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Coelacanth.Photo: Hoberman Collection/Universal Images Group via Getty A rare fish species believed to have gone extinct with dinosaurs millions of years ago has recently been rediscovered alive in the Indian Ocean. According to areportfrom Mongabay, a US-based non-profit conservation and environmental science news platform, a group of South African shark hunters recently found the rare coelacanth species (Latimeria chalumnae) in the West Indian Ocean off the coast of Madagascar. The coelacanth species is also known as the “four-legged fossil fish” and dates back to 420 million years ago....

Photo of a turtle hatching via Getty Images.Photo:Getty Images/Westend61 Getty Images/Westend61 A zoo in Kansas has welcomed the arrival of a rare species of turtle! TheSedgwick County Zoo– a wildlife park that is home to 3,000 individual animals of nearly 400 species — announced the birth of a McCord’s box turtle on Friday. “This successful hatching is not only a first for our Zoo, but an important milestone for conservation as this species is EXTINCT in the wild,” the zoo wrote in aFacebook postthat included a video of the reptile’s arrival....

The expectant parents with their mothers– Andrew H. Walker/Getty “I couldn’t remember my own favorite book when I was a child,” she said with a laugh. “Someone had to remind me that I’ve said it wasThe Giving Tree.” But the forgetfulness didn’t stop there. During sentimental remarks to the party, which included Guthrie’s and Feldman’s mothers, Guthrie accidentally called her husband Matt. As inMatt Lauer. “Classic,” Guthrie said. “Talk about pregnancy brain!...

The Property Brothersare moving into the magazine business! Though the magazine is still without a title (the brothers plan to announce the name in the next few weeks), Meredith has disclosed that the magazine will be available for $9.99 per issue on newsstands or for anannual subscriptionprice of $20 for four issues. “We love print and have always wanted to extend our message of living life to the fullest through this medium,” said Jonathan in a press release....

01of 23MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockAs the House prepared to vote onimpeaching President Trump for a second time, members of the National Guard were deployed to the United States Capitol. 01of 23 MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock As the House prepared to vote onimpeaching President Trump for a second time, members of the National Guard were deployed to the United States Capitol. 02of 23Stefani Reynolds/GettyTheir arrival came after adeadly riot at the Capitolon Wednesday, Jan. 6, that aimed to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 Presidential Election....

An extreme freeze is blasting the Midwest this week, causing school closures, potentially record-breaking low temperatures and a rare suspension of the U.S. Postal Service. According toUSA Today, USPS announced that no mail will be delivered to select parts of Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania on Wednesday. USPS did not confirm when postal service would resume in these areas, but added that some retail offices of the postal service will remain open....

Photo: Gabrielle Reverre Shortly before her 40th birthday,Fox Newsanchor Shannon Bream woke up in the middle of the night because she felt like someone was stabbing her eyes. “I was in searing pain,” she remembers. The pain occurred anytime she slept longer than an hour or two. “I couldn’t get any rest,” she says, adding that she would set alarms to wake her so she could put in eye drops....

Photo: Arterra/UIG via Getty Passengers on board a recent flight from Istanbul to New York were close to landing when their flight encounteredsevere turbulence. According toABC News, a Turkish Airlines Boeing 777 carrying 329 people, including 21 crew members, was flying over Maine, about 45 minutes from their final destination, when they ran into a patch of very bumpy air “It kind of jolted pretty quickly,” passenger Amir Mehrbakhsh toldABC News....

As California continues to grapple with a series of ongoing storms, which have battered the state with extreme rainfall and winds, officials are anticipating that the “worst” is “still in front of us.” “In the last 10 days,12 people have lost their lives to these floods,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Sunday. “These floods are deadly, and have now turned [out] to be more deadly than even the wildfires here in the state....

Photo: Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Anyone planning on purchasing a Christmas tree this year should act fast, according to experts. “Every year, we pay close attention to factors impacting the Christmas tree industry so that we can help guide consumers in choosing the right Christmas tree,” said ACTA Executive Director Jami Warner. In 2021, the organization notes, a variety of factors have influenced supplies. As a result, Warner is “encouraging consumers to find their tree early this year to avoid shortage impacts....

Extreme Weight Lossstar Brandi Mallory has died at the age of 40. A representative for the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed to PEOPLE that the former reality star died on Nov. 9 in Stone Mountain, Ga. A cause of death was not disclosed. In the interview, she revealed that it was the death of one of her sorority sisters at the age of 29 that prompted her decision to lose weight....

The Atlanta Police Department reported that Mallory was last seen on Nov. 8 in surveillance footage as she drove to a local Chipotle around 5:53 p.m. She entered the restaurant, returned to her vehicle with her food, but never left. The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office previously confirmed to PEOPLE that the former reality star died Nov. 9 at age 40 after being found in the car. Police said there was no sign of foul play and that Mallory’s cause of death is still under investigation....

Photo: Arizona Humane Society A Great Dane mix puppy may have had a “lean” start to life, but has recovered in a remarkably short amount of time, and is now ready to find his forever home. Arizona Humane Society Technicians from the Arizona Humane Society transported the puppy to the shelter’s trauma hospital, where veterinarians determined Lucky was dehydrated, extremely emaciated, and suffering from abrasions and sores. According to his medical evaluation, Lucky was diagnosed with a body score condition of 1 out of 9 (1 is the worst possible score), and he was barely able to support his own body, the release states....