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Africa's 2000-year-old trees of life are suddenly dying off

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Africa's 2000-year-old trees of life are suddenly dying off

In the past decade most of the oldest baobabs, many of them sprouted over two millennia ago, have died unexpectedly and few new ones are sprouting

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Sperm whales are tracking fishing boats and stealing their fish

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Sperm whales are tracking fishing boats and stealing their fish

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Europeans now burn more palm oil in their cars than they eat

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Europeans now burn more palm oil in their cars than they eat

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Zambia to kill 2000 hippos because they might spread anthrax

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Zambia to kill 2000 hippos because they might spread anthrax

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In big cities even the fish are always rushing around the place

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In big cities even the fish are always rushing around the place

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Chimp evolution was shaped by sex with their bonobo relatives

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Chimp evolution was shaped by sex with their bonobo relatives

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Half of life on Earth has vanished since we arrived on the scene

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Half of life on Earth has vanished since we arrived on the scene

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Chinese giant salamanders may already be virtually extinct

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Chinese giant salamanders may already be virtually extinct

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A third of ‘protected’ nature zones are quietly being ruined

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A third of ‘protected’ nature zones are quietly being ruined

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Drones plus AI help to spot sick trees and plants in time

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Drones plus AI help to spot sick trees and plants in time

Drones fitted with multispectral cameras are scanning forests for beetle attack, and orchards and vineyards for signs of disease before it’s too late

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Rich nations restore their own forests but trash those elsewhere

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A plague from South Korea is killing frogs and toads worldwide

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The world's tallest tree costs more than a private island

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Colombia’s peace deal unwittingly unleashed hell on the Amazon

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