Wild Animals

Harsher Climate Shifts Are Driving Child Hunger Across Central America

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A crisis deepens as farms fail and children suffer.

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Central America is watching an unsettling trend unfold. Harvests are faltering, children are eating less, and families are running out of options. The region known as the Dry Corridor, stretching through Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, is now a hotspot of human vulnerability. Droughts linger longer, storms arrive stronger, and rural communities depending on rainfed crops are caught in the middle. But climate stress isn’t acting alone. Historical inequality, fragile markets, and thin safety nets are all feeding into this cycle that leaves the youngest with the least protection.

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10 Reasons Why You Should Never Use Backyard Pesticides

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Chemical lawn treatments create more problems than they solve.

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Your perfectly manicured lawn might be hiding a toxic secret that threatens everything from pollinating insects to your own children playing in the grass. Pesticides promise effortless pest control and weed-free landscapes, but the hidden costs of these chemicals far outweigh their superficial benefits. What appears as a quick fix for dandelions or grubs actually sets off a cascade of environmental and health consequences that persist long after application. The lawn care industry has convinced millions of homeowners that chemical interventions are necessary for attractive yards, yet countless properties thrive without synthetic pesticides. Understanding the true impact of these substances reveals why natural alternatives and tolerance for imperfection serve households far better than repeated chemical applications that damage ecosystems while enriching chemical manufacturers.

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10 Animals Once Thought Extinct, Back From the Dead

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Species presumed lost forever have mysteriously reappeared alive.

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The natural world occasionally delivers surprises that shake our understanding of extinction and survival. Animals declared gone forever sometimes reappear in remote corners of the planet, confounding scientists who had written them off as casualties of habitat loss, hunting, or environmental change. These rediscoveries, known as Lazarus species, represent some of the most thrilling moments in modern biology. Each reappearance forces researchers to reconsider how thoroughly they’ve surveyed Earth’s wild places and how resilient certain species can be against seemingly insurmountable odds. The stories behind these resurrections reveal hidden refuges, mistaken identities, and the humbling reality that vast portions of our planet remain insufficiently explored to declare anything truly extinct with absolute certainty.

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Astronomers Just Released the First Photo of a Baby Exoplanet

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A young world is captured inside a cosmic cradle.

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Astronomers have managed to do something that sounds almost impossible: take a direct image of a baby planet forming around a distant star. The world, called WISPIT 2b, sits inside a dusty ring of gas where new planets are born. The photo, while not the colorful portraits we might expect, shows a faint dot in a disk that confirms planet formation in action. Supported by NASA and European teams, this discovery offers an extraordinary chance to watch the earliest stages of a planet’s life unfold in real time.

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Scientists Warn, Global Glacier Loss Could Reach 39% by 2100 Even If Warming Slows

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Melting ice is already rewriting the world we know.

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The world’s glaciers are shrinking faster than many expected, and even under scenarios where warming slows, scientists project that up to 39 percent could vanish by 2100. This isn’t just about frozen landscapes disappearing. Glaciers store freshwater for billions, shape coastlines, and regulate ecosystems. Their loss will ripple far beyond mountain ranges and polar regions, touching food systems, water security, and sea levels. The findings come from recent modeling studies, giving us a clearer, if sobering, glimpse into a future shaped by ice that refuses to stay frozen.

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