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US approves controversial Willow oil drilling project in Alaska

The hotly debated Willow oil drilling project has been approved in Alaska, a decision that could exacerbate climate change and imperil wildlife

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Wild Isles review: David Attenborough turns focus to UK and Ireland

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Orca seen foster parenting a pilot whale calf for first time

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Orca seen foster parenting a pilot whale calf for first time

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Flight Paths review: Why understanding migration may save bird species

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Flight Paths review: Why understanding migration may save bird species

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Philippine eagle

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There may be just 800 of these endangered eagles left in the wild

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Hirwa family of mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park

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Wildlife trading treaty has been helping to save animals for 50 years

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Thor the Walrus has been spotted in Iceland after visiting the UK

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Thor the walrus spotted on Iceland coast following visit to the UK

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A Kemp's ridley sea turtle makes its way to the ocean on June 29, 2022, at West Dennis Beach in West Dennis, Massachusetts after eight months of rehabilitation at the New England Aquariums sea turtle rehabilitation center in Quincy. - Over 500 were found on the shores of Cape Cod cold-stunned in November and December of 2021. (Photo by Lauren Owens Lambert / AFP) (Photo by LAUREN OWENS LAMBERT/AFP via Getty Images)

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Sea turtle strandings on the US east coast have increased drastically

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2ND5P9N WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This video screenshot released by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shows the site of a derailed freight train in East Palestine, Ohio, the United States. About 50 Norfolk Southern freight train cars derailed on the night of Feb. 3 in East Palestine, a town of 4,800 residents near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border, due to a mechanical problem on an axle of one of the vehicles. There were a total of 20 hazardous material cars in the train consist, 10 of which derailed, according to the NTSB, a U.S. government agency responsible f

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Ohio train derailment killed more than 40,000 aquatic animals

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In the foreground, two cougar pawprints indent in the sand on a beach in the Pacific Northwest. In the distance, rocky sea stacks stand out in the ocean waves.

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Island-hopping cougars swim kilometres through icy water off US coast

Researchers were surprised when a young male cougar living in Washington state swam to a nearby island. They now suspect other local cougars are doing the same

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Why are so many whales getting stranded on US beaches?

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Some of the stunning winners of the Sony World Photography Awards

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Ohio train derailment: What we know about the toxic chemical spill

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How a log pile in your garden can be a haven for wildlife

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