The world's most popular banana faces extinction. Researchers are racing to find a solution.

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The Yelloway One is a new banana variety that's resistant to deadly fungal diseases.

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This Fungus Kills Bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S. But There’s Hope

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An Asian elephant learned to peel her own bananas with her trunk — and may have figured it out after watching her caretaker do it for her

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Al elephant holding a banana in their trunk.
An elephant at the Berlin Zoo really likes peeling her bananas.

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