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Thousands of marine species from microscopic zooplankton to the largest cetaceans rely on sound for survival and many have ...

India doubled its tiger population in a little over a decade by protecting the big cats from poaching and habitat loss, ...

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An amateur fossil hunter has uncovered a piece of animal vomit which dates back 66 million years on a beach in Denmark.