WATCH: Although the whale shark can reach the size of a school bus, it eats tiny prey like plankton and fish eggs! Learn more about this giant, filter-feeding #shark: https://t.co/RHOg4F87wA https://t.co/QoZJ5bfCOu
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When I interviewed Maya Angelou She told me to write this sentence on my notepad and to never forget it. “Every storm runs out of rain.” I still think of that line to this day. Alex Banayan
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Families in northeastern Brazil’s Alto Jequitinhonha region have held out against industrial farming by preserving dozens of traditional seed varieties through generations of family farming. https://t.co/DQLZbeT8Bu https://t.co/dCEaXvpxhH
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The only licensed doctor across nearly 386 square miles of northeast Georgia, Irakli Khvedaguridze serves as a lifeline for a remote community of Tush people https://t.co/eC2hkws6jh
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The Indonesian government’s controversial plan to move the nation’s capital from Jakarta to Borneo has hit one of several snags that critics have long warned about: thousands of abandoned coal-mining pits at the site of the new city, @hans_nich reports. https://t.co/ffd5A00jDl https://t.co/TKvgpvlSgS
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Tanzania moved up to the Top 40 this week. Which will be the next country to move up? To join in with this Hashtag Challenge post photos taken this year, adding hashtag, country taken & species name. Follow link to see all country lists. https://t.co/MDW1gTnzos https://t.co/3w3pHVXhcZ
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Throughout history, territorial and often aggressive domestic geese have been deployed to keep watch over everything from Scotch whisky to military installations https://t.co/0rx7uuKRVt
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Shining a light on Sri Lanka’s little-studied pangolins: Q&A with Priyan Perera https://t.co/DtlpzvHIua
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Help insects and other pollinators with our pick of the best seed bombs packed full of nectar-filled wildflowers. https://t.co/54ygwHNn7o
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The development of renewable energy in Bangladesh continues to be outpaced by non-renewables such as coal, gas and nuclear. https://t.co/4KfoDusTLh https://t.co/PeCEwhc43R
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Contrary to popular belief, pearl formation is not normally triggered by a foreign object, such as a grain of sand. https://t.co/d7GEzsUSiH
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The predators have a vital role in stabilizing their ecosystems—and that could be even more important as climate change progresses https://t.co/HkmJ06e3aK https://t.co/4R40OUKWmr
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