Flares erupt from our galaxy's heart, the ISS gets an extreme home makeover, fires blaze near LA, and more in this week's best space photos.
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Africa's largest undercover investigation of wildlife crime may give clues to its bigger players, Kenyan officials said this week. But conservationists claim such undercover efforts are futile.
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Thousands of wild horses in U.S. care will not be put down to give the government another year to explore possible solutions and "let cooler heads prevail," U.S. officials said Monday.
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Seized during a Malaysian raid, the owls shocked wildlife-trade monitors. The sizes of this and another November seizure point to organized crime, experts say.
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A whaling ship is seen departing Japan Monday in video provided by Greenpeace, which claims the ship is on its way to the Antarctic waters to hunt whales. Warning: video contains graphic imagery
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Lonesome George is the last of a Galápagos tortoise subspecies. After 36 years the aging tortoise finally fertilized eggs of a female tortoise, but most are unlikely to hatch.
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Cuba is the only country that meets the criteria for sustainable development from the conservation group WWF. But concern persists for once thriving Caribbean marine turtles.
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Thousands of wild mustangs kept in U.S. government holding pens may have to be euthanized unless alternatives are found, according to a new federal report released this week.
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Scientists are fitting bees with radio tracking tags, a technological breakthrough that may provide clues to the honeybee decline—and how to harness other bees to protect food supplies
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Aztec dance, a World War II reenactment, tragedy in Haiti, and more in the week's best news photos.
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The white sturgeon, North America's largest freshwater fish, has bounced back in the Fraser River thanks to an unprecedented volunteer effort including fishermen and aboriginal groups.
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A bizarre-looking bird's social behavior affects seed dispersal and ecological health.
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Deep ice sheets would blanket much of Canada, Europe, and Asia thousands of years from now—if it weren't for human-made global warming, a new study says.
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From cannibalistic trout to 14-foot stingrays—a series on gargantuan freshwater fishes has won the 2008 American Association for the Advancement of Science award for online science journalism.
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Do you want corn with that? A new chemical analysis of corn-laden burgers, fries, and chicken sandwiches may suggest bad news for our health and the environment.
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In recent days three volcanoes in Colombia and Ecuador have spewed smoke, ash, and lava.
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Blind lobsters, impossible jellyfish, and ancient bacteria are among the latest discoveries from the Census of Marine Life ocean survey.
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By clearing the way for flowing rock that one geologist compares to melted Brie, monsoons may have made possible the Himalaya's most intense growth period.
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A Thursday auction was the last of a series of legal elephant-ivory sales in Africa to raise conservation funds. Critics fear an increase in demand that may spur more poaching.
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For 70 years, zebras at South Africa's Mountain Zebra National Park have had few predators. But now, conservationists are reintroducing cheetahs to the landscape.
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