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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. CAPE TOWN, South Africa—If it looks like a quagga, gallops like a quagga and barks like a quagga, then it probably is a quagga. Or is it? Scientists and conservationists here say they’ve brought a zebralike mammal back from the dead, giving the quagga a major win over the more-famous Woolly mammoth and Dodo bird in the global race to bring animals back from extinction.

When the whale was first discovered in April 2019 wearing a harness with a camera mount, speculation arose that he might have been involved in covert activities. The equipment, labeled «Equipment St. Petersburg,» fueled theories that the whale was connected to Russian intelligence. Norwegians named the whale Hvaldimir, combining hval (Norwegian for whale) with Vladimir, after Russian President Vladimir Putin. The BBC recently released a documentary, Secrets of the Spy Whale, which “explores the mystery of the strange whale and asks where he came from, who trained him, and why he was operating near critical Arctic waters close to Russia.” The film features “exclusive interviews and previously unseen footage,” diving into the covert world of marine mammal training and international espionage while revealing new insights into Hvaldimir, the so-called “Spy Whale.”

Williams Companies CEO Alan Armstrong discusses what a Trump presidency means for oil and gas on 'The Claman Countdown.'

California farmers have been devoting more land to pistachios, which are seen as hardier and more drought-tolerant in a state prone to dramatic swings in precipitation

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As the world warms, it’s getting harder—and more expensive—to beat the heat. But architects, designers and homeowners are looking for ways to keep homes comfortable without air conditioning, or at least with less reliance on it.

Donald Trump urged his supporters to donate to Democrats to help them overcome the «financial strain» in the aftermath of the general elections. In a social media post, Trump expressed his surprise that the Democrats didn't have lots of dollars left over.

A natural gas utility that serves more than 2 million customers in Arizona, Nevada and parts of California is being fined $2 million by regulators in Arizona

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not personally liable in 25 lawsuits accusing his company of addicting children to social media.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. You whack the throttle open! Even when your mind is screaming at you to dial it down, you follow your gut and you keep the throttle whacked open!" This is how Eddie Mulder answered my question about how he managed to win the 1960 Big Bear Run even though he started late. “When you got out on the track, the green flag dropped, and the bulls**t stopped," he added, offering me one of his sturdy cigars.

JD Vance has now become the Vice- President elect thanks to the massive victory by the Republicans in the US Presidential elections 2024, having secured more than 292 Electoral College Votes to attain a mandate in the election race.

Amazon workers in Alabama will have the opportunity decide whether to unionize for the third time in three years

While prices for most goods have been falling throughout the year, inflation for a wide range of services remains high

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON : Pollsters as a group had prepared Americans for a very close presidential race, and that is the way it turned out in several battleground states. But the polling performance was a big miss in another way: The pervasiveness of Donald Trump’s popularity wasn’t fully telegraphed to the public.

JD Vance and Usha Chilukuri come from vastly different backgrounds. Vance, the son of a drug-addicted mother and raised by his grandmother in a struggling community in Ohio, faced significant challenges. Meanwhile, Chilukuri, daughter of Indian immigrants, grew up in California with parents deeply invested in academic and professional success—her father a mechanical engineer from IIT and her mother a trained marine biologist.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. There are two sides to the software industry. One faces outwards, with whizzy products and services that bring in billions of dollars of revenue for trillion-dollar companies.

Qualcomm on Wednesday forecast sales and profit in the current quarter would exceed Wall Street estimates as the company benefits from a wave of launches of flagship Chinese smartphones.

Beyond Meat reversed a sales slide in its third quarter, growing revenue for the first time since 2022 as it charged higher prices for its plant-based meat

Will Donald Trump once again be elected president of the United States? Will Kamala Harris become the first woman president?

In less than 24 hours, the United States will head to the polls to choose its next president. Amidst the high-stakes atmosphere, billionaire Elon Musk, a known Donald Trump supporter, tweeted a comparison of the top donor lists for the 2024 presidential contenders with those of the 2020 election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

voting by mail, is crucial to ensure your vote counts.