Homosexual behavior in the animal kingdom is rife, and one of the best known examples is bottlenose dolphins, with both males and females having encounters with members of the same sex. The exact reasons are not well understood, but their homosexual…
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First New Species of Sunfish Discovered in 130 Years
Marianne Nyegaard, a postdoctoral student at Australia’s Murdoch University, had been searching for evidence of a fourth ocean sunfish species for nearly five years. And in 2014, the researcher finally found the gigantic sunfish washed up on the shor…
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Trillion-tonne Iceberg the Size of Delaware Breaks off Antarctica in Historic Warming Event
One of the biggest icebergs in history has snapped off the West Antarctic ice shelf, according to scientists who have been monitoring a growing crack for months. Satellite images confirmed that the trillion-tonne iceberg had broken away and was adrif…
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Steve Bannon Fed Trump Fake Climate Change Facts to Convince Him to Pull Out of Paris Pact: REPORT
Steve Bannon and Scott Pruitt gave Trump “erroneous, scientifically dubious, misleading or out of date” information to convince him to pull out of the Paris climate accord, say White House officials who spoke to the Washington Post and we…
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Elon Musk Quits Trump Advisory Councils after President Pulls US from Global Climate Agreement
SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk said he was resigning from two White House advisory councils after President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he is withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate accord. Other pillars of corporate America — includ…
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Donald Trump to Reveal Decision on Paris Climate Accord: WATCH LIVE
At 3 pm, Donald Trump is expected to reveal his decision on whether to withdraw from the Paris climate accord and isolate the U.S. from the rest of the civilized world. Click HERE to open this post in a new tab.…
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Trump Has Decided to Pull Out of Paris Climate Accord: REPORT
Donald Trump has decided to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, undoing a key portion of President Obama’s climate legacy, say two sources who spoke with Axios: Details on how the withdrawal will be executed are being worked out by a small…
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As Whales Die in Record Numbers Along the Atlantic Coast, the Mystery Deepens
Dead humpback whales continue to wash ashore on beaches along the Atlantic Coast, and no one is sure why. The deaths of 41 humpback whales, dating back to January 1, 2016, from Maine to North Carolina has led the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admi…
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Earth Day: Hillary Clinton is Kathryn Bigelow’s Surprise Guest at the Tribeca Film Festival
How’s that for an unannounced appearance? Hillary Clinton was a surprise guest at the Tribeca Film Festival Saturday night (Earth Day) when she joined a panel after the premiere of National Geographic Documentary Films’ The Protectors: A Walk in the…
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Scientists Discover First Living Three-Foot-Long Giant Shipworm: VIDEO
Although its existence has been known for centuries thanks to fossil records, scientists have for the first time found a living giant shipworm. Discovered in the Philippines, the mud-dwelling organism lives head down in a tusk-like tube. Dan Distel o…
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