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Vermont Just Banned Residents From Throwing Food Scraps in the Trash

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Vermont Just Banned Residents From Throwing Food Scraps in the Trash

Fat Bats Might Be Resistant to Deadly White-Nose Syndrome

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Fat Bats Might Be Resistant to Deadly White-Nose Syndrome

YouTube Star Coyote Peterson Brings 'Misunderstood' Animals to His New Animal Planet Series

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YouTube Star Coyote Peterson Brings 'Misunderstood' Animals to His New Animal Planet Series

10,000 Rare Black Bees Are Feared Dead in an Act of Vandalism at England's Wisbech Castle

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10,000 Rare Black Bees Are Feared Dead in an Act of Vandalism at England's Wisbech Castle

Not Free, Bird: Russian Researchers Were Bankrupted by Their Tagged Eagles’ Roaming Charges

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Venus Flytraps in Peril: Why Everyone's Favorite Carnivorous Houseplant Is Under Threat

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11 Facts About the Vaquita, The World's Most Endangered Porpoise

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8 Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings Join the List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites

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15 Things You Might Not Know About Rhinos

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Elephants Are Evolving Without Tusks Thanks to Poaching

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How Karelian Bear Dogs Are Keeping Wildlife Out of Harm's Way

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Amsterdam Hopes to Save Bee Populations With Its 'Insect Hotels'

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The Palos Verdes Blue: The Beautiful Butterfly That Wasn't Extinct After All

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8 Bird Species, Including a Blue Macaw, Are Declared Extinct

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7 Animals That Were the Last of Their Species

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Why You Should Never Flush Your Contacts Down the Drain

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