Animals

Arctic Ice Shatters Melt Record

This summer provides more evidence that the Arctic may have passed its tipping point. Despite a summer generally good for sea ice, a record melt happened anyway.

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| Mon Aug. 27, 2012 1:56 PM PDT

Was In-N-Out Burger Serving Up Downer Cows?

A disturbing undercover video raises questions about practices at one of the fast-food chain's very recent main suppliers.

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| Thu Aug. 23, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

CHART: What's a Polar Bear Worth?

The Canadian government lays it out in a handy guide.

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| Thu Aug. 23, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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The 8 Weirdest Mice in Research Labs

"Bad hair day," morbidly obese, and other mice you won't find scurrying around in cellars.

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| Wed Aug. 22, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

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1,375,022 Acres Are Burning in the US

Wildfires have scorched more landscape so far this year than any prior one, as these alarming charts and maps show.

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| Tue Aug. 21, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Do Menstruating Women Attract Sharks?

We dove into murky scientific waters to find out.

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| Thu Aug. 16, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

AK-47s, Quack Medicine, and Heaps of Cash: The Gruesome Rhino Horn Trade, Explained

Organized criminals, some operating in the US, are smuggling the valuable body part of the majestic creature.

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| Wed Aug. 15, 2012 3:01 AM PDT

No, Menstruating Women Do Not Attract Bear Attacks

A new study busts the myth that women should avoid camping trips while menstruating.

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| Wed Aug. 15, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Fukushima Radiation Gives Rise to Mutant Butterflies?

Researchers have found highly increased rates of mutations in butterflies following last year's nuclear disaster in Japan.

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| Wed Aug. 15, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Kitty Cams Reveal Shocking Truth

Cats are depraved and sadistic, science confirms. (But they're still cyoot!)

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| Fri Aug. 10, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

VIDEO: Adorable Singing Penguin Threatened by Climate Change, Nets

The endangered penguins already face many threats to their livelihood as a species. A new report lays out one more—stray fishing nets from commercial fishboats.

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| Fri Aug. 10, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Corn on MSNBC: Romney's Rafalca Problem

What do Romney's ties with dressage say about his disconnect with the middle class?

Thu Aug. 2, 2012 4:55 PM PDT

Saving the Arctic From Big Oil

How to bring the major oil companies ashore and halt the destruction of our oceans.

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| Thu Aug. 2, 2012 1:11 PM PDT

WATCH: The Hidden Costs of Hamburgers

Industrial beef carries a heavy environmental cost on land and water worldwide.

Thu Aug. 2, 2012 10:25 AM PDT
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Does Climate Change Mean More Polar-Grizzly Bear Hybrids?

As climate change destroys the sea ice habitat of polar bears, more are wandering on land and potentially mating with grizzly bears.

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| Tue Jul. 31, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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PHOTOS: 111 Dogs That Can't Vote in Virginia

Despite what the Romney campaign tells you, Democrats are not registering small animals to vote in the commonwealth.

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| Fri Jul. 27, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Alarming Loss of Species in Protected Forests

The nature reserves we've set up to protect Earth's tropical forests are losing biodiversity at a scary rate.

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| Fri Jul. 27, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

The "New Climatology" of the West

The West is on the verge of downshifting to a new, perilous level of aridity.

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| Tue Jul. 24, 2012 12:00 PM PDT

Greenland's Summer Mega Melt

For several days this month virtually the entire surface of Greenland melted—an area larger than ever seen in 30 years of satellite observations.

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| Tue Jul. 24, 2012 10:39 AM PDT

As Many As 100 Million Sharks Killed Every Year for Soup

A new report finds that Hong Kong imports about half of the world shark fin harvest.

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| Thu Jul. 19, 2012 10:00 AM PDT