When a curious raccoon broke into an Ashland, Virginia, liquor store in December 2025, sampled the stock and passed out on the bathroom floor, the story went viral within minutes. The local animal shelter's Facebook post ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2026
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For many of us, listening to music is simply part of the driving routine—as ordinary as wearing a seatbelt. We build playlists for road trips, pick songs to stay awake, and even turn the volume up when traffic gets stressful.
Social Sciences
Dec 29, 2025
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When I, Erik Meijaard, worked as a wildlife consultant for a timber concession in Borneo, I often chatted with the logging truck drivers—and quickly realized that some of them knew far more about local wildlife populations ...
Ecology
Dec 1, 2025
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Traveling on Africa's roads comes with many challenges. The biggest is arriving at your destination safely. The continent is one of the hotspots of global road trauma. Its traffic deaths account for about one-quarter of ...
Social Sciences
Nov 18, 2025
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Taxi drivers who slow down when searching for passengers are not only more efficient but also earn more, according to a new study. The research analyzed over 2.3 billion GPS data points collected from 40,000 taxi drivers ...
General Physics
Nov 3, 2025
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We've seen it happen. For example, a visit to the Ouzoud waterfalls in Morocco's High Atlas led to an encounter with a group of nearby tourists feeding chips—supplied by the tour guide—to some waiting Barbary macaques. Pointing ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 12, 2025
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Australian employers are monitoring employees, frequently without workers' knowledge or consent, according to a new report.
Economics & Business
May 28, 2025
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The 2024 arrest and subsequent release of activist Paul Watson, the founder of the NGO Sea Shepherd that fights to protect ocean biodiversity, highlighted a division between two opposing camps. There are those who want to ...
Economics & Business
Apr 25, 2025
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If someone bumps into us on the footpath or in the mall, we're generally quite forgiving. We instinctively apologize or step aside, and usually don't scream at, stalk, or attack the other person.
Social Sciences
Jan 6, 2025
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Deep, crusty snow piled up on fields in eastern Colorado after last week's snowstorm is driving herds of pronghorn onto roads, and dozens of them are dying, state wildlife officials said.
Plants & Animals
Nov 13, 2024
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