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5 possible climate futures—from the optimistic to the strange

History & Culture

Giant sculpture of Aztec god makes a big statement about Mexican identity

How does COVID-19 affect the brain? A troubling picture emerges.

Animals

Meet the incredible ice worm, which lives in glaciers

Animals

Elephants carry their babies for two years, and more mammal pregnancies

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Canada’s best road trips: Chasing fall colors in Ontario and Quebec

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Cesar Millan: Better Human Better Dog

Pet owners across America need help more than ever. Fortunately, there’s hope. Cesar Millan is ready to take on his most challenging cases yet. New episodes Fridays at 9/8c.

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Canada’s best road trips: Chasing fall colors in Ontario and Quebec

Canada’s salmon are at risk. How can tourists help?

Travel

Here’s why South Dakota is the ‘undisputed queen of maze caves’ in the U.S.

The hidden sites of Japanese incarceration in World War II Hawaii

Travel

Why Monterey Bay is the Serengeti of marine life

Cracking Down on Cheetah Traffickers

Conservationists in Somaliland are cracking down on cheetah trafficking, a persistent problem in the Horn of Africa.

Photography

Votes for Women

Members of the Woman's Auxiliary to the National Baptist Convention, including co-founder Nannie Helen Burroughs (left), campaign for the right to vote in this image from our photography archives.See Photo of the Day

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Rising heat puts the Kalahari’s ecosystem on the edge of survival

In America’s hunger crisis, charities and neighbors are lifelines

The strange phenomenon of ‘space hurricanes,’ decoded

Ocean shark populations are tanking. This is how fast.

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