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Window-mounted heat pumps bring energy " and cost " savings to renters
5+ hour, 41+ min ago (686+ words) People who rent their homes, or don't have enough money to make major upgrades to their homes, have for many years been left out of a major shift in heating and cooling technology that can improve efficiency, save money and…...
A 172-pound loggerhead turtle was rescued with four fishing hooks in his body, including one buried deep inside
9+ hour, 46+ min ago (1740+ words) Pull! Pull!" shouts Scott Dexter, chanting the cadence for eight men gripping a rope. Pull!" With each pull, a 172-pound male loggerhead sea turtle is hoisted higher into the air. It takes several hoists to lift the turtle about 35 feet…...
Endangered orangutan caught on camera using canopy bridge in world-first
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (307+ words) In Indonesia, a busy road in Pakpak Bharat cuts through the natural habitat of roughly 350 critically endangered Sumatran orangutans, separating them into two forest areas: the Siranggas Wildlife Reserve and the Sikulaping Protection Forest. Over time, as the" road was…...
Why people eat smoked meats, potato salad, and watermelon to celebrate Juneteenth
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (1025+ words) Visiting Comanche Crossing on Juneteenth felt like freedom," my father said as we pulled into Booker T. Washington Park, the site near what used to be known as the historic Comanche Crossing on Lake Mexia in Texas. Listen, Bobby, this place…...
Arizona is building its 27th wildlife crossing. Altogether, they've reduced collisions by 90%
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (521+ words) There are an average of 1, 270 reported wildlife-vehicle collisions every year in the state of Arizona. But a growing investment in wildlife crossings aims to change that. Earlier this year, the state government passed a 2027 fiscal state budget, including dedicated funding…...
A 'walking shark' was seen crawling along the bottom of the seafloor. It's a new species
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (610+ words) In 2025, researchers from the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia, set off to study the "walking sharks," or epaulette sharks, at the southeastern tip of Papua New Guinea." In their mission to better understand the threatened sharks, one…...
Juneteenth celebrates freedom from slavery. It also recognizes the Black struggle for education
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (953+ words) The abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass is known for many things, but perhaps among the most significant is his views on education's relationship to slavery. Douglass himself was born into slavery in Maryland in 1818. Douglass described in his 1845 autobiography how…...
Conservationists celebrate birth of baby pancake tortoise, hope for one of the world's most endangered reptiles
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (436+ words) Conservationists at Jimmy's Farm & Wildlife Park in Suffolk, United Kingdom, are celebrating the arrival of a very special new baby. The wildlife facility has just announced the hatching of a critically endangered pancake tortoise as a result of its monitored…...
This national park site is training volunteers to become 'sea turtle nest sitters"
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (408+ words) Every year between May and September, hundreds of sea turtles make their way to the shores of North Carolina's Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Here, under the cover of dark, endangered turtles lay eggs." Endangered species, including green, leatherback, and Kemp's…...
Young women move in with NYC nuns to save money. Rent is $200/week, and no boys are allowed after curfew
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (726+ words) Across New York City, the average cost of rent is $4, 175 per month, about 154% higher than the national average. To live comfortably at this rate, renters would have to make an estimated $166, 992 per year. In the Bronx, however, rent averages at…...