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Sir David Attenborough earns prestigious UN 'Champion of the Earth' awardThe 95-year-old broadcaster is just the fifth person to receive the honor.
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Facts about the dodoDodos went extinct more than a century ago, and they are an enduring reminder of human-caused extinction.
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Indonesian crocodile finally freed from motorbike tire stuck around its neck for 6 yearsA crocodile in Indonesia has finally been freed from a motorbike tire that had been stuck around its neck for at least 6 years after a local man caught it in a handmade trap.
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Hippos unleash poop tornado in response to stranger dangerHippos respond differently to the calls of familiar and unfamiliar hippos.
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Unique tree-climbing lions roar again in Uganda (Op-Ed)Conservation efforts are starting to pay off for unique tree-climbing lions in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park, says one conservationist.
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Famed naturalist E.O. Wilson, 'Darwin's natural heir,' dies at 92World leading naturalist E.O. Wilson has passed away at the age of 92. He was known as "Darwin’s natural heir" and the world's top authority on the study of ants.
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Toxic cane toads are invading Taiwan. Conservationists race to contain warty amphibians.Taiwan is racing to contain an outbreak of invasive cane toads, which likely escaped from a black market breeder.
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More than 300 smuggled tarantulas, scorpions and giant cockroaches seized from luggage in ColombiaAuthorities at Colombia's airport in Bogotá found and confiscated hundreds of arthropods that German travelers had illegally collected and stashed in a suitcase.
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Fowl play? 'Bird of the Year' winner in New Zealand contest is a batNew Zealand's long-tailed bat recently earned a very unlikely accolade.
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