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A giant panda missing since the May 12 earthquake returned to the Wolong National Nature Reserve, Chinese media reports, but two more remain unaccounted for.

May 21, 2008
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A TV crew in Japan has captured a 45-second glide believed to be the longest recorded flight of a flying fish.

May 21, 2008
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Host Alex Trebek asks the last three questions of the final round in the 2008 National Geographic Bee held in Washington, D.C.

May 21, 2008
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China TV showed a man being rescued after spending about a week in rubble following the magnitude 8.0 earthquake that struck Sichuan Province May 12.

May 20, 2008
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A boat called Earthrace is on a mission to break the speed record for circumnavigating the globe—powered entirely by biodiesel.

May 20, 2008
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Seen in cell-phone camera footage, handlers at the Wolong National Nature Reserve in China evacuated more than a dozen panda cubs just after the massive May 12 earthquake.

May 20, 2008
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The tree-dwelling creatures were put on a specially built treadmill of ropes and pulleys as part of new research into how much energy the animals expend.

May 16, 2008
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Real-life rocket man Yves Rossy soared through the Alps this week on his first demonstration flight with a self-made flying contraption.

May 16, 2008
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More than 400 racehorses—many of them in perfect health—are "destroyed" each year in the U.S. territory, where keeping losing or injured horses can be costly. Warning: graphic imagery.

May 16, 2008
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A tourist visiting a reserve during the massive earthquake in China says pandas seemed to sense something was wrong before the quake struck.

May 15, 2008
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The U.S. has listed the polar bear as threatened, sparking a global warming debate and garnering mixed reactions from environmentalists.

May 15, 2008
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A small, fragile piece of a 2,000-year-old Dead Sea scroll was shown briefly to visitors at a Jerusalem conference.

May 14, 2008
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Two amateur videos taken in Chengdu, China—near the epicenter of Monday's devastating earthquake—show people running in panic as the ground shakes.

May 14, 2008
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Monday's devastating earthquake in central China occurred along a fault where South Asia pushes against the Eurasian land mass, scientists say.

May 13, 2008
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As the death toll from Monday's quake in China nears 12,000, survivors are being pulled from the rubble of buildings and schools.

May 13, 2008

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