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The ASPCA settled a protracted case related to elephant abuse with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey today, agreeing to pay the circus $9.3 million. But even with this victory for Ringling Bros., evidence of three-ringed animal cruelty keeps mounting.
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Discovered: Koshik the elephant can say "hello"; turning hurricane research into music; UK officials keep finding illegal waste sites; how to reduce livestock ammonia emissions.
Discovered: Stanford research encampment fueled solely by sun; Japanese lake key to updated carbon dating; expiring tax credit could stall wind power; global warming changes sea acoustics.
At Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, wildlife rangers are equipped with rocket launchers, assault rifles, machine guns which they'll need, as The New York Times reports today, because elephant tusks have become the latest conflict resource in Africa and the target of African armies.
Discovered: Elephants communicate through "infrasound"; allergies may help prevent brain cancer; playfulness is attractive; 97% of Greenland's surface ice is melting.
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The latest additions to Mayor Michael Bloomberg's New York real estate empire have some curious details in their history.
The Picadilly Circus sent the elephants in to help clear debris left by the tornado
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