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What is actually happening to Bitcoin (BTC) right now? Why the $2 trillion crypto market crash is sending Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP into freefallBitcoin crash fears intensified after BTC briefly slipped below $60,000 for the first time since October 2024. The broader crypto market ha...
Musk testifies he did not read 'fine print' about OpenAI becoming for-profit companyElon Musk is in court battling Sam Altman's lawyer over his lawsuit against OpenAI. Musk claims the AI company abandoned its nonprofit miss...
A tiny Arctic village in Alaska is trying to revive its polar bear tourism industryKaktovik, Alaska, a village near the Arctic Circle, is planning to restart polar bear tourism. The village, which hosted thousands of touri...
These Tiny Fish Are Climbing Waterfalls And Scientists Are Still Figuring Out WhyBiologists in Brazil recently documented thousands of bumblebee catfish, Rhyacoglanis paranensis, climbing waterfalls in the Aquidauana Riv...
Extinction watch: MahoganyThe species is famous for its rich, red timber. At first, mahogany was used by the Spanish and English to build ships. Then came its use in...
Extinction Watch: Dragon blood tree, a magical cure-allThe dragon blood tree is a succulent, very hardy and drought tolerant. It enjoys warm temperatures and sub-tropical conditions. The tree ha...
Extinction Watch: Shiver me timbersThe clanwilliam cedar is found throughout the Western Cape Province of South Africa, especially in the Cederberg Mountains. Young trees hav...
Extinction Watch: Just two in the wildIt’s a flowering tree known for its sprays of long white, bell-shaped flowers. The tree gets its common name: Bois Dentelle or “Lace Wood” ...
Extinction Watch: This Lemur is marked for deathThe Aye-aye is endangered and on the IUCN red list due to hunting and habitat destruction caused largely by humans setting fi res, illegal ...
Extinction Watch: Eating a songbird into extinctionThe species is known as the “rice bird” in China, where it is hunted for food — a practice that has been illegal since 1997, but continues ...
Extinction Watch: Giraffe, we’re talking about space walkingIllegal hunting, habitat loss and changes through expanding agriculture and mining, increasing humanwildlife conflict, and civil unrest are...
Extinction Watch: How African Black Rhino came back from extinctionBetween 2012 and 2018, the Black Rhino (Diceros bicornis) population across Africa has grown at a modest annual rate of 2.5% from an estima...
Extinction Watch: Rarely at home in the prairiesThe plant has been listed as a threatened species in the United States since 1989, and in 2008 it was listed as an endangered species by th...
Extinction watch: This creature is territorial and solitary by natureLike most mustelids, polecats are solitary creatures. They will defend their territory fi ercely, unless a female has young, or is in seaso...
Extinction watch: Purple hazeGeorgia aster is currently found in five US counties in Alabama, 15 in Georgia, nine in North Carolina and 14 in South Carolina. It was onc...
Extinction watch: Its egg and meat makes it a much hunted fishSince the 1940s, this species has attracted considerable attention because of its plasticity; in the 1950s, tests were carried out to intro...
Extinction watch: Amber eyes, dwindling fastAs of December 2017, fewer than 50 individuals are thought to be remaining in three subpopulations that are scattered over 140,000 square k...
Extinction watch: Over half the world’s Magnolia species face extinctionExcessively used in traditional Chinese medicine, Magnolia Offi cinalis and Magnolia Sinica are critically endangered with most of its wild...
Extinction watch: Undone by fraud, deforestationThe forest owlet is small and stocky but preys on animals up to even twice its own size. . It is found in the shrinking forests of central ...
Extinction watch: A song for the Virunga GorillasA thick fur keeps them warm as do the nests they live in crowding together at night for bonding and keeping warm. Most mountain gorillas li...