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CA Nonprofit Buys 6,100-acres of Sacred Land, Ending 10-year Battle Over Proposed Sand Mine

Woman Whose Prosthetic Leg Swept Out to Sea Is Thrilled its Been Found 10 Months Later

Special Devices Let Crowds at the Deaflympics Feel Power of Judo Slams Like Never Before

Bird Droppings Powered the Rise of this Little-Known Coastal Kingdom, Archaeologists Find

A Gray Wolf Visited Los Angeles County for the First Time in a Century, Marking a Major Milestone in the Species' Recovery

Lost Painting by the ‘Illustrious Woman’ Painter of the Renaissance Surfaces in N. Carolina After 100 Years

Frog Wiped Out by Disease Returns to the Wild With the Help of ‘Frog Spas’ and ‘Frog Saunas’

Buddhist monks withstand harsh winds and extreme cold as Walk for Peace nears nation's capital

This Ancient Man’s Piercing Hazel Eyes Drew Almost $1 Million in ‘Mummy Portrait’ Auction

Wearable Airbag Vest Will Help Protect Downhill Skiers from Extreme Speeds at Olympics in Italy

Artist Uses Cremation Ashes to Create Unique Memorial Paintings With Personal Meanings

‘Extinct’ Snail Found in Alleyway Results in Species Pulled Back From the Brink: A ‘Once in a Career’ Moment

Apes Show Ability to Imagine in ‘Tea Party’ Experiments, and Scientists are Very Excited

Numbers of Rare Butterfly Eggs are Best on Record After Hedges are Allowed to Grow Wild

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This Massive Hillside Figure Has Mystified Historians for Centuries. Now, Donations Have Secured the Surrounding Landscape

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Employee's 'power-tripping' boss kept scheduling lunch meetings. The payback was brilliant.

An Irish woman went to the doctor for a routine eye exam. She left with bright neon green eyes.

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Man's 'robot' dance moves are so smooth that people are convinced he's not real

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‘Green-Thumb’ Miracles Gave These Monks an Eco-Authority in Medieval Italy New Research Shows

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Record Harvest Dubbed the ‘Potato Flood’ and Prompts Mass Spud Giveaways Across Berlin

A Fossil Trove in China Provides a Rare Window Into a Mass Extinction Event That Happened More Than 500 Million Years Ago

Andrew Zimmern feeds Minnesota neighbors amid ICE occupation: 'Please do something today to help'

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This NHL team is selling 'Heated Rivalry' jerseys. The proceeds will be donated to a queer and trans hockey league

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This Magnificent Mural by Leonardo da Vinci Will Go on Display for a Brief Window During the Winter Olympics in Milan

This Hammer Created From an Elephant Bone 480,000 Years Ago May Be the Oldest Known Tool of Its Kind Ever Found in Europe

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