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Meet Earl Grey, the sea turtle with a wild family tree

Popular Science 25 Apr 2026
A rare type of sea turtle is on the road to recover at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center in Jekyll Island, Georgia. But this reptile is the offspring of a surprising parent duo ... The IUCN categorizes them as critically endangered ... Image ... ....
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2,200-year-old Roman shipwreck unlocks mysteries of how ships were built and repaired

Popular Science 24 Apr 2026
About 2,200 years ago, a Roman Republic ship sank off the coast of modern-day Croatia, with wood and amphorae (ancient storage containers) of wine on board ... The ship’s critical waterproofing layer was their treasure ... ....
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Earth’s largest otters have chocolate bar-sized babies

Popular Science 21 Apr 2026
It turns out that giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) newborns are actually quite small, weighing just around 7.1 ounces ... The zoo has just welcomed three of their own decent-sized chocolate bars, the offspring of mother Bonita and father Manu ... Image ... .
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Two mountain lion cubs rescued from certain death

Popular Science 20 Apr 2026
Mountain lions (Puma concolor, cougars, pumas, among its many other names) are carnivorous, sharp-toothed and clawed big cats. They can be dangerous to livestock, pets, and the occasional human—but their cubs sure are adorable ... ....
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New megafauna looked like spiky, 30-pound hamster

Popular Science 19 Apr 2026
In the latest episode of old museum collections revealing new discoveries, two researchers in Australia have solved a paleontological mystery with an Ice Age fossil first discovered over 100 years ago ... An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology ... Image ... .
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Hawaiian forest birds are stealing each other’s twigs

Popular Science 18 Apr 2026
Birds in Hawaii are stealing from each other, and this bird-on-bird crime even extends to members of the same species. It’s an example of kleptoparasitism, or when an animal steals things from another ... The Hawai‘i amakihi. Image. Jessie Knowlton/UCR ... ....
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Rare rotting-flesh smelling flower blooming at a Massachusetts college

Popular Science 17 Apr 2026
What’s big, rare, and smells like literal death? If you guessed a corpse, you’re not wrong. The pungent flower in question is a tropical plant called titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum), a species of corpse flower ... One person has a more inspired take ... .
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Yes, your lobster dinner probably died an excruciating death

Popular Science 16 Apr 2026
When it’s time to cook a lobster, the crustaceans are infamously boiled alive. While one can safely assume that such an end would be excruciating for a human, crustaceans’ capacity for feeling pain is a bit vague ... And it’s not pretty ... ....
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Injured turtle gets a second chance on four wheels

Popular Science 13 Apr 2026
Installing wheels on a tortoise might seem like a cruel joke—but a veterinary practice in the Philippines recently did so to help out an Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) with troubled hind legs ... “We measured the height ... ....
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Owl saved from electrical fence adopts abandoned owlet

Popular Science 12 Apr 2026
When animals end up in a wildlife center, it’s usually not for happy reasons. But sometimes tough situations have a silver lining, and that’s exactly what’s happened at Raven Ridge Wildlife Center in Washington Boro, Pennsylvania ... Image ... It worked ... ....
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Two cheetah cubs narrowly escape the illegal pet trade

Popular Science 11 Apr 2026
In an intervention that might one day inspire the animated animal version of Argo, the Cheetah Conservation Fund and Somaliland’s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change rescued two cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cubs on the verge of a terrible fate ... .
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British Indian worker Parmjit Bassi wins race harassment case against Network Rail after EDL leaflet ...

The Independent 08 Apr 2026
The actions were ‘clear sleights’ against his race, finds tribunal .
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What to do if you find a baby opossum

Popular Science 08 Apr 2026
Spring has finally arrived in the northern hemisphere, sweeping winter away with flowers, outdoor activities, and cute babies ... In the case of opossum mothers, that instinct is comically low ... Opossum babies weigh just 0.13 to 0.16 grams at birth ... Image ... .
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