Parasites and Pangolins

"Feed me!"

Hey folks, happy Monday. I'm keyboard-deep in a lot of heavy feature deadlines, but that doesn't stop me from devoting time to the ongoing news of the world. Here are four new articles, the first two for Scientific American and the second batch for TakePart:

Meet the Tiny Parasitic "Corpse Flower" that Smells Like Coconuts

Elephants, Pangolins, Bees Proposed for Greater Endangered Species Protections

Marines to 1,100 Endangered Desert Tortoises: Move Out

Did China Just Create a Model for Recovery of the World’s Forests?

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