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Endangered blue whales returning to Alaska

Durnago Herald, Thu June 25, 2009, comments (0)
Blue whales are returning to Alaska in search of food and could be re-establishing an old migration route several decades after they were nearly wiped out by commercial whalers, scientists say.

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Thai Navy Launches Sea Turtle Conservation Program

In Thailand, the navy is protecting thousands of baby sea turtles from being killed by humans before they can swim out to sea.

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From the Ashes of ’69, a River Reborn

New York Times, Wed June 24, 2009, comments (0)
The first time Gene Roberts fell into the Cuyahoga River, he worried he might die. The year was 1963, and the river was still an open sewer for industrial waste. Walking home, Mr. Roberts smelled so bad that his friends ran to stay upwind of him.

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The blues are back: Butterfly species reborn 30 years after ‘extinction’

Times Online, Wed June 24, 2009, comments (0)
Thirty years ago it was officially declared extinct in Britain.

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US state mows with goats to go gently on environment

Seed Daily, Mon June 01, 2009, comments (0)
Officials in the eastern US state of Maryland have come up with an innovative, cost-saving way to protect the environment: they use goats to mow the grass.

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The fastest tortoise on THREE legs: How injured Tonka races around on her toy truck

Daily Mail, Wed May 27, 2009, comments (0)
Meet the tortoise on wheels who could give any hare a run for its money, despite having her leg bitten off by a dog.

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Owls replace pesticides in Israel

BBC News, Wed May 27, 2009, comments (0)
Owls and kestrels are being employed as agricultural pest controllers in the Middle East.

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Who says a banker’s life isn’t exciting?

KOMO, Tue May 19, 2009, comments (0)
It might look ordinary enough: A mother duck nesting on a ledge in downtown Spokane and a banker watching from his second floor window.

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Indonesia Creates the Savu Marine Park, Largest in Southeast Asia

Dive Photo Guide, Sun May 17, 2009, comments (0)
Indonesia has opened Southeast Asia's largest marine park in the Savu Sea, a migration route for almost half the world's whale species and home to vast tracts of rare coral, the country's fisheries minister said.

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News Analysis: Path to healthy oceans wide open following marine protection declaration

Xinhua News, Fri May 15, 2009, comments (0)
Finally, after two years of effort to convince the world that ocean destruction is as much important as climate change effect, the World Ocean Conference (WOC) in Indonesia ended its session by issuing the Manado Ocean Declaration (MOD) on marine environmental protection on Thursday.

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