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St. Paul man stops runaway school bus with 19 students on board (www.fox9.com) 17 Quilotoa 221 Sun Oct 25, 2026 2:46 pm »
First personalised cancer vaccine cuts risk of disease returning in major trial (www.bbc.com) 1 Quilotoa 192 Sat Oct 24, 2026 7:40 am »
Tiny possum and glider thought extinct for 6,000 years found in remote West Papua (www.bbc.com) 7 Dayroom7485 182 Fri Oct 23, 2026 9:06 am »
Colorado wildlife overpass cut vehicle-animal collisions by 91%, report finds (www.theguardian.com) 3 Fossy 259 Fri Oct 23, 2026 12:56 pm »
An Iowa man built his six-inch parakeet a miniature submarine so the bird could join him underwater in the Bahamas — the homemade capsule used a paintball air tank, safety valves and an oxygen monitor (spacedaily.com) 30 Optional 328 Mon Oct 19, 2026 7:29 pm »
'Everyone laughed' when he started a pumpkin farm—now it brings in $2 million a year (www.cnbc.com) 11 zabadoh 134 Thu Oct 22, 2026 1:40 am »
Three Italian ‘hobbits’ flew to Ireland to return this man’s ring — and it was precious (www.cbc.ca) 0 Aatube 48 Sat Oct 17, 2026 9:14 pm »
Scientists discover 180,000 giant tortoises on one Seychelles island (www.theguardian.com) 13 Okokimup 206 Sun Oct 18, 2026 6:59 pm »
Family turns bare island into reef oasis after guano mining destroys it (www.abc.net.au) 11 Quilotoa 185 Sun Oct 11, 2026 8:07 am »
This plaza in downtown Guadalajara, Mexico, used to be a noisy, polluted car sewer. Now it's a place for people, bikes, and life, with underground rapid transit [Before pic in description] (lemmy.world) 8 HaraldvonBlauzahn 188 Fri Oct 9, 2026 9:01 pm »
Captive Breeding Programme Enables a Successful Wētāpunga ( Deinacrida heteracantha : Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) Recovery Programme (europe.pub) 15 GardenGeek 135 Fri Oct 9, 2026 10:22 am »
New Trump regulations would clean up health care pricing disclosures (www.statnews.com) 15 Aatube 14 Wed Oct 7, 2026 4:44 pm »
The Black Robin and the Power of Tenacious Tenderness: How a Single Mother Brought an Entire Species Back from the Brink of Extinction (www.themarginalian.org) 0 GardenGeek 66 Mon Oct 5, 2026 12:00 pm »
Wildcat conservationists hail breeding success in Highlands (news.stv.tv) 0 GardenGeek 67 Mon Oct 5, 2026 11:49 am »
‘The future is bright’: breeding programme brings world’s heaviest insect back from the brink (www.theguardian.com) 6 Orwi 104 Tue Oct 6, 2026 3:29 am »
The zero-bills home: how one family is beating the energy price hikes (www.theguardian.com) 36 Kwerl 175 Sun Oct 4, 2026 11:56 pm »
Hackney Pledges to Pull Meat and Dairy Ads From Council Sites in UK First (vegconomist.com) 0 usernamesAreTricky 41 Wed Sep 30, 2026 11:32 pm »
Barcelona will no longer require buildings to include parking. Selling an apartment without parking was previously illegal. (english.elpais.com) 70 Orwi 243 Fri Oct 9, 2026 4:13 pm »
Teen Sadness And Suicidal Thoughts Keep Falling, Even As Kids Keep Scrolling (www.techdirt.com) 29 schnurrito 77 Sat Sep 26, 2026 6:24 pm »
New Airo Trains will start operating on Wednesday, September 30 on the Amtrak Cascades corridor. (washingtonstatestandard.com) 5 Orwi 51 Wed Sep 23, 2026 10:27 pm »
It's fat bear week again! (explore.org) 1 Gust 62 Tue Sep 22, 2026 10:15 pm »
Landlords quitting “in droves” since Renters’ Rights Act (thenegotiator.co.uk) 170 Codpiece 785 Thu Sep 24, 2026 3:59 am »
Bolivia's tilcayo tiger cat becomes first new wildcat species in 100 years (phys.org) 4 diarcesia 160 Sat Sep 19, 2026 11:26 pm »
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