Why Did Six Highly-Endangered Whales Suddenly Die? : Animals : Nature World News

Six North American right whales have mysteriously turned up dead within the past few weeks and now conservationists are doing everything they can to find out why.


Researchers claim the whales seemed relatively healthy, leaving no explanation of how they washed up in the Gulf of St....

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Scott Disick Cozies Up to Mystery Woman at Vegas Club

Another day, another Las Vegas visit for Scott Disick.
The self-proclaimed Lord headed to Sin City on Saturday for some fun in the sun, dinner and a show. Of course, he capped off his Vegas visit with a little nightclub mingling at his go-to spot, 1 OAK.
After entering the nightclub just...

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Scientists Use DNA to Crack Ancient Case of Bizarre Creature : Animals : Nature World News

Thousands of years ago, a creature existed that didn’t really seem to fit into any classification. Their body parts were a mish-mash of characteristics from different animals: legs of a skinny rhino, face like an antelope and a body like a humpless camel, a report from...

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Woman with Rare Disorder That Causes Baggy Skin Dreams of Becoming a Model

Sara Geurts is done hiding her skin. The 26-year-old has Ehlers-Danlos, a rare genetic disorder that causes her skin to sag. After spending many years embarrassed by her condition, Geurts is now showing off her skin — and hopes to inspire others through modeling.
Geurts says she first...

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America’s Arctic could soon open up to a new wave of risky offshore oil and gas drilling | Stories

Despite protections put in place last year, America’s fragile and treasured Arctic could soon open up to a new wave of risky oil and gas drilling.
Every five years, the US Department of Interior creates a plan that says where oil and gas companies can purchase leases for offshore drilling....

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Aggressive Tick Could Cause Meat Allergy in Humans : Animals : Nature World News

Health experts are warning everyone to be extra cautious this summer due to the increasing incidence people getting bitten by ticks and suddenly developing an allergy to red meats.


The bite of the so-called Lone Star tick can trigger certain antibodies that can result to severe reactions...

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Lily Collins Hits Beach in Italy After Regaining Weight

Lily Collins is taking a break from her busy schedule to enjoy some fun in the sun!
Collins, 28, was spotted in Italy on Monday, where she attended the Ischia Film Festival to promote her new Netflix drama To the Bone.
The actress lost a significant amount of weight to play a woman battling...

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Increasing Urban Temperature Could Negatively Affect Wild Bee Population : Animals : Nature World News

It has been well established that the use of toxic pesticides and disease outbreaks are the main driver of the declining bee population. However, a new study from North Carolina State University revealed that the increasing urban temperatures can also contribute to the decreasing bee...

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FULL EPISODE | People Now Monday July 17, 2017

Julianne Hough Rings in Honeymoon With Special Pic, Plus We’re Live With RHOC‘s Vicki Gunvalson!
Come back every day at 8:30 a.m. EST to watch People Now streaming live from Time Inc. headquarters in New York City, and rebroadcast at 11:30 am EST. Get the absolute latest in celebrity...

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80-Year-Old Badass Fights Rabid Bobcat and Wins : Animals : Nature World News

For the second time this month, a woman in New England has taken down a rabid critter and lived to tell about it.


New Hampshire woman Elise Dabrowski was gardening on Sunday at her Sunapee home when a raging bobcat jumped from the bushes and started biting her face, arm, and back.
Of all...

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Sylvester Stallone Posts Rare Photo of Rocky Deleted Scene

Made on a budget of just over $1 million and shot in less than a month, Rocky is one of Hollywood’s biggest success stories — becoming the highest-grossing film of 1976, spawning a series of sequels and spinoffs, and going on to win three Oscars including Best Picture.
Though Sylvester...

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Movie "47 Meters Down" Gets Sharks All Wrong : Animals : Nature World News

The new movie “47 Meters Down” is an affront to science and ocean biology. It stars Mandy Moore, so I will assume it is also an affront to acting in general. But I’ll stick to the science, which is bad enough.


The basic premise: Two sisters go shark cage diving in Mexico....

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Rob Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian Have 'Dance Party' 1 Week After Meltdown

 
While Rob Kardashian‘s famous family has yet to publicly comment on his ongoing drama with Blac Chyna, it appears that he’s been spending time with at least one of his sisters in the wake of the news: Khloé.
While she didn’t capture him on camera, Khloé indicated on Snapchat on...

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‘Sea Pickles’ Are Invading The West Coast : Animals : Nature World News

Sea cucumbers (also known as “sea pickles” or pyrosomes) are slimy, translucent creatures. And lately they’ve become a nuisance along the US West Coast, leaving scientists confused and slightly hungry.


In fact, some fishermen claim that they’re unable to catch...

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Texas Teen Electrocuted While Trying to Use Phone in Bathtub

A 14-year-old Texas girl is dead after she was electrocuted while trying to use her cell phone as she took a bath on Sunday, the family says.
Madison Coe, of Lubbock, was at her father’s home in Lovington, New Mexico, over the weekend when she either plugged her phone into a bathroom outlet...

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Birds in Mexico City Have Taken Up Cigarettes to Protect Their Young : Animals : Nature World News

Urbanization has all sorts of side effects. Birds have been shown to adapt their calls, their nesting places and activity rhythms to fit the urban environments. In Mexico City, urbanization is forcing birds to use what they can find to help build their nests and keep parasites away.


One...

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Nanoengineers create liquid-solid composites using clues from nature -- ScienceDaily

Materials scientists at Rice University are looking to nature — at the discs in human spines and the skin in ocean-diving fish, for example — for clues about designing materials with seemingly contradictory properties — flexibility and stiffness.

In research appearing...

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Study warns about the impact of the carp in shallow lakes with high ecological value for the preservation of waterbirds -- ScienceDaily

The presence of the carp, a freshwater invasive species spread worldwide, is alarmingly reducing the populations of diving ducks and waterbirds, according to a study published in the journal Biological Conservation by the researchers Alberto Maceda Veiga, from the Biodiversity Research...

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Identifying hotspots is essential to managing mosquito-borne disease -- ScienceDaily

A new study published in the Journal of Medical Entomology reports that in Baltimore, Maryland, neighborhoods with high levels of residential abandonment are hotspots for tiger mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus). This environmental injustice may leave low-income urban residents more vulnerable to...

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Baker's yeast can help plants cope with soil contamination -- ScienceDaily

Most plant species, including crops, cannot tolerate the toxic effects of soil pollutants, which dramatically impair their growth and development. In a study now published in Scientific Reports*, a research team led by Paula Duque from the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC; Portugal)...

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