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For the 5000 animals found dead at the Dongxing Logistics shipping depot, life was cut tragically short. (1) This is another reminder of the importance of adopting, not shopping. 5000 Animals Found Dead at Chinese Shipping Depot Animal welfare group Utopia were unprepared for what was inside the shipping hub they entered in Luohe City, […]
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Just when you think mother nature can’t bring you any more surprises, we learn that there are animals alive today that were born centuries ago. In 2016 scientists discovered a 400-year-old shark – and she’s not the only one. (1) The 400-Year-Old Shark in Greenland Marine biologists have known for years that Greenland Sharks live […]
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Most of the time when we think of places to go to for a vacation, we automatically think of the popular destinations: The ones we see on TV and in movies, big cities, and the well-known tourist destinations. These are the lesser-known American towns you should visit, even though you’ve probably never heard of them. […]
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In May 2020, NASA scientists spotted a flash so bright that they could hardly explain how it happened. So what was this blindingly bright flash of light? Oh, just the collision of two neutron stars forming what is called a magnetar, also known as a Kilonova. (1) The Great Kilonova In May of this year, […]
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NASA has released a new infrared image of the Pillars of Creation and it is spectacular. This photo puts the pillars in a light that we’ve never really seen them before. (1) Infrared Image of Pillars of Creation In the heart of the Eagle Nebula are tower-like columns of cosmic dust and gas called the […]
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Wildlife photographers spend hours camped outside waiting for animals to get close enough to them for the perfect shot. Imagine how it must feel to be this one who missed the perfect shot of a stag that snuck right up behind him. (1) Stag Sneaks Up On Unsuspecting Photographer Wildlife photographer Roger Clark was out […]
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In late August fishermen in the Gibraltar Strait reported some strange and aggressive activity from pods of orcas. These have continued to happen over the last two months, and now researchers believe there are killer whales orchestrating revenge attacks from altercations back in June. (1) Killer Whales Orchestrating Revenge Attacks Scientists believe that the killer […]
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In Thailand there is a rock formation that looks like a variety of things, depending on how you look at it. Some say it looks like a crashed spaceship, however, others say it looks like a family of blue whales. This is where Three Whale Rock gets its name. (1) Thailand’s Three Whale Rock In […]
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Between 2018 and 2019, we observed the first 28 cycles of a fast radio burst coming from ultra-deep space. Astronomers estimated that the object it came from was approximately five hundred million lightyears away. Despite this, they declared that this mysterious radio signal was the closest our planet has ever seen. That is, until now. […]
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When people think of going off-grid, they typically want one thing and that’s sustainability. Being able to live off the land with the finite sources it provides and doing it comfortably. There are few who are able to achieve this coexistence with nature. However, for Toto’s Cafe and Pizzeria, sustainability never looked this tasty before! […]
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In 2011, minors in Alberta, Canada accidentally uncovered a fossilized dinosaur that was 110 million years old. This dinosaur was so well-preserved, that instead of calling it a fossil, paleontologists are referring to it as a “dinosaur mummy”. Researchers spent over seven thousand hours of painstaking work to uncover the remarkable find. Finally, the public […]
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Denmark is the largest producer of mink fur in the world. The country has fifteen to seventeen million animals on more than one thousand farms. Experts estimate that the 2020 population is worth more than four hundred million dollars US [1]. A coronavirus mink mutation, however, may destroy the industry. On November 4, 2020, the […]
