Animals
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Animals USABald Eagle Population Soars: Nest Spotted in Town for the First Time in 115 Years
The population of the once-endangered bald eagles in Massachusetts, USA has been significantly rising in recent years – and for the first time since 1905, wildlife officials spotted a bald eagle nest with eggs on Cape Cod.
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Animals USAFrogs and Salamanders Now Cross Roads More Safely
Frogs and salamanders cross roads every spring, and their risky migrations could wipe out entire populations within a few years. But the COVID-19 pandemic has given scientists a surprise opportunity to prove that reducing road traffic could save these creatures from extinction.
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Animals IndiaPink Flamingos Just Have a Great Time During Lockdown in Mumbai
The coronavirus lockdown measures have inevitably reduced human activity, and flamingos are taking advantage of the enhanced conditions: in comparison to 2019, an estimated 25% more flamingos have flocked to India's Mumbai Metropolitan Region this year!
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Health BelgiumCould Llamas (Yes, the Spitting Animals!) Really Help Us Fight Coronavirus?
After discovering that the antibodies in llamas could neutralize SARS and MERS, researchers in Belgium quickly shifted the study to COVID-19 – and found that the same antibodies are successfully able to defuse the new virus too!
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