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• VIDEO: Counting seals on the County Down coastline

  23-10-2015 19:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News NI's Conor Macauley joins a group of volunteers from Copeland Bird Observatory to record seals on the County Down coastline.
  
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• Strong display of the northern lights is possible across Canada tonight

  04-06-2026 18:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Canadians could be in for another beautiful display of the northern lights tonight, as the sun unleashed several fast-moving particles in the Earth's direction over the past couple of days.
  
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• Trust celebrates birth of rare lemur quadruplets

  04-06-2026 13:11 via bbc.com
  
  The trust says the quadruplets are incredibly rare, occurring in fewer than 6% of births worldwide.
  
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• AI-powered conservation project ends

  04-06-2026 07:18 via bbc.com
  
  Space4Nature says it has restored more than 60 hectares of habitat at 22 sites across the county.
  
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• Sanctuary's tiny wild cat to join breeding scheme

  04-06-2026 07:14 via bbc.com
  
  Rusty-spotted cats are also getting new enclosures at The Big Cat Sanctuary in Smarden.
  
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• Extra waste burning approved for incinerator

  04-06-2026 07:04 via bbc.com
  
  Viridor can now increase waste at its Beddington energy recovery facility to 382,286 tonnes a year.
  
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• Emaciated grey whales washing up on B.C. beaches 'canary in coal mine,' researcher warns

  04-06-2026 02:28 via cbc.ca
  
  Two more grey whales have washed up in B.C., with researchers and experts both warning the province is on pace for a record breaking year.
  
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• Costly fuel pushes more Indians to buy electric cars but challenges remain

  04-06-2026 01:28 via bbc.com
  
  High fuel prices are strengthening the case for EV adoption in the world's third largest auto market.
  
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• Fighting a cold? A meal gives your immune cells an immediate boost

  03-06-2026 22:33 via cbc.ca
  
  Experiments in humans and mice suggest that certain white blood cells, known as T-cells, may respond to infections more effectively after a meal. The research calls into question the notion of "starve a fever, feed a cold."
  
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• Swifts 'displaced' after demolition - campaigners

  03-06-2026 19:21 via bbc.com
  
  Campaigners say nesting swifts may have been affected after part of a building was demolished.
  
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• U.S. Coast Guard launches new sail drones on Lake Erie for first time

  03-06-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Two bright orange autonomous sail drones are floating in Lake Erie right now, part of a new U.S. Coast Guard program.
  
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• Canada endorses plan to send remaining Marineland belugas to Spain, across U.S.

  03-06-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada has endorsed a rescue plan that would see all of Marineland's remaining beluga whales split up and sent to Oceanogràfic València in Spain or one of four U.S. locations.
  
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• AI agents lag far behind human workers. Why are tech companies laying off the humans?

  03-06-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  AI-related layoffs are in full swing as tech companies invest in artificial intelligence agents they say will take over tasks traditionally done by humans. But a major AI infrastructure and software company says the agents fail to produce professionally acceptable work more than 19 times out of 20, and some analysts say the technology is overhyped and being using as an excuse for laying off workers.
  
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• Next El Niño could be strongest in decades

  02-06-2026 16:50 via bbc.com
  
  A new phase of the natural El Niño weather pattern could begin in a matter of weeks, the UN has warned, boosting temperatures on a planet already under strain from climate change.
  
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• Researchers call for more collaboration to stop whale strikes in B.C.

  02-06-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  In San Francisco Bay, scientists, ferry operators and the public are working together to track whales, using an app and a special kind of camera.
  
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• Paralympian could become first astronaut with disability to live and work in space

  02-06-2026 10:16 via bbc.com
  
  John McFall takes one step closer to becoming first disabled astronaut.
  
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• Virus detected in invasive mosquitoes found in B.C.'s Sea-to-Sky region

  02-06-2026 02:12 via cbc.ca
  
  Researchers found two mosquito species that tested positive for California serogroup virus, a group of mosquito-borne viruses that can cause encephalitis and meningitis in humans.
  
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• 'Mornings and nights no longer exist' at 47C: A day in the hottest place in India

  02-06-2026 00:31 via bbc.com
  
  What a day in India's hottest district reveals about life on the frontline of extreme heat.
  
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• The ancient British hillside giant with a 'real masculine vibe' is getting a makeover

  01-06-2026 23:44 via cbc.ca
  
  More than 100 volunteers with the U.K.'s National Trust are working diligently on a steep hill in the brutal summer heat to restore the Cerne Abbas Giant to his former glory.
  
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• A python was found at a Windsor sewage plant. Was it flushed?

  01-06-2026 22:03 via cbc.ca
  
  A city worker at the pollution control facility discovered the exotic pet. It is dehydrated and needs help shedding but is expected to survive, according to the local humane society.
  
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• Watch: Moment a meteor creates sonic boom over Massachusetts

  01-06-2026 16:56 via bbc.com
  
  According to Nasa, the meteor released the equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT when it broke up.
  
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• Night sky events to watch out for this summer

  01-06-2026 12:44 via bbc.com
  
  The Milky Way, the Summer triangle, eclipses and a meteor shower can all be seen over the next few months.
  
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• Meteor over Massachusetts causes explosion reports, sightings from Delaware to Montreal

  31-05-2026 17:34 via cbc.ca
  
  The American Meteor Society said that the booms people heard were caused by a meteor nearly 1 meter wide entering the atmosphere around the New Hampshire border with Massachusetts, north of Boston.
  
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• Claude Lemieux's brain will be donated to Boston University's CTE Center, his family says

  31-05-2026 14:48 via cbc.ca
  
  Claude Lemieux's brain is being donated to the Boston University's CTE Center to research the long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries, his family said Saturday in a statement released by daughter Claudia Lemieux Bishop.
  
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• Forest tent caterpillars feast in Calgary as outbreak spikes population across Alberta

  31-05-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Municipalities and experts are advising Albertans of soaring caterpillar populations this spring. Clusters of forest tent caterpillars are frequently seen on trees across North America, particularly during what entomologists refer to as cyclical outbreaks.
  
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• Ontario family fights to keep 'gentle giant' wolf-dog after seizure threat by province

  31-05-2026 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A Greater Sudbury family is fighting to keep their pet dog, which may be seized by Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) pending DNA testing results.
  
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• How to watch Jupiter and Venus as they join in the sky this week

  31-05-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  You may have noticed two bright "stars" in the west after sunset. Those aren't stars but rather two planets: Jupiter and Venus. And they're on their way for a beautiful meet-up in the days ahead.
  
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• 'Killer fungus' could be good news for habitats decimated by invasive moss

  31-05-2026 01:03 via bbc.com
  
  A newly discovered species raises hope that some native British habitats could be restored.
  
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• More Canadians raring to scoot around on personal electric vehicles after dark

  30-05-2026 19:24 via cbc.ca
  
  Companies that operate the rental e-scooter and e-bike programs in Canada say they don't have much data on group riding, but note ridership is strong when the workday ends.
  
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• Wildfires are destroying trees faster than we are replacing them

  30-05-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada is losing trees faster than nature can grow them or people can plant them. A northern Manitoba tree-planting program is trying to replace trees destroyed by wildfires, but the cancellation of the federal Two Billion Trees Program is making that more challenging.
  
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