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Living Nature

Need Some Joy? Pandas Sliding Starfish-Style In Snow Will Likely Do The Trick

The giant pandas at the National Zoo know how to make the most of a snow day — head first and belly up.
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Oh Good, Scientists Discovered Snakes Can Turn Their Body Into 'Lassos' To Climb

Less than two weeks into 2021 and it's already brought us lasso snakes.
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Orca Who Grieved By Carrying Her Dead Calf For 17 Days Is Pregnant Again

Tahlequah, a killer whale whose devastation pulled at the world’s heartstrings in 2018, is part of an endangered population.
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Scientists Fear Extinction After Six Rare Right Whales Die In A Month

Researchers call for emergency protections as 400 remaining animals fight for their lives.
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Mussels Cooked To Death In Their Shells In Unusual Heat On Northern California Shore

Mussels are the “canaries in the coal mine for climate change — only this canary provides food and habitat for hundreds of other species," says a biologist.
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Starving Polar Bear Wanders Into Siberian City

A starving polar bear strayed hundreds of kilometers away from its natural habitat and wandered into the industrial city of Norilsk in northern Siberia. It is the first polar bear seen in the city in more than 40 years, according to local environmentalists. Climate change has been damaging polar bears' sea-ice habitats and forced them to scavenge for food on land.
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