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Satao lived in Tsavo East National Park in southeast Kenya and was celebrated as one of the last surviving great tuskers, bearers of genes that produce bull elephants with huge tusks reaching down to the ground. This news follows hard on the heels of the slaughter of another legendary tusker, Mountain Bull, deep inside the forests of Mt. Kenya. Of all the elephants that have died in Kenya, th

Game of Thrones has been breaking records left and right this year, some legal, some illegal. In April, it broke the world piracy record, but now it’s done it yet again for the finale, “The Children.” 7.1 million people tuned in to watch during its 9PM timeslot, but the episode was downloaded online 1.5 million times in the 12 hours that followed. By the end of the next few weeks, the e

Brienne of Tarth set out on a journey this season, to keep an oath to Catelyn Stark, and ensure the safety of her two young daughters. In the finale she almost had a chance to do so, when she stumbled upon Arya Stark just miles from the Bloody Gate. But a series of misunderstandings would make the task more difficult, as Brienne was forced to take up arms against The Hound. In an interview with

After the epic finale to Game of Thrones season 4, the wait begins for Season 5. The final episode of season 4 has thrown up many questions and the producers have shown they are not afraid to deviate from the book. Game of Thrones was renewed for a further two seasons the day after the premiere of season 4, and filming is set to start next month in Belfast. It is probably safe to assume t

"To the framers, that phrase 'a well-regulated militia' was really critical," says Michael Waldman. The Shelby Star/Jeff Melton/AP Less than a month after the December 2012 Newtown massacre, the National Rifle Association's then-president, David Keene, warned that the new White House task force on gun violence would "do everything they can to strip Americans of their right to keep and bear ar

He is the smallest cat of world! • His name is Mr. Peebles • He is 2 years old. • He got its 6.1-inch (15.5 cm) high and 19.2-inch (49 cm) long size from a genetic defect that stops growth. • He looks like a kitten • He has certification of world’s smallest cat from The Guinness Book of World Records!

Kyle Stocking and five friends planned to spend a few hours on Sunday swinging from Corona Arch in Moab, dubbed 'the world's largest rope swing' in a viral YouTube video. But the group miscalculated the length of the rope, and Stocking hit the ground when he leapt off the massive structure. A young Utah daredevil was trying to swing from a desert arch billed as "the world's largest rope swing"

Chances are you won't see these rare animals at the local zoo because their population is down to the last hundreds. In some cases, it's much worse than that with only a couple left. Some of these animals you've never heard of but others on the verge of extinction are related to animals you know and love—like certain types of tigers, frogs, leopards, turtles, dolphins, etc. In 10 years, they m

On February 9, the Michigan Humane Society received a call about a one-month-old puppy in need. This is their rescue story. Thank you to everyone who made this possible.

Plastic might be a cheap, versatile and useful material, but it’s also an environmental disaster. We produce around 300 million tons of plastic per year, and since 1950 we have produced around 6 billion metric tons of the stuff. It’s clogging up landfills, becoming trapped in Arctic ice, polluting our oceans and harming wildlife. Recently, we heard the results of a survey of the seafloor off