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Enjoy the delicious mix of chocolate, coconut, and caramel flavors in these vegan Samoa brownie bars. They're great for satisfying your sweet tooth and don't have any eggs or dairy.

Ingredients: 1 cup almond flour. 1/4 cup cocoa powder. 1/4 cup maple syrup. 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted. 1/2 cup shredded coconut. 1/4 cup coconut sugar. 1/4 cup dairy-free chocolate chips. 1/4 cup almond milk. 1 tsp vanilla extract. 1/4 tsp salt.

Instructions: Set the oven to 350F 175C and heat it up. Mix the cocoa powder, maple syrup, melted coconut oil, and salt in a bowl until everything is well mixed. To make a crust, press the mixture into a baking pan that has been lined with parchment paper. Bake for 15 minutes or until it's done. Shred the coconut and mix it with the coconut sugar, dairy-free chocolate chips, almond milk, and vanilla extract in a different bowl. Put the coconut mix on top of the crust that has been baked. Add 10 to 12 more minutes of baking and keep going until the coconut is lightly toasted. Before cutting it into bars, let it cool all the way down. Thanks for making my vegan Samoa brownie bars.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Elusive, Critically Endangered Bird—and One of the Closest Living Relatives of Dodos—Was Spotted for the First Time in Five Years

Conservationists are racing to save the manumea, a chicken-sized bird that lives only on two Samoan islands, from extinction.

January, 2026

During a recent field survey, experts with the Samoa Conservation Society recorded numerous sightings of the manumea, also known as the tooth-billed pigeon. They’re hopeful they can still save the elusive bird from extinction. “Although we couldn’t capture a photo this time—the bird’s quick movements in and out of the canopy, sudden and long viewing distance made it nearly impossible—the sightings are strong confirmation that the Manumea is still here,” the group wrote on Facebook on November 7. The last confirmed sighting was in August 2020, according to Save the Manumea, a joint campaign from the Samoa Conservation Society and Samoa’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. The most recent known evidence of breeding was in December 2013, when a juvenile was spotted and photographed in a tree...