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The artificial intelligence trade has gotten crowded, two investors famous for betting against the 2008 housing market said they're looking further afield for sizable returns. Porter Collins and ...

Marine scientists are investigating yet another whale death after the carcass of a sperm whale washed up on Cuttyhunk Island over the weekend, one of at least a half dozen to wash ashore in ...

January 31, 2025 • Nearly 30 years after carrying her out of a burning building, Los Angeles County firefighter Derek Bart tells the woman he saved, Myeshia Oates, "You've carried me through ...

61 years ago today, the British Invasion arrived in the US after The Beatles reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with I Want ...

Some narwhals have up to two tusks, while others have none. The spiraled tusk juts from the head and can grow as long at 10 feet. Unlike some whale species that migrate, narwhals spend their lives in ...

How big they are: Up to 32 feet (9.8 meters) long How long they live: Up to 100 years, but usually around 25 to 50 years What they eat: Fish, seals, seabirds, squid, sharks, and even whales Orcas ...

A young dead female humpback whale washed ashore in Huntington Beach early Saturday morning. The 20-foot whale washed up at around 5:30 a.m. around lifeguard tower #5, just south of the pier ...

Activist short-seller firm Hindenburg Research is calling it quits after an impactful eight-year run in which its reports took on high-profile investors like Carl Icahn and Gautam Adani and helped ...