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China's worst snowstorm in 50 years has left hundreds of thousands of people stranded and killed more than 20 so far.

January 28, 2008
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The suspected carcinogens were reported in the animals' fat, but experts say a direct link between the chemicals and the devils' mysterious facial cancer is unlikely.

January 28, 2008
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Reeling from perhaps the worst deluge in recent memory, farmers in the African country face pressure to resettle away from rivers.

January 25, 2008
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The legendary Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is under threat from rising sea levels due to global warming, a new study says.

January 25, 2008
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An active fault off southern Croatia is building new islands and bulking up mountains, a new study says—but is also drawing Italy closer to the Dalmatian coast.

January 25, 2008
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A man with milk jars pierced to his back, a boy with a blazing tire, and Gazans fleeing by horse are among the newsmakers of the past week.

January 25, 2008
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The country will send in extra police and environmental agents to target the areas with the most heavy deforestation, the environment minister announced today.

January 25, 2008
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Microbes immune to commonly used antibiotics have been found inside birds in remote tundra, a new study says, a sign that resistance has spread deep into nature.

January 24, 2008
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A female leatherback sea turtle made the longest recorded migration of any sea vertebate—just to reach prime jellyfish feeding grounds off Oregon.

January 24, 2008
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Deforestation for soy and cattle skyrocketed beginning in August 2007, according to a new report, prompting emergency government meetings in Brazil to help curb the destruction.

January 24, 2008
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Dozens of critically endangered gharials have been found dead recently along the banks of one of the few unpolluted Indian rivers, officials announced this week.

January 23, 2008
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Large predators raised in captivity and reintroduced into their natural habitat have only a one-in-three chance of surviving, according to a new study.

January 23, 2008
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Warmer oceans might increase a phenomenon called vertical wind shear that makes it hard for hurricanes to form, strengthen, and stay active, new research says.

January 23, 2008
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Giant salamanders and other vulnerable amphibians will receive conservation attention and aid through a new program run by the Zoological Society of London.

January 22, 2008
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Without meat from aid groups, refugees in Tanzania are killing scores of wild animals for sustenance—many of which are already threatened species.

January 22, 2008

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