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UK closer to banning cosmetic microbeads that clog up its seas

Earth

UK closer to banning cosmetic microbeads that clog up its seas

Tiny plastic particles from our washing products end up in seas and are ingested by marine organisms. The UK is about to decide whether to ban the beads

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An exotic, colourful buffet arrangement

Earth

Pests for dinner: Taking down invasive species a bite at a time

Culture

A tiger wading up to its chest in a marshy pool

Life

Far from recovering, tigers may be in worst decline in a century

Comment

Thomas the roboboat

Life

Thomas the marine engine set to explore UK ocean fronts

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pretentious artwork in organic materials

Life

Sydney's Biennale: All futures lead to now

Culture

A bison

Life

United States of extinction: Threat to America’s iconic animals

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The back of a lorry full of dead carp

Life

Australia to destroy alien carp by releasing herpes into rivers

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elephant cartoon

Life

Record ivory burning shows world is failing Africa's elephants

Comment

A brush-tailed bettong looks into the camera

Life

Noah's ark island is saving vulnerable species in Australia

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A black and white ruffed lemur stares at the camera from a tree

Life

Lemur extinctions in Madagascar leave behind doomed orphan trees

Past extinctions have left tree species with no way to spread their seeds. If the island's critically endangered lemurs disappear, whole forests may follow

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Life

Tiger numbers in the wild rise for the first time in 100 years

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Life

Bawean warty pig may be world's rarest pig, with only 230 around

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Earth

I'm creating supercharged corals to beat climate change

Opinion

Earth

Cloud atlas uses satellite data to predict where species live

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