A celebrity handbag maker is going to prison for importing bags made of protected python and caiman skin

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Celebrity handbag designer Nancy Gonzalez hides under a black umbrella as she walks with her lawyer Andrea Lopez outside the federal courthouse Monday, April 22, 2024, in Miami.
Handbag designer Nancy Gonzalez hides under an umbrella as she walks with her lawyer outside the federal courthouse, April 22, 2024, in Miami.

Josh Goodman/AP Photo

'Lost' golden mole rediscovered after 86 years

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The blind De Winton's golden mole, thought to be lost for nearly a century, was found in South Africa using eDNA, a technique that examines DNA left in the environment.

Photo shows an orphaned chimpanzee rescued from being sold as a pet in the Republic of Guinea

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A chimpanzee grasps the wrought iron bars of its enclosure and looks directly at the camera with deep brown eyes.
This orphaned chimpanzee was being held until it could be rehabilitated into the wild.

Roberto García-Roa / Wildlife Photographer of the Year

The death of an endangered fin whale was a marine murder mystery. Now, we have a suspect: orcas.

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Bite wounds on a fin whale's fin is evidence of a killer whale attack, NOAA says.
Bite wounds on a fin whale's fin is evidence of a killer whale attack, NOAA says.

NOAA Fisheries/West Coast Marine Mammal Stranding Network, taken under federal permit 24359.

Scientists thought this tiny, blind mole was extinct for over 85 years, but they were wrong

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An up close photo of De Winton's golden mole on sandy substrate and leaves.

Nix Souness*

Giant guinea pig-sized rats that climb trees and chomp coconuts were photographed for the first time by researchers

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A Vangunu giant rat, Uromys vika, crawls on a tree in the Solomon Islands
The Vangunu giant rat, Uromys vika, likes to sleep in trees.

Tyrone Lavery

Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift, and more celebrities with species named after them

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A side-by-side of Jimmy Buffett playing guitar on stage and the yellow Cayo margarita snail under the sea.
In honor of Jimmy Buffett’s “Margaritaville,” scientists named this yellow snail Cayo margarita.

Hal Horowitz/WireImage/Getty Images; R. Bieler

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