Chonkers the sea lion draws crowds to San Francisco’s Pier 39

SAN FRANCISCO — An intrepid sea lion nicknamed Chonkers is waddling his way into the hearts of tourists and locals who have flocked to San Francisco’s Pier 39 for a glimpse of the massive pinniped. On Thursday morning, visitors snapped photos as the Steller sea lion flopped on the pier, surrounded by dozens of much … Read more

Mount Holyoke’s corpse flower blooms again, drawing crowds to its ‘rotting flesh’ stench

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. — One person entered the lush, green Victorian-era greenhouse and smelled rotting eggs. Another said the odor evoked the memory of dissecting a dead bird. A third compared it to a stinky diaper baking in the sun. “I was expecting it to smell bad, but it smelled genuinely like rotting flesh,” said … Read more

Artemis II crew greets crowds before heading to launch

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