Colombian Court Orders Culling of Pablo Escobar’s Hippos

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Two hippos opening their mouths in a lake near the site of Escobar's private zoo.

Lonely Dolphin Blamed for Rash of Recent Swimmer Bites

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Image of a dolphin with a warning from Japan's Coast Guard.

Photos from the Ocean Photographer of the Year awards show the beauty and fragility of underwater wildlife

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A green sea turtle in Seychelles.
A green sea turtle in the Seychelles.

Shane Gross/Ocean Photographer of the Year 2024

Drone photos show the elegance of animals in the wild from a perspective humans rarely see

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Two polar bears sleeping in snow
"A Polar Romance" by Florian Ledoux

Florian Ledoux/Siena Drone Photo Awards

I paid $50 to take a boat tour around a beautiful island in Virginia filled with wild ponies. It should be on everyone's bucket list.

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View of the writer, wearing a pink jacket, from behind. Her hair flows in the wind as she sits on a boat with a sign saying
I spent $50 to take a boat ride around Chincoteague Island.

Ruben Lopez

I explored the ruins of an abandoned zoo on the coast of Florida, and it was completely overrun by nature

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The author in front of an abandoned zoo enclosure (L) and another abandoned structure in the Crandon Park Zoo's ruins.
The author in front of an abandoned zoo enclosure (L) and another abandoned structure in the Crandon Park Zoo's ruins in Florida.

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Botswana offers to send 20,000 elephants to Germany, saying it should try looking after them instead of criticizing

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Botswana's elephant population is causing concern for the country's leaders.

REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Underwater photos from the World Nature Photography Awards reveal stunning scenes beneath the world's oceans

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Young humpback whale in Tonga.
Location: Tonga.

Philip Hamilton/World Nature Photography Awards

14 breathtaking wildlife photos from the World Nature Photography Awards

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Two gannets under the water. Shetland Islands.
Two gannets under the water in the Shetland Islands.

Tracey Lund/World Nature Photography Awards

Cities are at war with rats. Flaco the owl and other animals pay the price.

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Flaco, a Eurasian eagle owl that escaped from the Central Park Zoo, continues to roost and hunt in Central Park, February 15, 2023 in New York City, New York
Flaco, a Eurasian eagle owl that escaped from the Central Park Zoo.

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