Animals
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AnimalsOrcas Free to Swim from Russian Whale Jail, Preventing Sale to China
Eleven orcas and twelve beluga whales have been released and sent back to their habitat in Russia’s Sea of Okhotsk after a year-long captivity in the Srednyaya Bay facility. Originally they were to be sold to China as show whales.
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AnimalsLeave Dolphins in Peace, New Zealand Tells Tourists
The Department of Conservation in New Zealand has restricted human interaction with wild dolphins in the Bay of Islands, banning tourists from swimming around the marine mammals and taking further measures in keeping the dolphins safe from harm or extinction.
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EnvironmentInsects and Plants Love “New” Forests Just as Much as Old Ones
Hope for bees and company: A study in China found little difference in biodiversity between replanted, naturally re-grown and undisturbed forests, showing an opportunity to effectively curb climate change through a global regrowth of trees.
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AnimalsTurtles move on: from endangered species to a new nest-record
Once threatened, Loggerhead sea turtles lay increasing numbers of eggs along the coast of the US State of Georgia. 2019 may even break the record for the number of turtles nesting – the successful outcome of hundreds of people caring for these endangered turtles.
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