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William von Schneidau, who owns the BB Ranch butcher shop at Pike Place Market in Seattle, has made prosciutto from pigs fed marijuana.

Washington State Butcher Spikes Pig Feed With Weed

Despite its name, the "pot pig" experiment isn't an attempt to develop a new meaty treat for stoners. Instead, a Seattle butcher is feeding marijuana seeds, stems and root bulbs to swine as a cheeky money-saving measure.
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Animals

What Did I Do Last Summer? Oh, I Discovered How To Make Babies Without Sex. And You?

Sex is nice, but can animals make babies without it? One summer, two little boys, their tutor and the tutor's two friends did an experiment to explore this question. What they discovered, back in 1740, shocked the world.
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What Did I Do Last Summer? Oh, I Discovered How To Make Babies Without Sex. And You?

In 1740 they dared to ask, is sex necessary? It isn't, said an aphid.
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An <em>Anopheles gambiae</em> mosquito feasts on a human.

Human Scent Is Even Sweeter For Malaria Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes infected with malaria find humans even more attractive than bugs free of the parasite.
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Crew members unload a catch of sockeye salmon at Craig, Alaska, in 2005. Researchers say fish are being found in new areas because of changing ocean temperatures.

Go Fish (Somewhere Else): Warming Oceans Are Altering Catches

The global catch is changing as fish move toward the poles to stay in cooler waters.
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Mike Watson (left), CEO of Kenya's Lewa Conservancy, and conservationist Ian Craig identify the carcass of a 4-year-old black rhino named Arthur, whom poachers had killed the night before. The well-armed, well-informed poachers very likely used night vision goggles and a silencer on an AK-47.

The Enemy Inside: Rhino's Protectors Sometimes Aid Poachers

The lucrative Asian market for rhino horn means poachers can pay for weapons and inside information.
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What Is It About Bees And Hexagons?

Bees could build their honeycomb from squares or triangles. But they always choose hexagons. Why?
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A Vietnamese rhino horn user displays her horn, which was a gift from her well-to-do sister. Last year, rhino horn sold for up to $1,400 an ounce in Vietnam, about the price of gold these days.

Vietnam's Appetite For Rhino Horn Drives Poaching In Africa

Some believe that wildly expensive ground rhino horn can cure everything from hangovers to cancer.
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For Year-Round Buzz, Beekeepers 'Fast-Forward Darwinism'

A group in Plympton, Mass., is breeding honeybees to make them more climate- and disease-resistant.
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To Count Elephants In The Forest, Watch Where You Step

To track how elephants were faring, a conservationist in the 1980s started to count their poop.
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Moths That Drive Cars (Really)

Ready? Set? And They're Off! Moths driving robots!
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Wildlife That Isn't Wild And Isn't Alive

Wow, what a lovely flock of birds! Oh. Those aren't birds. They're robots.
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Bee Deaths May Have Reached A Crisis Point For Crops

There may not be enough honeybees left in the U.S. to pollinate some major crops.
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This Bat Knows How To Drink

Special hairs turn the Pallas' bat's tongue into a very long, nectar-slurping mop.
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Can Salmon Farming Be Sustainable? Maybe, If You Head Inland

Land-based farms are a big step forward, scientists say. But it's not clear if they're scalable.
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Of Flybots And Bug Eyes: Insects Inspire Inventors

Researchers are looking to bug mechanics and anatomy to help them design miniaturized gadgets.
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He Helped Discover Evolution, And Then Became Extinct

Sulawesi, and its unique fauna, helped Alfred Russel Wallace form the theory of natural selection.
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Washington State Butcher Spikes Pig Feed With Weed

What Did I Do Last Summer? Oh, I Discovered How To Make Babies Without Sex. And You?

What Did I Do Last Summer? Oh, I Discovered How To Make Babies Without Sex. And You?

Human Scent Is Even Sweeter For Malaria Mosquitoes

Go Fish (Somewhere Else): Warming Oceans Are Altering Catches

The Enemy Inside: Rhino's Protectors Sometimes Aid Poachers

What Is It About Bees And Hexagons?

Vietnam's Appetite For Rhino Horn Drives Poaching In Africa

For Year-Round Buzz, Beekeepers 'Fast-Forward Darwinism'

To Count Elephants In The Forest, Watch Where You Step

Moths That Drive Cars (Really)

Wildlife That Isn't Wild And Isn't Alive

Bee Deaths May Have Reached A Crisis Point For Crops

This Bat Knows How To Drink

Can Salmon Farming Be Sustainable? Maybe, If You Head Inland

Of Flybots And Bug Eyes: Insects Inspire Inventors

He Helped Discover Evolution, And Then Became Extinct

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