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Giraffes Silently Slip Onto the Endangered Species List
Years of habitat destruction and poaching have reduced giraffe numbers by 30 percent, placing them in the vulnerable category for the first time
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America’s Only Known Jaguar May Not Be Alone Anymore
Perhaps “El Jefe” isn’t so lonely after all
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Canada Will Put Another Woman on Its Currency
An early civil rights heroine makes history (again)
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Thousands of Snow Geese Die at Abandoned Pit Mine
Despite attempts to scare them away, thousands of geese landed on the acidic Berkeley Pit, which is full of toxic heavy metals
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Help the BBC Close Wikipedia’s Gender Gap
The Beeb’s hosting an edit-a-thon to improve the online encylopedia’s coverage of women
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Historic Photos of Baltimore Show the Real-Life “Hairspray”
Hairspray Live! fans, learn the history behind the beloved story
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Why There Won’t Be Any Monuments to Fidel Castro in Cuba
El Comandante had one last dictate
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Gate Stolen From Dachau Concentration Camp Recovered in Norway
The metal gate bearing the slogan Arbeit Macht Freiwas recently found outside the city of Bergen
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Paris Is Selling Old Love Locks to Raise Money For Refugees
Putting clipped locks to good use
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Dakota Access Pipeline Protests Are Over, For Now
The Army Corps of Engineers announced it will not issue an easement to complete the pipeline, but the incoming administration could change course
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Hawaii Faces Down Nearly Three Feet of Snow
And more of the white stuff is on its way to the Big Island’s tallest peaks
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Why Vegetarians Hate the U.K.’s New £5 Note
The new currency uses a polymer that contains some animal fat, and it turns out at least 24 other nations use the same product
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Unesco Just Added Belgian Beer to Its Heritage List
The move celebrates the tiny country’s huge love of suds
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Goodbye, Barrow, Alaska. Hello, Utqiagvik
The most northerly city has officially reverted back to the Inupiaq name for the settlement on the Arctic sea
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There’s a Department of Government Ethics? What Does it Do?
What is the agency weighing in on the incoming administrations potential conflicts of interest?
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English Mass Grave Sheds New Light on the Horrors of the Black Death
The burial pit contained 48 skeletons that tested positive for the plague
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Yasir Arafat Museum Opens in Ramallah
The three-story building tells the story of the controversial Palestinian leader and includes artifacts like his Nobel Prize and views of his bedroom
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After 52 Years, the War Between Colombia and the FARC Will End
Four out of five of the decades-long conflict’s dead were civilians
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The Four Newest Elements Now Have Names
Chemistry governing body officially approves names for the four newest additions to the Periodic Table
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India Inches Closer to Creating World’s Largest River Network
The plan to interlink rivers would connect up to 30 rivers via 30 canals and 3,000 dams
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