Ever had one of those nightmares where you need to outrun something? You’re sprinting, but no matter how hard you try, you don’t gain speed. That’s how it must have felt for this Tennessee tortoise trying to find the great wide somewhere. Solomon, an African Sulcata tortoise, made it just an eighth of a mile …
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This summer, Japanese beetles devastated my neighborhood. They eat flowers, leaves, trees; you name it–they’ve destroyed it. There are traps you can buy, which lure the Japanese beetles in with pheromones. The traps work almost too well. Within a few hours, they fill with hundreds of beetles. The plastic sacks hang in nearly every garden, …
How’re you enjoying your coronavirus quarantine? Everything going well? Would you like another layer of quarantine on top of it? No? Well, if you’re currently in a number of states on the US east coast, we have bad news for you. You may already be living under double quarantine and not even know it. Several …
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If there’s one spectacular thing to come out of the dumpster-fire of 2020, it’s the soaring adoptions at animal shelters. It’s no wonder because the best dog breed of all time will always be the rescue dog. But the American Kennel Club keeps data on all the rest and their popularity. If you’ve yet to …
Imagine the scenario – a terrifying wild beast is terrorizing the residents of a city. The authorities are powerless against the rampaging monster, and can only resort to blocking parts of the city from the public. Sounds like a plot to a horror movie, right? For the citizens of Oakland, California, this has unfortunately been …
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Animals in Germany have decided they want a piece of human consumerism. Did you read our story about the fox who stole over 100 shoes from Berliner’s front yards? It gnawed on some, but investigators found most in good conditions and returned them to their rightful owners. The culprit was likely a vixen wanting to …
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In Germany, one citizen’s sleuthing has helped solve a series of crimes that plagued the country’s capital Berlin. Only in this case, instead of money or jewels, the criminal was stealing shoes and wasn’t even a person. An independent investigation by Christian Meyer, from the Zehlendorf neighborhood in southwestern Berlin, found that a local sly …
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Politicians come and go, such is the nature of their field. This has been very well exemplified by the current Trump administration, which has seen quite a bit of traffic both in and out of top positions. But it’s not only the US government that has seen turnover recently. British decision-makers have also resigned in …
Finding the skeletons of our predecessors on Earth is rare. Like, really rare. Paleontologists have discovered just a few thousand dinosaur skeletons representing between three and five hundred species. That’s from a group of animals who populated the Earth for 175 million years. By comparison, humans have been around for just 200,000 years. So it’s …
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Bars and pubs are generally places for people to have a good time. It’s where you go to have a few drinks, meet up with your buddies, chat, and enjoy each other’s company. With that said, sometimes the good times get rowdy and bars have to throw people out for misbehaving. That’s what bouncers are …
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