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A meerkat at Kamfersboom Borehole, Kgalagadi
Wildlife photographer Adam Zimmerman photographed a meerkat at Kamfersboom Borehole in South Africa’s Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
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Walmart worker Gayle’s 44-year retirement goes viral
Gayle worked at Walmart for 44 years. She was honored with just flowers when she retired, and the moment went viral.
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The decades-long ant war outside San Diego
A breakaway group of Argentine ants near Lake Hodges has fought the California supercolony for decades. Researchers estimate about 30 million ants die each year on the front line.
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Sugar the corgi, ‘arrested’ by Thai police for being too cute
A corgi named Sugar was “arrested and charged” by Thai police. The crime: being too cute.
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A sunset framed in a buck’s antlers in British Columbia
Photographer Amanda Iceton captured the setting sun framed within a buck’s antlers in the Kamloops grasslands on July 22, 2024.
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A young brown bear waits her turn at the tree line
Wildlife photographer Sune Wendelboe photographed a young female brown bear after a bigger bear ran her out of a clearing. In autumn, bigger bears do not share the berries.
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Japan’s tanuki looks like a raccoon, but it’s a dog
Japan’s tanuki looks like a raccoon and sits like a stuffed toy, but it is neither. It is a real canid, and the mask is fur.
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Why the roseate spoonbill is pink
Deborah Sandidge filmed a roseate spoonbill preening in a Florida wetland. The pink comes from the shrimp and crabs it eats; juveniles stay pale for about three years.
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Erin Brockovich turns her sights on AI data centres
The activist who won the PG&E case and a $333 million settlement for poisoned families is now coming after big AI data centres for damaging nature.
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Bobi, once named the world’s oldest dog, died at a reported 31
Our post marked the death of Bobi at a reported 31 years old, which it put at roughly 217 in human years.
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Texas cow has quadruplets: Eeny, Meeny, Miny and Moo
A cow in Texas gave birth to quadruplets, and her owners named the calves Eeny, Meeny, Miny and Moo.
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Why tigers look orange to us but green to deer
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