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There’s a New World’s Blackest Black

And it’s really black

Though the pictured fish belong to a German research collection, they represent similar samples around the world that have come under attack.

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The Campaign Is On to Save the Natural History Collections of a Louisiana University

The school is displacing millions of specimens in favor of a new track

The queen

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Corrosion Could Bring a Premature End to This Legendary Ship

New report sounds the alarm on the RMS Queen Mary

These baby eagles mean business.

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Watch a Baby Bald Eagle Hatch in Real Time

Things are getting serious for the world’s most famous bald eagles

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Norway Proposes World’s First Mile-Long Tunnel for Ships

The tunnel would help ships and ferries avoid rough seas around the Stadlandet Peninsula where 33 people have died since World War II

"Straight Outta Compton" just landed a spot in the National Recording Registry.

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N.W.A., NPR Among This Year’s National Recording Registry Inductees

The latest class of 25 also includes Judy Garland and Vin Scully

Say "arrivederci" to softly lit Roman streets and "ciao" to a well-illuminated night.

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People Piqued by Plans to Place LED Lights in Rome

Foes of the energy-efficient lights take a dim view to the city’s new bulbs

One of the panther kittens photographed with trail cameras north of Florida's Caloosahatchee River

Future of Conservation

Panther Kittens Spotted in Florida Give Hope for Their Species’ Survival

Trail cameras caught a mother panther trailed by two kittens

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English-Speaking Cameroon Hasn’t Had Any Internet for 70 Days

The shutdown targets the country’s two Anglophone regions

The pronoun "they" will finally be part of the AP Stylebook.

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Gender-Neutral Pronoun “They” Adopted by Associated Press

The journalist’s bible will finally help reporters talk about non-binary people

Though the single-run of Full Circle beer is long gone, the message about the importance of water conservation still stands.

San Diego Breweries Experiment With Recycled Water

Stone and Ballast Point Breweries both created beers made from highly purified waste water

View out of the window during the inaugural Flight to the Lights

Cool Finds

New Charter Flight Takes Passengers to See the Southern Lights

The first “Flight to the Lights” took 130 skygazers to get up close with the Aurora Australis

Ganges River

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India’s Ganges and Yamuna Rivers Are Given the Rights of People

A few days after a New Zealand river gained the rights of personhood, an Indian court has declared that two heavily polluted rivers also have legal status

Rock art from the Ennedi Plateau

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Vandals Deface Rock Art In Chad’s Ennedi World Heritage Site

Names were written in French and Arabic on some of the area’s rock art, which can date back as far as 8,000 years

A San man prepares his arrows for hunting in the Living Museum of the Ju’Hoansi-San, Grashoek, Namibia

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San People of South Africa Issue Code of Ethics for Researchers

This much-studied population is the first indigenous people of Africa to develop such guidelines

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Wildfires Have Already Charred Over 2 Million Acres This Year

The fire season has gotten off to its fastest start in over a decade, with massive grass fires charring the southwest and plains states

Norway: The happiest place on earth

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Norwegians Are Named 2017’s Happiest People

Scandanavian countries take the top spots in the annual World Happiness Report

ISIS destroyed the Temple of Baalshamin in Syria in 2015.

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New Fund Pledges to Protect Cultural Heritage from War and Terror

Nations and philanthropists join together to safeguard one another’s priceless treasures

Omsin ingested the coins during years in a public turtle pond.

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The Sea Turtle That Ate 915 Coins Has Died

Her death comes two weeks after vets tried to save her life with a seven-hour surgery

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