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Sickness, cold killed nearly 30 sloths at Florida warehouse

Disease and cold temperatures killed nearly 30 sloths at a Florida animal import warehouse in 2024 and 2025, according to a report from state wildlife authorities. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation inspection report from August found that 21 sloths imported from Guyana died at an ...

Light pollution threatens desert’s darkest skies in world

THE ATACAMA DESERT, Chile — It takes a moment for the eyes to adjust. A faint spark appears in the darkness; then another, brighter one. Soon, stars, planets and entire constellations emerge. Before long, a whole galaxy stretches across the sky, visible to the naked eye. In Chile's Atacama ...

In ‘Michael,’ the King of Pop is resurrected, sans complications

"Michael" slides a sequin glove over the pop star's tarnished legacy, shrouding Michael Jackson's complications with a conventional biopic that, if you cover your ears, sounds great. Antoine Fuqua's movie is sanctioned by Jackson's estate and its producers include the estate's executors. So it ...

Bay Cliff should be exciting, wonderful adventure

Bay Cliff — an exciting adventure awaits! You can choose classes, go outdoors, tell spooky stories and play fun games with your cabinmates. My class and I are going to the Bay Cliff Health Camp in Big Bay in May. Most of my classmates have said they are quite excited, though some say ...

China to send pandas to Atlanta again

BEIJING (AP) — Atlanta will have giant pandas again. China on Friday announced it will send two giant pandas to Zoo Atlanta in the U.S. in Beijing's latest efforts of panda diplomacy despite tensions with Washington, less than a month before a much-anticipated visit by U.S. President Donald ...