded off Long Beach Island, New Jersey, has died on a sandbar with suspected propeller injuries, according to a release by the Marine Mammal Stranding Center. The whale reportedly struggled through at least two nights trapped before passing. The 29-foot humpback was first spotted off the …
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