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Stories: What Does It Take to Move 2,000 Rhinos? — A threatened herd. An audacious plan. Inside Africa’s wildest conservation gambit.; Fighting to Save the Pangolin, the World’s Most Wanted Animal — Relentlessly hunted for its scales, the mysterious armored pangolin is vanishing throughout Africa. Now scientists are trying to unlock the secrets that could help save it.; Can This Bone-Eating Bird Be Saved? — To bring one of the world’s largest vultures back from the brink, Shannon Hoffman is searching cliffs, collecting eggs, and raising chicks by hand.; A Surprising New Way to Protect Mountain Gorillas — To keep Uganda’s gorillas healthy, an innovative veterinarian is focusing on their neighbors first.; The Huge Impact of Africa’s Teeny-Tiny Crocs — Deep inside the caves of Gabon, a pioneering researcher is discovering how these cryptic carnivores push the limits of adaptation.; The Hidden Toll of Extreme Heat on Pregnancy — With global temperatures on the rise, researchers are confronting an increasingly urgent problem: the impact of extreme heat on expectant mothers and their babies.; The Rise (and Rise and Rise) of the Suddenly Ubiquitous Jellyfish — All over the globe, jellyfish are increasingly abundant. In Thailand, which has long harvested edible jellies by the millions, the race is on to put the stinging drifters on more of the world’s plates.; An inside look at NASA's new Artemis moon rovers — A retro-futuristic space truck and a nimble crustacean on wheels just won a competition to deploy on a future NASA Artemis mission. And we took them out for a spin.