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Hungry Wild Elephant Raids Store and Walks Out With Snacks
What do you do when a 30-year-old wild elephant strolls into your grocery store, helps himself to crackers and bananas, then calmly walks out with a snack in his trunk?...
Hungry Wild Elephant Raids Store and Walks Out With Snacks
What do you do when a 30-year-old wild elephant strolls into your grocery store, helps himself to crackers and bananas, then calmly walks out with a snack in his trunk?...

Seaweed Forests Are Taking Over Fragile Marine Ecosystems and Changing the Ocean Forever
In once-frigid fjords and along warming coastlines, seaweed forests are rapidly expanding. These underwater ecosystems are now reshaping not only local habitats but the very chemistry of the ocean.
Seaweed Forests Are Taking Over Fragile Marine Ecosystems and Changing the Ocean Forever
In once-frigid fjords and along warming coastlines, seaweed forests are rapidly expanding. These underwater ecosystems are now reshaping not only local habitats but the very chemistry of the ocean.

Dilly Dally the Amputee Sea Turtle Defies Odds and Swims Back to the Wild
Against all odds, a young loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly Dally just made her way back into the Atlantic—with only three flippers.
Dilly Dally the Amputee Sea Turtle Defies Odds and Swims Back to the Wild
Against all odds, a young loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly Dally just made her way back into the Atlantic—with only three flippers.

Penguin Poop Can Help Form Clouds, Possibly Cooling Temperatures
Penguins leave a lot of poop in their wake, and it emits a gas that helps with cloud formation.
Penguin Poop Can Help Form Clouds, Possibly Cooling Temperatures
Penguins leave a lot of poop in their wake, and it emits a gas that helps with cloud formation.

How Dinosaur Fossils May Help with Present-Day Cancer Breakthroughs
New research shows that when there's any tissue left, it could help us better understand cancer.
How Dinosaur Fossils May Help with Present-Day Cancer Breakthroughs
New research shows that when there's any tissue left, it could help us better understand cancer.

Otters Are Being Ripped From the Wild to Fuel Japan’s Café Craze
They squeal, they squirm, and they’re wildly popular on TikTok—but those otters in Japanese cafés didn’t get there by chance.
Otters Are Being Ripped From the Wild to Fuel Japan’s Café Craze
They squeal, they squirm, and they’re wildly popular on TikTok—but those otters in Japanese cafés didn’t get there by chance.