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When the dinosaurs died, so did forests — and tree-dwelling birds

Sixty-six million years ago, the world burned. An asteroid crashed to Earth with a force one million times larger than the largest atomic bomb, causing the extinction of the dinosaurs. But dinosaurs weren’t the [...]
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Wyoming, Idaho to allow hunting of Yellowstone grizzlies

After several months of review, the U.S. Interior Department announced in April 20108 that it would not restore federal protections for grizzly bears around Yellowstone National Park. This decision was made after a court [...]
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Study suggests obese children who meet milk guidelines have less risk of metabolic syndrome

Obese children who consume at least two servings of any type of cow’s milk daily are more likely to have lower fasting insulin, indicating better blood sugar control, according to researchers at The University [...]
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When lynx argue about sex, it’s hard to ignore

During the short spring window that is mating season, it’s relatively common to spot a lynx or two in the Canadian wild — or making themselves at home in someone’s yard. But these big, slinky [...]
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‘It’s wrong to stink up other people’s lives’: fighting the manure lagoons of North Carolina

Two poles that once hoisted a clothes line stand rusting and unused in Elsie Herring’s back garden in eastern North Carolina. Herring lives next door to a field where pig manure is sprayed and [...]

Freeport Stock Soars 15% on Copper Prices, Permit Progress

July 26, 2017 0

Freeport-McMoRan shares jumped to a 16-month high on Tuesday (25/07), as soaring metal prices and progress in a long-running, costly permit dispute with Indonesia buoyed the world’s biggest publicly traded copper miner. Investors brushed […]

Trump’s Wildlife Conservation Board Includes A Lot Of People Who Kill Animals For Sport

March 18, 2018 0

The advisory council formed by President Donald Trump to help revise federal rules on importing heads and hides of rhinos, elephants and lions is full of people who like to hunt such animals, according […]

The world’s largest Victorian greenhouse reopens its doors

May 6, 2018 0

In 1863, the Royal Botanical Gardens’ Temperate House in Kew, England, opened to the public, a jewel of Victorian engineering and scientific thought. Flora from all over the world’s temperate zones were planted in […]