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On Nov. 4, 1922, a member of British archaeologist Howard Carter’s team stumbled upon a carved stone, the top of a buried stairway. In his pocket diary, Carter wrote just five words: “First steps of tomb found.” https://t.co/G1JWeB2zKd https://t.co/KCBSmumhAd

Home to some of the country's largest seabird breeding populations, Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge in Washington swells with raucous flocks of migrating seabirds in excess of one million during fall and spring migrations. Photo by Melissa Hahn https://t.co/ggtxV8oQ9G

In honor of Veterans Day, November 11th is fee-free across all @Interior managed public lands. Join us at a national wildlife refuge or national fish hatchery near you: https://t.co/eAMHZczEcc 📷: Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge by Richard Valenti https://t.co/XQxQ4Dsyew

FASCINATING: Scallops have up to 200 small eyes! 👀 And that's not all: the number of eyes a species of scallop has is correlated to how much it moves around the ocean, with higher mobility species sporting more eyes. Guess there's more to scallops than meets the eye! https://t.co/XohpuBdILW

The largest archaeological museum in the world isn’t the only attraction drawing tourists back to the North African country. Egypt has a robust tourism infrastructure, making trips here easier than you might expect https://t.co/N8VxqWHqp1

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With #COP27 just around the corner, get yourself up to speed on what this #ClimateAction conference is, what's happening, and how you can be involved. https://t.co/HS5HP21gJQ https://t.co/Qz88PKH44q

How do whip spiders find their way back home? https://t.co/dapWkcOaIY

ADD YOUR NAME: Don't let critically endangered North Atlantic right whales careen further toward extinction. Tell the U.S. and Canadian governments to take immediate action to protect North Atlantic right whales, before it's too late https://t.co/ziag24Qrtp 📸: nhawkinsphoto https://t.co/D1RtVFAfSS

Expanding soy cultivation into underutilized cattle pastureland would help prevent massive deforestation & carbon emissions, compared to clearing new forest for farmland. @BrSarahTr reports on a new study: https://t.co/VsuhP8MB86

“Japanese macaques, or snow monkeys – famous for lounging around in hot thermal springs – were once in danger of extinction. The population is now thriving and there are more and more human-macaque conflicts.” https://t.co/b8lcY1GYYZ

During his brief life, Shawnee chief Tecumse turned his resistance to white incursion on Native land into history, rumor, and legend https://t.co/HcAoaWzv0j

Our latest investigation shows that shark finning is rampant across a single tuna company’s fleet Just 5 ships cut 5.1 metric tons of fins (dried weight) from sharks in the western Pacific Ocean in one year, @philjacobius & @BGokkon revealed this week: https://t.co/ZBYe9j0kxK https://t.co/GUyOZjtUuL