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Aidan Moore/Facebook Coyote Spotted Swimming to Alcatraz Island for the First Time
Only time will tell whether the coyote makes the trek back to the mainland or calls Alcatraz Island its new home.
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X/@Protect_Wldlife Meet Veronika, the Incredible Cow That Can Use Tools
Long-time fans of the Far Side (like me) can say that Gary Larson’s legendary comic strip predicted this long ago.
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Jonathan Kirn/Getty Images Where You Live in the US Can Predict Which Dog Breeds You Love Most
America is obsessed with dogs. Not in a universal way, though.
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Who wants some. Photo: Azahara Falcon / Getty Images Adorable Tiny Deer Filmed Trying to Fight a Rhino at Polish Zoo
Everyone needs an animal palate cleanser now and then.
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JUAN GARTNER/GETTY IMAGES Everything We Know About the Strange New Species Discovered in the Great Salt Lake
The newly identified species, Diplolaimelloides woaabi, was detailed in a study released this past December.
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Heritage Images/Contributor/Getty Images Everything We Know About the ‘Bizarre’ Ancient Snake Found in a London Museum
The only thing scientists can say for sure about whatever this snake was is that they cannot say anything for sure about it.
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Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images Dead Whale Found on Container Ship in New Jersey Sparks Investigation
A container ship docking in New Jersey arrived with a grim and disgusting slab of cargo: a dead whale draped across its bow.
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Jon Cherry / Stringer / Getty Images Mosquitoes Really Do Archive Animal DNA, Just Like in ‘Jurassic Park’
“They say Jurassic Park inspired a new generation of paleontologists, but it inspired me to study mosquitoes.”
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Domus Day/Facebook Everything We Know About the Neon Orange Shark Discovered in Costa Rica
It’s just a nurse shark, but it has creepy white eyes and bright orange skin. Now, scientists think they finally know why.
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Family Lifestyle/Getty Images A Mouse Just Had Babies After Going to Space. Here’s Why That Matters More Than You Think.
For scientists studying whether life can continue beyond Earth, that birth answers a question bigger than the moment itself.
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