Living Nature

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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Woman Captures Disturbing Photos Of Seabird Feeding Its Chick A Cigarette

Karen Mason, a volunteer for the National Audubon Society, was livid after she captured the images on a Florida beach.
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Bear Has Least Impressed Reaction To Deputies Trying To Free Him From Locked Room

Authorities in Montana said it involved some "big bear yawns."
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This Country Is Showing The Rest Of The World How To Protect Wild Animals

The small Central American nation is showing the world how nature conservation is done.
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Shark Bites 8-Year-Old Boy In 3rd Attack In North Carolina This Month

The child was swimming off Bald Head Island before he was bitten on his leg. North Carolina saw just three shark attacks last year.
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So Many Dead Whales Are Washing Up On The West Coast That NOAA Is Pleading For Help

The federal agency is calling on property owners to volunteer space where a mounting toll of dead whales can decompose naturally.
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Man Accidentally Brings Snake In Backpack On Plane From Florida To Hawaii

The non-venomous southern black racer snake was about a foot in length.
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Anna The Anaconda Gives 'Virgin Birth' At New England Aquarium

The mother snake produced two thriving offspring -- and she didn't need a male to do it.
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Zoo Forced To Euthanize Flamingo After Child Hits It With Rock

A spokesman for the Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington, Illinois, said it is working with the kid's family to "move forward."
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