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Breeding populations were hunted to extinction in Britain in the 1400s

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The project will open up four of the houses to the public for the first time.

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The project was a collaboration between Shooting Star and University for the Creative Arts.

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No-one knows how the wild otter got into a zoo's flamingo enclosure, triggering a rescue operation.

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Scientists at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science discovered a 67 million-year-old dinosaur fossil hidden under their noses — in the museum’s parking lot.

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Volunteer, Terry Brown says "you feel like you are doing something of value to the community".

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July is disability pride month

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The Alice L. Walton School of Medicine is trying a new approach to medical education.

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As Red Pandas are endangered, their arrival marks a significant moment for conservation efforts.

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A funding target has been reached to save a cat's life after the owner's insurers refused to pay for treatment.

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The Dudderhouse Hill long cairn will now receive the highest level of heritage protection available.

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The Earth Trust wants to attract more of the growing population to get out in nature.

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A network of 10 kilometers of passages with giant caverns is found in the Forest of Dean.

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The world’s top greenhouse gas emitters denied they had any obligations beyond the UN framework convention on climate change (UNFCCC) and the 2015 Paris agreement. The court resoundingly rejected that argument, saying a range of other treaties applied, including the UN convention on the law of the sea, the Vienna convention for the protection of the ozone layer, the Montreal protocol, the convention on biological diversity and the UN convention to combat desertification.

Customary international law also applied, it said, including principles of sustainable development, common but differentiated responsibilities, equity, intergenerational equity and the precautionary principle. States also had a duty to work together to protect the climate, the court said

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Firefighters say the kitten is being checked over by a vet after she was found in Leicestershire.

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