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Extinct tortoise ‘can live again’
Careful cross-breeding could bring an extinct species of Galapagos tortoise back into existence, scientists suggest.
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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Gutsy Ecuador proposes to put a lid on oil.Little countries can find the strength to do big things that big countries fear to do. For the good of itself, for the good of the planet, the South American country of Ecuador has proposed to keep the lid on nearly one billion barrels of oil under its Yasuni National Park. |
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UNESCO adds 23 new sites to global network of biosphere reservesUnited Nations - Remote cloud forests in Viet Nam, hundreds of atolls in Micronesia and mangroves in El Salvador are featured in the 23 ecosystems which were added today to a United Nations network set up to fight biodiversity loss and promote sustainable development that helps local communities. |
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Ecuador Tries Novel Balance of Oil and EnvironmentEl Coca, Ecuador - Under pressure to preserve the environment while at the same time ease the poverty of his people, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has come up with an unusual solution. |
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Video: Galapagos Iguanas Dive for DinnerGalapagos Islands, Ecuador - Holding their breath for up to ten minutes, marine iguanas swim with sardines and sea lions in the Galapagos. |
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Follow a turtle race on the WebSan Jose, Costa Rica - Biologists will switch on satellite trackers strapped to the backs of 11 female leatherback turtles on Monday, starting what conservationists have dubbed the 'Great Turtle Race' to raise awareness of a species threatened with extinction. |
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Finches on Galapagos Islands EvolvingWashington, DC - Finches on the Galapagos Islands that inspired Charles Darwin to develop the concept of evolution are now helping confirm it -- by evolving. |
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Galapagos tortoises unhurt by volcanic lavaQuito, Ecuador - A volcanic eruption on the Galapagos Islands has sent scorching lava pouring seawards but giant tortoises which helped inspired the theory of evolution are safe, island authorities said on Sunday. |
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Bird Sings Complex HarmoniesRain Forests of Ecuador - Possibly the most complex vocalizing by any creature aside from humans has been heard by scientists standing in an Ecuadorian bamboo forest listening to plain-tailed wrens. |
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