Orca pair devour 17 sharks in a day in South African killing spree, say marine biologists

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Orca whales Port and Starboard, who are notable due to their unusual fins
Orca whales Port and Starboard, who are notable due to their unusual collapsed fins

Marine Dynamics Conservation Trust

Former Florida teacher speaks out about incurring the wrath of Gov. DeSantis for tweeting a video of the empty bookshelves at his middle school

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Screen grab from Brian Covey's Twitter on January 27, 2023
Books in school libraries are being vetted in Florida after a new law passed last year to limit teaching on race and gender.

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Former GOP Senator James Inhofe retired because of long COVID symptoms. Other colleagues have it but keep it secret, he said.

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U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) speaks during a press conference
Former US Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) speaks during a press conference.

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New images offer rare glimpse of the DMZ between North and South Korea where wild animals find peace and flourish

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Otter (Lutra lutra) living in the DMZ.
Otter (Lutra lutra) captured in the DMZ.

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An alligator rescued in Brooklyn's Prospect Park has a bathtub stopper stuck in her body

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An alligator found in New York City’s Prospect Park has a bathtub stopper stuck inside her body.
An alligator found in New York City’s Prospect Park has a bathtub stopper stuck inside her body.

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Mexico's president is being mocked for sharing a photo that he claimed was of a woodland spirit creature similar to an elf

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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 12: President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico listens to an interpreter read back remarks outside the Vice Presidents residence at Naval Observatory on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Vice President hosted the President of Mexico for breakfast in advance of his bilateral meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House.

An elite Bronze Age man who underwent brain surgery 3,500 years ago may have suffered from leprosy, archaeologists believe

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Magnified edges of the trephination, each with a 2 mm scale bar. Images captured with a Leica EZ4D stereo microscope. c: All four edges of the trephination, scale bar is 1 cm. d: Reconstructed location of trephination on head.
Images showing magnified edges of the trephination and the reconstructed location of trephination on head.

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Dozens of migrants, including a baby, killed after their overloaded boat was shipwrecked off the coast of Italy

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This photo obtained from Italian news agency Ansa, taken on February 26, 2023 shows rescuers handling a body bag at the site of a shipwreck in Steccato di Cutro, south of Crotone, after a migrants' boat sank off Italy's southern Calabria region.

Zelenskyy predicts Vladimir Putin will be toppled by his own people. They will 'find a reason to kill the killer,' said Ukraine's president

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) and Vladimir Putin (R).

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Japan plans to raise the age of consent from 13 years old in an overhaul of sex crime legislation

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Protesters gather at the rally called 'Flower Demo' to criticize recent acquittals in court cases of alleged rape in Japan and call for revision of the anti-sex crime law in Tokyo, Japan June 11, 2019.
Protesters gather at the rally called 'Flower Demo' to criticize recent acquittals in court cases of alleged rape in Japan and call for revision of the anti-sex crime law in Tokyo, Japan in 2019

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