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The stout, shaggy-coated huemul deer is highly endangered in the southern hemisphere. But a recent helicopter mission revealed that they are thriving in a future national park.
Kelp forests are underwater thickets of algae that keep the world’s oceans rich with biodiversity. And scientists just offered a strong financial argument for keeping them healthy.
Researchers set out to discover whether therapy dogs’ mental health support could apply beyond a screen.
Cedar Connell was diagnosed with an aggressive type of blood cancer at just 15 years old. He and his sister took inspiration from his hospital stays to launch a unique fundraiser for cancer research.
As programs recognizing LGBTQ+ people are cut, an Ohio archive is doing what queer Americans always have: preserving their own history.
Thanks to volunteers at Fundación 911 and firefighters of Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, search and rescue efforts in central Texas are now an international mission.
After three sessions, Texas lawmakers passed a bill last month that defines consent and fixes what advocates called a loophole in Texas sexual assault laws.
In May of this year, lifelong explorer and author Robin Hanbury-Tenison decided to ring in his 89th birthday with a unique challenge: Rowing 22 miles to help restore Britain’s historic rainforests.
The Salt House living room. Photo courtesy of Casa de Sal/Airbnb Since the start of the journey, the Dantas women have collected over 13,000 bottles, though an estimated 8,000 were what they used to ...
Conservationists in Argentina’s Patagonia region have helped save the country’s most threatened amphibian, the El Rincon stream frog, a species whose entire existence centers on a single warm stream ...
Following a heated Democratic primary for New York City’s next mayor, political experts report an uptick in young progressives seeking elected office.
Juneteenth, short for June 19th, commemorates the day the last remaining enslaved people in the U.S. — in Galveston, Texas — received word that the Civil War had ended and they had been liberated by ...