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The Mayor of Paris has finally taken the plunge! Anne Hidalgo swam in the cleaned-up Seine to prove Olympians probably won't get sick. Amid the many ways Paris has chosen to show off its eco-friendliness to the gaggle of amateur athletes about to des...
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Exploring previously unmapped underwater seamounts, the Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition may have found 100 new marine species, including sponges.
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Scientists don't know where great white sharks give birth. New footage of a newborn could offer clues. The baby also has an unusual white color.
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A sand-swimming golden was located in South Africa after not being detected for a whopping 86 years. The adorable creature, called "De Winton's golden mole," was declared a "lost species" after having last been spotted way back in 1937, but a group o...
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The proposal from the US Fish and Wildlife Service suggests eliminating "larger and more aggressive" barred owls to save the threatened spotted owl.
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Blue whales were wiped out from waters near the Seychelles islands half a century ago but underwater audio captured by scientists shows they returned.
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Bald eagles, American alligators, and grizzly bears are among the species that have rebounded since the Endangered Species Act passed in 1973.