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Last year, a sea turtle was discovered on a sandbar clinging to life after its body was split by the propellers of boats. It might have seemed futile to try and save the animal, but a team of veterinarians did anyways -- and now, after a hard-fought recovery, the sea turtle is heading home with a patched shell and a new chance at life.
Read more about the turtle's miraculous recovery -- plus stories of endangered sharks, tiger meat served up to a television reporter, people-watching whales,...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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In a few short years of life, six young mountain gorillas from the Congo have experienced humanity at both its worst and best, from poachers to conservationists.
We also have zookeepers keeping tigers cool in an innovative way, a gorilla that turned the camera on himself, a monkey that made his own nail file, a bear with his head trapped in a jar (for three weeks!), organized crime syndicates attacking protected wildlife, and more in the Week in Animal News.
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This isn't an advance rendering from J.J. Abrams' next monster movie -- this guy is 100% real.
We also have the heartbreaking story of a paralyzed lion, a baby green sea turtle's epic journey, marauding bands of monkeys, rare blue iguanas, and more in the Week in Animal News.
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The same downloadable Google Earth program that lets you check out the mountains of Tuscany where your grandfather grew up and scope out the backyard of that house you're considering buying can take you underwater, too: The recently updated Google Earth includes maps of underwater topography that show off massive mountain ranges and volcanoe...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Captive breeding programs all over the world are experiencing a bit of an endangered animal baby boom this year.
From lion cubs and baby gorillas to Addax calves and white-cheeked gibbons, adorable babies are proving these zoo breeding programs are successful -- and bringing new hope to their species in the process.
Check out the videos here to see these babies before they grow up.
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Mat wrote about Polly Higgins' book on Ecocide, or the environmental equivalent of genocide, he was compelled by the argument that the abolition of slavery, or the industrial transformation during World War II, provide parallels for the kind of profound shift in our social, cultural and economic thinking that would make destruction of our natural world a crime. Now the concept of ecocide looks set to be de...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Its longest running radio soap may have featured carbon offsets and transition towns in its story lines. But the ecological benefits of BBC Radio 4—one of the UK's most popular talk, news and documentary stations—aren't just educational. It turns out that some farmers and c...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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