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Underwater Umbrellas Could Protect Coral Reefs From Heat Damage

A simple neuroscience brain trick to stay quiet instead of saying impulsive things you'll regret

California brought back beavers for the first time in 70 years, and the results are already amazing

Genetic Analysis All But Confirms the Most Unique of Humpback Populations Is Actually a Subspecies

Dog Rescued After Falling 20ft Underground in North York Moors

New Gobi Desert Fossil Rewrites a Chapter of Mammal Evolution

Chris Evans Puts His Limelight on a Bonded Dog Pair with Cute Video, Immediately Sees Them Adopted

Coastal Golf Course Turned into Vital Wetland Habitat for Seabirds

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Dog in Madrid leaves people stunned after performing impressive CPR drill

He made a teeny house for a stray cat visitor, and it turned into an adorable kitty village

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CA Researchers Identify Odors That Repel Honeybees From Pesticides

From Crash to PhD: EmmaLucy Beats Brain Injury Against the Odds

Flood Rescue Donkeys Now Safe and Thriving After Dramatic Rescue

Oldmixon Primary Celebrated for Safety, Care and Strong Learning in Ofsted Report
Some Birdsongs Are More Pleasing to Human Ears Than Others. Higher-Pitched, Complex Calls Tend to Sound More Beautiful to Us

The tilcayo: new wildcat species discovered in Bolivia’s cloud forest

Mama cat rushed her kittens to a human hospital. Doctors treated them as patients.

Australian Biologists Livestream A Remote Desert Waterhole and All its Wild Visitors

Portuguese Company Turns Cork Wood into Limitless Material, Even to Insulate Spacecraft
An Otter Just Returned to New York City's Bronx River for the First Time in a Century. Now, You Can Help Name It

135,000 Shelter Pets Found Forever Homes in August Thanks to NBC’s Annual Adopt-a-thon

This Curious Bird Had Never Been Seen Before, and its Discovery Changed Ecuador–Perhaps Forever

Prisoners Prove Unlikely Heroes to Monarch Butterflies Thanks to Wisconsin Correctional Program
How a Boat Full of Goats Saved an Island

Historic Philanthropic Gift Will Expand Veterinary Care Access to Millions of Americans and Their Pets
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Couple Fosters 59 Dogs in Retirement: ‘We love to get them out of the kennels’
Fox Left For Dead After Being Run Over is Now Recovering Thanks to Swimming Lessons

Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Numbers See Encouraging Bounceback in New Survey

Cataract Surgery Restores Sight for 54-Year-Old Chimpanzee–the First Such Procedure at Chimp Haven

New Cat Species Identified for the First Time in Over 100 Years–Meet the Tilcayo

A new cat species was just discovered for the first time in 100 years
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Mexico Reintroduced Bison into Precious Desert Ecosystem After Century-Long Absence

Nashville Singer Becomes Local Celebrity Rescuing Foxes and Saving Them from Mange

24 creatures get their first names and a shot at being protected
North American Bird Losses Are Accelerating. New Research Suggests Fertilizers and Pesticides May Be to Blame

Feather Preserved in Dinosaur Dung Could Explain Why Birds Survived Mass Extinction

Former Industrial Ground Goes from Dump to Diversity and Hosts 64% of UK’s Black-Necked Grebes
She ‘Asked for a Sign’ and Suddenly a Kingfisher Darts Up and Sits in Her Hand for 10 Minutes

Elephants Can Think Before They Act and Resist Impulsive Behavior, Shows Study

Massive Footprints Reveal First Ever Adult T Rex Trackway, a 66-Million-Year-old Walk Through North Dakota

Four guys write a letter asking to walk their new neighbor’s dog. The dog writes back.
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Hotel Staff Give Girl’s Lost Plushie the VIP Treatment Before Sending Her Home with a Note (LOOK)

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A ‘Living Roof’ is Growing Atop Ford’s Largest Factory–Saving Energy and Boosting Birds

Scientists Recreated Chirps of Jurassic Insects, Simulating a 165 Million-yo Soundscape (Listen)
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