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Forbidden Trade

October 11, 2019

Wildlife trafficking happens all around the world. Animals are illegally taken and sold for money. Below are some of the most trafficked animals on Earth. TIGERS are poached in Asia. They are hunted for their claws, skin, and bones. These…

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Wildlife Lessons

April 26, 2019

Picture this: You live in a village in Botswana, Africa. You leave home one morning and start walking to school. Suddenly, a gigantic elephant is standing in your path. “It’s really scary to come across an elephant when you’re on…

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Environment

On Thin Ice

January 11, 2019

Polar bears live in the Arctic. They spend their days perched on sea ice. That’s where they hunt for food. But large areas of sea ice are melting. This has put the mammals at risk. That is according to a…

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Saying Goodbye

May 1, 2018

Sudan was the world’s last male northern white rhinoceros. He died on March 19 at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy. It is in Kenya, Africa. The world has been mourning his death. Sudan “stole the hearts of many with his dignity…

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Entertainment

Protecting Pandas

March 20, 2018

There are fewer than 2,000 pandas in the wild. People are working to raise that number. Qian Qian (pronounced chen chen) is a panda cub. She lives at Chengdu Panda Base, in China. She stars in a new IMAX movie.…

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Nature's Bright Lights

March 9, 2018

Have you seen a firefly glow? Fireflies are bioluminescent. That means they make their own light. “It’s like a flashlight or a lightbulb,” Hans Waldenmaier told TFK. He studies glowing mushrooms in Brazil. But bioluminescence can be found all around…

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Science

What's Up, Dog?

October 24, 2017

"What's it like to be a dog?" Gregory Berns asks. He is a scientist. He studies how brains work. He says no one can know for sure. "But I think dogs experience things very much the way we do," he…

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Science

Wild Medicine

September 1, 2017

Mike Cranfield is a veterinarian, or vet. His patients are gorillas. One ape, Ijabo, stands out. When Ijabo was three days old, an exam showed he had a badly damaged leg. Cranfield had to remove the leg below the knee.…

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United States

The Future of Zoos

May 5, 2017

On a trip to the Philadelphia Zoo, in Pennsylvania, kids got a surprise. Directly in front of them was a tiger. But the kids were not scared. They laughed. That is because the tiger was in a special enclosed trail.…

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Science

A Home for Elephants

November 25, 2016

A program in Africa saves baby elephants. The animals are cared for until they can live on their own. Thousands of adult African elephants are killed each year. Hunters want their tusks. The tusks are used to make jewelry and…

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