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• 'We're inundated with abandoned goats'

  02-12-2024 07:10 via bbc.com
  
  A shelter in Kent says it is struggling to cope with an influx of goats being dumped at its door.
  
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• New disease harming otters in Bras d'Or Lake

  20-07-2026 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Earlier this year, two otters were found with red and irritated bald patches. The Atlantic Veterinary College is trying to figure out the cause and how widespread it is. The CBC's Sam Murrant reports.
  
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• First Nations fighting to save St. John River salmon, as DFO closes support facility

  20-07-2026 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  First Nations along the St. John River, or the Wolastoq, are fighting to keep the outer Bay of Fundy salmon population alive. DFO will soon close the Mactaquac Biodiversity Facility that was helping keep the dwindling population alive.
  
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• Setting sail on an ocean research journey inspires Innu youths for futures in sciences

  20-07-2026 10:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Now in its fourth year, the Uinipeku Expedition is an annual ocean science research journey, travelling through Innu Nation marine zones between Sheshatshiu and Natuashish.
  
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• Going with the flow: Renewable energy battery breakthrough

  20-07-2026 10:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 3D-printed battery designed at Queen's University Belfast could speed up energy storage research.
  
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• Government tip-off prompted spy agency to look into federal scientist, CSIS says

  20-07-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The country's top spy agency says Natural Resources Canada approached it with concerns about former federal scientist Dennis Lu more than two decades ago — not the other way around — and has made a rare disclosure of one of its documents in court to set the record straight, CBC News has learned.
  
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• Fight to save rare ecosystem of chalk streams

  20-07-2026 08:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  We visit Langford Lakes nature reserve in Wiltshire, home to the River Wylye chalk stream.
  
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• Controversial farm subsidy scheme gets billion pound budget

  20-07-2026 07:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The protest-hit Sustainable Farming Scheme has been introduced after almost a decade in development.
  
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• 'Hidden time-capsule of UK biodiversity' unlocked

  20-07-2026 07:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The specimens with links to Charles Darwin will soon be studied by scientists across the world.
  
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• Wolves return to park two years after pack deaths

  20-07-2026 07:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New Forest Wildlife Park has welcomed the new wolves from France and Belgium.
  
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• The underwater harvest hoping for a bumper crop

  20-07-2026 07:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Volunteers harvest seagrass seeds in a bid to boost underwater meadows in the south of England.
  
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• 'Just dumbfounding': Tornado damages buildings, homes in central Alberta county

  19-07-2026 18:04 via cbc.ca
  
  A tornado that passed through parts of central Alberta Saturday resulted in 'significant damage' to buildings, homes, trees, roads and other local infrastructure, according to officials. But no injuries relating to the tornado have been reported.
  
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• Is Burnham promising a new dawn for North Sea oil and gas?

  19-07-2026 16:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The incoming PM is expected to announce fresh support for the North Sea from day one of his premiership.
  
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• From coffee grounds to guinea pig bedding - the composters keeping it local

  19-07-2026 13:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Food waste is a resource like water and should be kept in communities, compost champions say.
  
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• Perseid meteors to light up night sky in one of the year's most active showers

  19-07-2026 10:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Perseid meteor shower will light up the night sky over the next five weeks.
  
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• Ottawa company develops robotic arm to lend a hand to people with disabilities

  19-07-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Ottawa-based Sielo Robotics is developing an assistive robotic arm to help people with physical disabilities accomplish daily tasks.
  
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• Could these Montreal bricks be the key to help declining solitary bees?

  19-07-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Cavity-nesting bees are bee species that live alone and create nests instead of hives. They’re experiencing a drop in population and pollination capacity, but special "bee bricks" might be the solution to giving them a place to rest and hibernate during the winter.
  
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• The hidden cost of the night shift and how to sleep it off

  19-07-2026 02:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than three million people in the UK work night shifts, which can greatly impact their health. What can be done to help them?
  
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• Trump threatens new Canada tariffs over fires sending 'filthy' air into US cities

  18-07-2026 19:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Canadian leader Mark Carney says both the US and Canada have an equal responsibility to fight climate change, which experts say are worsening wildfire conditions.
  
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• Toronto, New York and Washington top list of most polluted cities as wildfires burn

  18-07-2026 19:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Canadian officials say that fire activity in Ontario is beginning to ease, with air quality expected to improve in US cities too.
  
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• 'Just stop burning fossil fuels.' Scientists stress that our smoky skies have only one true fix

  18-07-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Smoky skies in Toronto have led to new scrutiny of government efforts to fight fires and manage forests. But scientists say the realistic way to tackle the smoke is fighting climate change itself.
  
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• Diamonds and 'cab to orbit': Rocket aiming to transform India's space ambitions takes off

  18-07-2026 09:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  India's first space-tech unicorn Skyroot Aerospace successfully launched Vikram-1 on Saturday.
  
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• Second half of summer to bring chances for rain but heatwave threat persists

  18-07-2026 03:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Forecasts suggest the weather could turn more changeable during late July and August but the risk of heatwaves remains.
  
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• What this desert city can teach the world about tackling heat deaths

  18-07-2026 01:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Maricopa County in Arizona has some of the hottest temperatures, but it has reduced the number of heat-related deaths.
  
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• Meet the likweli, a newly identified monkey that roars with its creamy orange mouth

  17-07-2026 23:26 via cbc.ca
  
  Researchers have identified a new species of monkey in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
  
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• EU proposes slowing down cuts to carbon emissions for businesses

  17-07-2026 20:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Under the proposals, the EU plans to relax its emissions trading system to give companies more time to reduce their carbon output.
  
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• Cats don't always lick each other out of affection. Sometimes they're just being jerks

  17-07-2026 17:46 via cbc.ca
  
  Sometimes when a cat grooms another cat, it's nice. A cat helping another cat out, scratching those hard-to-get spots on the back of the neck. Other times? It's more like, "Hey, I want that nice nap spot, and I'm going to annoy you until you get out of here."
  
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• UK heatwave hits two-week mark

  17-07-2026 17:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is the longest dry spell in 30 years for parts of England as the UK heatwave reaches 14 days.
  
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• At least two dead in Texas floods ravaging same area where campers died

  17-07-2026 16:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The same area devastated by floods last year's floods, which caused more than 130 deaths, is once again being hit.
  
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• First atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in habitable zone of distant star

  17-07-2026 14:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers have found an Earth-like, rocky planet orbiting within the habitable zone of a distant star with an atmosphere.
  
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