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This video of a dolphin carrying her dead baby will make you cry and cry and cry
If you're already having a bad Thursday, DO NOT WATCH THIS VIDEO.
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America’s wildlife to get some moving help as climate changes
Plants, birds, fish, and other wildlife are on the march, looking for new homes as the climate changes. The Obama administration wants to help.
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American Bird Conservancy discovers four new bird species: Blue, teal, pink, and purple Peeps
The marshmallow Peep is the American Bird Conservancy's bird of the week, and ornithologists now recognize blue, teal, pink, and purple species.
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Baby giraffe is impossibly adorable, good news for an endangered subspecies
There's a new Rothschild giraffe in Connecticut. Watch it stand up for the first time.
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Diary of a one-month vegan
Grist’s green-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, has forsworn all animal products this month. Nobody told her there might be fish bladder in her Guinness.
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Energy secretary nominee Ernest Moniz has deep ties to oil, gas, and nuclear industries
He's served on advisory boards for BP, GE, and a uranium company, and the center he runs at MIT gets corporate funding from Shell and Chevron.
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Man presumptuously kidnaps 13 percent of an entire turtle species
A man was arrested in Bangkok smuggling 54 ploughshare turtles. There are only 400 of the species in the wild.
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Chris Christie slams ‘selfish’ homeowners blocking coastal protection measures
In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, some owners of oceanfront properties in New Jersey are stymieing efforts to build sand dunes to block storm surges. They're worried about views and privacy.
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Please keep an eye out for this lost space hedgehog
CASSiE the Cosmic Hedgehog is the U.K. space mascot. We're hoping for her safe return after being lost on the way back from the edge of space.
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Giant investment bank taken over by hippie alarmists
A new report from banking giant HSBC confirms that the climate situation is grim and that most fossil fuel reserves must stay in the ground. Then it says there's hope. Ha ha! Hope!
