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Peanut, age 5, prepares for an afternoon of eating the leaves of the invasive honeysuckle.

Goats May Be Unwelcome In Zimbabwe's Capital, But D.C. Loves Them

Whiskey, Peanut and Nadia the Wonder Goat are currently removing weeds in Congressional Cemetery.

Scientists who eat the plants and animals they study are following in the tradition of Charles Darwin. During the voyage of The Beagle, he ate puma ("remarkably like veal in taste"), iguanas, giant tortoises, armadillos. He even accidentally ate part of a bird called a lesser rhea, after spending months trying to catch it so that he could describe the species.

Dining Like Darwin: When Scientists Swallow Their Subjects

Some scientists carry on the tradition of eating the animals or plants they study: leeches, tadpoles, 30,000-year-old bison. Darwin did it first, but why do it at all? Call it all-consuming curiosity.

A juvenile California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides).

Octopus Genome Offers Insights Into One Of Ocean's Cleverest Oddballs

Octopuses are cool. They can regrow lost arms, change the color of their skin, and are surprisingly smart. Scientists who sequenced the first octopus genome say it's nearly as big as a person's.

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Kevin and Tony glower their way into Season 2 of Men in Charge, annoyed at being called back to service by Astrid Smythe-Meriweather, the woman in charge…

The location of Queen Nefertiti's tomb has been unknown, but Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves thinks it could be behind a wall of one of the most famous and studied tombs ever discovered.

Researcher Shares Hypothesis About Location Of Queen Nefertiti's Tomb

Nicholas Reeves studied laser scans of King Tutankhamen's tomb. He saw what he thinks are clues about other chambers hidden behind gilded frescoes that decorate the tomb.

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry's (left) support among Republican voters nationally is neither wide nor deep. Meanwhile, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is busily ascending the GOP escalator.

Rick Perry's Loss Is Ted Cruz's Gain

Not even Texas is solidly behind former Gov. Rick Perry this year. Sen. Ted Cruz and other presidential candidates are successfully drilling in Texas for gushers of campaign contributions.

Schools are sifting through a flood of new products and programs geared toward raising awareness and lower risk for sexual assaults on campus.

Curbing Sexual Assault Becomes Big Business On Campus

It was once a tiny niche market, but it's now an exploding industry as schools look to comply with new rules that require them to offer programs to raise awareness and lower risk.

Greek Historian: History Shows 'There Is Always An End To All Problems'

NPR's Melissa Block follows up with Michael Iliakis, a Greek man who finished up a doctorate in ancient history four years ago and was desperately trying to find a job as a college professor.

The History Channel reality TV show ''The Woodsmen" prompted calls to the WDFW's poaching hotline

Fish & Wildlife Police Probe Reality TV Show; Apparent Poaching Not Real

Depictions of possible poaching caused Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife Police to investigate and then clear the History Channel reality TV...

Humpback whales and tanker in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary in Massachusetts Bay.

Listening To Whale Migration Reveals A Sea Of Noise Pollution, Too

Christopher Clark, an engineer turned whale biologist, wired the world's oceans with hydrophones. Whales sing as they migrate, he learned. And the ship sounds clouding the ocean can deeply interfere.

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