Topic: Wildlife
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What kind of an eater are you?
From locavores to femivores, to fast food junkies and punk domestics, here are 11 labels for every kind of person at the dinner table.
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15 hidden meanings of popular food phrases
Discover the hidden meanings of some of your favorite food phrases.
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NFL new uniforms, best to worst
The Jacksonville Jaguars and three other teams have released new uniform designs in the past year – with mixed results. Here are the league's four new uniforms, subjectively ranked from worst to best.
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On Earth Day 2013: 13 excellent books to consume
It's Earth Day. Check out these 13 books for the literary equivalent of a green boost of antioxidants and protein.
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Bestselling books the week of 4/1/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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68 pythons found in Florida Python Challenge snake hunt
That might not seem like a success, considering roughly 1,600 people signed up for the state-sponsored Python Challenge that ended Sunday, but Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials said the hunt may have prevented thousands more pythons from being born in the Everglades.
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Kate Middleton criticized by Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize winner (+video)
Kate Middleton was verbally attacked by Hilary Mantel, the first Briton to twice win the coveted Man Booker prize for fiction. In her attack, Hilary Mantel described Kate Middleton as 'a shop-window mannequin, with no personality.'
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Bunnies attacking cars at Denver airport
The furry creatures are wreaking havoc on cars parked at Denver International Airport by eating spark plug cables and other wiring.
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Rare tiger born at San Francisco zoo
Rare tiger born in San Francisco Zoo is the first since 2008. Such zoo births are rare, and there are few as 400 Sumatran tigers left in the wild. This cub was born to a 9-year-old tiger, named Leanne.
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Medication makes fish eat more, socialize less
Fish fed extremely low concentrations of an anti-anxiety drug eat more quickly, act more boldly, and socialize less than their un-medicated peers,
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New owl species makes biologists' heads spin
The discovery of a new owl species on an Indonesian island is described as 'a wake-up call for ornithologists.'
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Stir It Up! Mardi Gras recipe: crawfish cornbread
Make an authentic batch of crawfish cornbread to celebrate Mardi Gras. Use frozen crawfish tail meat, Creole seasoning, jalapenos, and cheddar cheese for that Louisiana flavor.
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Global News Blog Palm oil casualty? 14 pygmy elephants fall prey to pesticides in Borneo
Malaysian wildlife officials say 14 dead pygmy elephants were found last month in Borneo, apparently poisoned by chemicals used by farmers on the country's massive palm-oil plantations.
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Largest crocodile dies (+video), but Philippines town plans to keep tourism alive
Largest crocodile dies: The world's largest crocodile, Lolong, was 20 feet 3 inches long and weighed 1 ton. The town of Buanway will preserve the world's largest saltwater crocodile in a museum to keep the tourists coming.
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You're descended from a fuzzy, bug-eating, scampering critter, say scientists
And so are all other placental mammals, according to a new morphological and genetic analysis that paints a clearer picture of our Cretaceous-period common ancestor.
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Insane City
Dave Barry’s hilariously dark new farce hits all the right notes.
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Threatened by global warming, wolverines could be listed as endangered
The US Fish and Wildlife Services proposed listing wolverines under the Endangered Species Act, as the animals' Rocky Mountain habitat shrinks and fragments due to rising temperatures.
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Elephant poaching skyrockets in African rain forest zones
Demand from Asia for quality ivory of rain forest pachyderm has spiked; in Gabon, two-thirds of elephants, or 11,000 wiped out in one national park since 2004.
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Study: Moles can smell in stereo, still can't see anything
A study involving the common mole discovered that they can locate the source of an odor based on how strong it smells in each nostril. The burrowing animals are still useless when it comes to perceiving things visually, though.
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'Never Look a Polar Bear in the Eye': 5 stories from a family's time near the Arctic
Zac Unger temporarily moved his family to Churchill, Manitoba, to experience life in the polar bear wild. Here are some of his stories from his book "Never Look a Polar Bear in the Eye."
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Iran's space monkey business: A plausible explanation?
Iran admits that one of two official photos of Iran's first monkey in space depicted the wrong monkey. It showed an archive photo of one of the alternate monkeys. But one expert says Iran's still lying about one of the monkeys.
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Politicians and guns: Why it's important that Obama shoots skeet
The White House has released a photo of President Obama firing a shotgun. In the US today, it seems important that politicians – especially men – know their way around guns. Why is that?
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Had your winter Phil? Check Groundhog Day forecast
With thousands watching on Gobbler's Knob in west-central Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his lair Saturday but didn't see his shadow.
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Climate change's latest victim: the wolverine
Federal officials propose listing wolverine as endangered because its cold-weather habitat could shrink as the climate warms. But US says it won't use wolverine's status to regulate greenhouse gases.
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Cats kill billions of creatures every year according to new study
Cats kill billions: According to new research, cats kill between 1.4 billion and 3.7 billion birds and between 6.9 billion and 20.7 billion small mammals, such as meadow voles and chipmunks.
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20 best iPhone apps for starters
Here's a selection of some essential and not-so-essential apps that will help you get by in a world increasingly dependent on digital interaction.
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Super Bowl commercials 2013: The 4 best sneak previews
For Super Bowl commercials, many companies are providing sneak peeks for their ads that will run during the big game. Here are some of the best.
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Mass extinction? Man may still have time to catalog Earth's species.
A trio of respected biologists and zoologists concludes that Earth's sixth mass extinction may be unfolding slower than feared, giving time for the valuable work of cataloging the planet's species.
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15,000 crocodiles escape in South Africa? Police need herding help after floods
Some South African media reports say up to 15,000 crocodiles have escaped from a local crocodile farm. Police beg for volunteers to help them round up the crocodiles, who escaped earlier this week after flooding rains.
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The dung beetle as celestial navigator
Only humans, birds, and seals are known to navigate using stars. But the dung beetle does use the Milky Way to chart its path, say scientists.
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