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Activists Sound The Alarm As Zimbabwe Sells Hundreds Of Elephants To Chinese...

Conservationists are raising alarm this weekend over Zimbabwe’s decision to export a large number of its elephants to China. Zimbabwe authorities have proceeded to export the first batch of elephants...

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Commuters In The Netherlands Will Soon Have The First 100% Green Rail System

Dutch commuters will soon have the ability to use one of the most environmentally friendly rail systems in Europe, which will use only electricity generated by wind farms. A new contract between Eneco...

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China Hopes To Curb Pollution By Allowing More Cars On Its Roads

China has passed curious new legislation amending the nation’s Air Pollution Control Law (APCL) by adding restrictions to various forms of smog while lifting civilian vehicle bans. The decision will...

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Study Finds Earth Is Just A Breath Away From A ‘Perfect Storm’ That Would...

According to a recent scientific study, the chance of Earth being impacted by a “super solar storm” is far greater than originally thought. Specifically, a study conducted by astronomers from the...

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EPA Places Limits On Genetically Modified Corn To Prevent Rise Of Super Pests

In an attempt to fight pest resistance in corn crops in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recommending limits on the amount of corn has the Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis)...

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Russia Has Created A Siberian Research Center To Focus On Bringing Extinct...

It seems like a scene out of Jurassic Park – taking DNA from an extinct animal and attempting to bring the species back to life. That very thing is what scientists from Russia are trying to do with the...

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The World’s Oceans Are Now So Polluted That By 2050 99.8% Of Sea Birds Will...

A recent scientific study on marine birds show some sobering statistics about the state of the world’s environment. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, finds...

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Rare Saiga Antelope Herd Sees 60,000 Deaths In Four Days And Nobody Knows Why

In late May, geo-ecologist Steffen Zuther and his team travelled to Kazakhstan to observe and monitor a herd of saigas – antelopes that live on the grassy steppes of the land. The species is considered...

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New Google Mapping Project Exposes China’s Deep Pollution Problem

Google will now display pollution reports from across China in collaboration with University of California Berkeley scientists using data from 1,500 sites around the nation. The new online map uses...

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Researchers Find Zoo Chimps Carefully Planned Attack Used To Take Down...

After studying video of chimps capturing a drone that was flying around their enclosure, animal researchers say the primates have more ability to pre-plan than had been thought. They say the video,...

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Scientists Uncover Hidden Stone Monuments Just Feet From Famous Stonehenge

Archaeologists in England say they have discovered remains of a previously undetected stone monument within two miles of the famous Stonehenge. Using ground penetrating radar, a series of nearly 90...

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Police Find That One Third Of The Meat Sold In China Is From Smuggled...

More meat from endangered animals is being smuggled into China than ever before according to new police reports. Consumers would be shocked to realize most of their meat was actually smuggled into the...

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Researchers Looking To Attract Wild Jaguars Find Strange Solution: Obsession...

Researchers that study the wild jaguars of Guatemala have long had difficulty taking a census of the number of animals in the 8,100 acre Maya Biosphere Reserve. They recently discovered a new method to...

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Five Quickly Flooding Pacific Islands Call For Worldwide Ban On Coal Mines

Five Pacific island nations are demanding a global moratorium on new coal mines as a way to halt global climate change. The leaders from the Kiribati, Cook Islands, Nauru, Tuvalu and the Marshall...

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South Africa Is Holding A Massive Rare Animal Slaughter As The Dentist Who...

Just months after the infamous Walter Palmer shot and killed the beloved lion Cecil, right outside a national park in Zimbabwe, a legal massacre is currently taking place in South Africa. Specifically,...

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After 37 Years The Loggerhead Sea Turtle Is Making A Comeback In Georgia

On the beaches of Cumberland Island, Georgia, the work of wildlife biologist Doug Hoffman has begun to positively affect the populations of giant loggerhead sea turtles there after many years. Turtle...

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Scientists Forge Ahead With Plans To Revive Ancient Ice Age Virus

Scientists are proceeding with plans to reanimate a 30,000 year old virus that has been frozen in Siberia, in order to prepare for the possible release of long-frozen pathogens as global warming melts...

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Decades After Exxon Valdez Oil Spill The Effects Are Still Being Felt By...

U.S. scientists believe they have found a link between declining pink salmon and herring populations in Prince William Sound and the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. In a report released by the National...

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For The First Time Ever Scientists Know Just How Many Trees Exist On Earth

While there are millions of trees on our planet an accurate estimate of the precise number has never been known. That is until a recent study published in Nature revealed that there are currently over...

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Canada Just Cut Off Vital Water Supplies To Severely Curb Fracking

Canadian fracking firm Nexen had its water use license cancelled by the BC Environmental Appeal Board (BCEA )in a potentially precedent-setting decision. BCEA cited Nexen’s fundamentally flawed science...

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