A sandhill crane stands over a Canada gosling it adopted in Madison, Wisconsin. Such interspecies adoptions appear to have become more common in recent years.

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These Sandhill Cranes Have Adopted a Canada Gosling, and Birders Have Flocked to Watch the Strange Family

Ornithologists and locals wonder what the future holds for this chick being raised by much taller, but still doting parents

Anne Readel

Pangolin species across Africa and Asia are under threat from poaching, climate change and habitat loss.

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The World’s ‘Most Trafficked Mammal’ Might Soon Be Protected by the U.S. Endangered Species Act