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The FDA no longer requires all drugs to be tested on animals before human trials
In a victory for animal rights advocates, drugmakers can take their products to human clinical trials using alternative testing methods that don't involve animals.
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These intricate Peruvian whistling vessels mimic animal sounds
In this video, watch a man demonstrate the art of Peruvian whistling vessels (“huaco silbadors”) – intricately designed, ceramic animal-shaped instruments that remarkably produce animal…
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Scientists Are Thinking About Cloning an Extinct, Mummified Bison
The newly discovered bison from an unknown extinct species is thought to have been around 1.5-2 years old when it died between 8,000 and 9,000 years ago, according to scientists at the Mammoth Museum of North-Eastern Federal University in Russia.
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Rarely Seen Wombat 'Sideways' Sex Shows Just How Wild Animal Reproduction Can Get
If you look at where wombats deposit their poo, you realize they must be able to perform some surprising acrobatics.
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Winged messengers: how first-class pigeons help police keep Indians safe
Since 1946, despite floods, cyclones and remote terrain, the birds have carried vital intelligence round Odisha state. Now the authorities want to clip their wings
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Happy, the calf born with a big smile, set to keep people beaming for the rest of his days
The sale of the "once-in-a-lifetime" bull means he will be bringing smiles to faces for the rest of his life — and he'll help with the redevelopment of a Victorian hospital in the process.
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Spain passes law against domestic animal abuse
Spain adopted a new law on animal welfare on Thursday, increasing the punishment for mistreatment
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NSFW Purely for Pleasure
For years we've barely even talked about the human clitoris let alone the fact that snakes have TWO. This program has adult themes.
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The Broken Stones of Monkeys Look Uncannily Like Something We Used to Make
We humans may no longer have tails, but perhaps we have more in common with our smaller primate relatives than we thought.
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This is what years of tourist rides do to an elephant
Elephants may be known for their size and strength, but tourists who ride on their backs can still do great harm, as this photo shared by a wildlife rescue group in Thailand shows.
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Alligator allegedly taken from Texas zoo as an egg or hatchling has been returned nearly 20 years later, officials say | CNN
A nearly 8-foot alligator that allegedly was taken from a Texas zoo nearly 20 years ago as an egg or a hatchling has been returned to the facility after it was spotted living illegally in the backyard of a home near Austin, officials say.
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Colombia wants to deport 70 cocaine hippos who won’t stop breeding
Colombia's proposed plan would send at least 70 hippos that live near drug lord Pablo Escobar's former ranch to India and Mexico.
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How Colombia plans to handle Pablo Escobar's ranch runaway hippo problem
The hippos, descendants of four imported from Africa illegally by the late drug lord in the 1980s, have spread far beyond the Hacienda Napoles ranch and are a biodiversity problem.
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Lynx facing extinction in France as population drops at most to 150 cats
Urgent action needed as DNA tests show their genetic diversity is so low they could vanish from the country in 30 years
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Health concerns mounting as animals become sick after train derailment
Health concerns are growing in East Palestine as reports rise of animals getting sick and some even dying. The train derailment is causing struggles not just for the animals, but their owners as we…
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The Sex Lives of Giraffes Are Weirder Than We Ever Realized
If you think you have trouble telling when someone's into you, just be grateful you're not a giraffe.
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Want to truly have empathy for animals? Stop owning pets
Dogs lead lives of loneliness. Grey parrots die years earlier than their natural lifespans. And it is hard to fathom the boredom of pet fish
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Bald eagle delivers 2 eggs in California nest watched by web cam
A bald eagle has laid two eggs this month in a Southern California nest and nature lovers will watch for the hatchings via an online live feed. Mother eagle Jackie delivered the second egg Saturday afternoon amid a snowstorm near the mountain community of Big Bear east of Los Angeles. The first egg came Jan. 11.
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The snake clitoris has finally been found
You might be wondering: why was anyone looking for a snake clitoris in the first place? The short answer is that, well, men aren't great at finding clitorises in general, so of course the male-dominated science fields wouldn't even know where to start looking for one on a snake.
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Fugitive cows in Quebec captured after months on the run
A herd of cows escaped their farm in July, prompting all kinds of efforts to recapture them. Four of them were brought in last December and now a local division of the farmers' union has picked up another 15.
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