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• How to save trees from extinction

  03-11-2018 18:43 via bbc.co.uk
  The world is losing plants at an unprecedented rate with around one in five thought to be at risk of extinction. The race is on to store back-up copies in seed banks.
  
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• The artist putting rubbish to visionary use – in pictures

  03-11-2018 18:00
  “I wanted to give trash a second chance,” says Cyrus Kabiru, 34, who makes art – including highly decorative eyewear – out of wires, pins, bottle tops and other detritus he finds on the streets of Nairobi and around the world. Kabiru, who grew up in a Nairobi slum, started making glasses as a child. “I tried to get my dad to buy me a pair. He was like, ‘I can’t, maybe you design your own.’” There was no shortage of materials, with one of the
  
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• Man-eating tiger shot dead in India after high-profile hunt

  03-11-2018 17:38
  Tiger known to hunters as T1 and as Avni to wildlife lovers had killed more than a dozen in two yearsA man-eating tiger that claimed more than a dozen victims in two years has been shot dead in India, officials say.One of India’s most high-profile tiger hunts in decades ended on Friday night when the mother of two 10-month-old cubs – known to hunters as T1 but Avni to wildlife lovers – was shot dead in the jungles of Maharashtra state. Continue reading...
  
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• 'Test tube trees': An insurance policy against extinction?

  03-11-2018 07:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Why trees grown in test tubes could be the answer to preserving the world's forests for the future.
  
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• This crab could save your life - if humans don't wipe it out first

  03-11-2018 07:00
  The Horseshoe crab outlived the dinosaurs but is no match for medicine’s hunger for its bloodFew people in the world are aware their wellbeing may one day depend on a blue-blooded crab that looks like a cross between the facehugger from Alien and a gigantic louse. Fewer still realise this ancient creature now faces its greatest threat in more than 450m years.The American horseshoe crab outlived the dinosaurs and has survived four previous mass extinctions, but is now menaced by the pharmac
  
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• 'The most intellectual creature to ever walk Earth is destroying its only home' | Jane Goodall

  03-11-2018 07:00
  Introducing the Guardian’s new series The Age of Extinction, the renowned primatologist describes the dramatic vanishing of wildlife she has witnessed in her lifetime – and how we can all play a vital role in halting its destructionDuring my years studying chimpanzees in Gombe national park in Tanzania I experienced the magic of the rainforest. I learned how all life is interconnected, how each species, no matter how insignificant it may seem, has a role to play in the rich tapestry
  
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• 'The most intellectual creature to ever walk Earth is destroying its only home'

  03-11-2018 07:00
  Introducing the Guardian’s new series The Age of Extinction, the renowned primatologist describes the dramatic vanishing of wildlife she has witnessed in her lifetime – and how we can all play a vital role in halting its destructionDuring my years studying chimpanzees in Gombe national park in Tanzania I experienced the magic of the rainforest. I learned how all life is interconnected, how each species, no matter how insignificant it may seem, has a role to play in the rich tapestry
  
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• Stop biodiversity loss or we could face our own extinction, warns UN

  03-11-2018 07:00
  The world has two years to secure a deal for nature to halt a ‘silent killer’ as dangerous as climate change, says biodiversity chiefThe world must thrash out a new deal for nature in the next two years or humanity could be the first species to document our own extinction, warns the United Nation’s biodiversity chief.Ahead of a key international conference to discuss the collapse of ecosystems, Cristiana Pașca Palmer said people in all countries need to put pressure on the
  
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• Experts fear impact of China lifting trade ban on tiger and rhino parts

  03-11-2018 07:00
  Burden of enforcement will hit poorer nations already struggling to cope, say conservationistsChina’s decision to loosen a 25-year ban on the trade of tiger bones and rhino horn will put pressure on poor foreign nations as well as endangered global wildlife, according to experts on the illegal trade in animals.Government officials in Beijing say the introduction of quotas for these body parts to be used in traditional Chinese medicine will allow them to manage legal demand, but conservatio
  
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• India man-eating tigress killed after huge hunt

  03-11-2018 06:15 via bbc.co.uk
  The animal in western India is said to have killed 13 people and evaded capture for two years.
  
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• The explosive science behind fireworks

  03-11-2018 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The surprisingly simple science behind the clever chemistry that helps your night go off with a bang.
  
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