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Attacks on birds of prey 'up 40%'

news.bbc.co.uk - The number of crimes reported against birds of prey rose by 40% last year to a record level, the RSPB has said. The bird welfare charity recorded 262 attacks in 2007, up from 185, including 34 ...more

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World's oldest orangutan dies at age 55

news.yahoo.com - A 55-year-old Sumatran orangutan, believed to be the world's oldest, has died Nonja, who was born on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and lived in Miami since 1983, was found dead Saturday morning, ...more

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New Giraffe Species Threatened with Extinction

livescience.com - What was thought to be one species of giraffe might actually be several, scientists said today, raising concern that one or more of the species could be on the brink of extinction. A genetic study ...more

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What Is the Smallest Dinosaur?

livescience.com - The world’s most diminutive dinosaur is … a hummingbird ! “Birds are just one lineage of dinosaurs that happened to survive to the present,” said Julia Clarke, a paleontologist at North Carolina ...more

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New agency tackling Puget Sound cleanup

news.yahoo.com - Now the Puget Sound Partnership hopes to succeed where others have failed. The new agency is responsible for determining the current health of the sound and setting priorities so the state can meet ...more

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Beavers could be released in 2009

news.bbc.co.uk - Plans are in the pipeline for beavers to be released into the Scottish wild for the first time in 500 years. Wildlife bodies have asked the Scottish Government for a licence to allow about 20 beavers ...more

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Global warming could kill coral reefs by 2050

abcnews.go.com - Rising carbon emissions might kill off the ocean's coral reefs by 2050, scientists warn in today's edition of the journal Science.

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Snow storms in US claim 22 lives

news.bbc.co.uk - Snow storms in the central US have left at least 22 people dead and tens of thousands without electricity, the Associated Press news agency reports. Hundreds of accidents were reported as far south ...more

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Loss of sea ice could harm walrus

news.yahoo.com - Federal marine mammal experts in Alaska studying the effects of global warming on walrus, polar bears and ice seals warn there are limit to the protections they can provide.

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Deadly storm leaves dangerous roadways

news.yahoo.com - Highways were treacherous for holiday travelers Monday in the upper Midwest in the aftermath of a blustery snowstorm that blacked out thousands of homes and businesses and snarled air travel.

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