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Network of Mics Helps Track Sea Creatures on the Move

Scientists track salmon, sharks and other sea creatures along the Pacific Coast.

Serengeti’s Great Migrations May Be on Road to Ruin

Commercial road could cut off millions of animals, if built.

Slabs of North American Continent Are Layered Like Cake

Boundary between older and newer portions of continent probed.

Tiny Creatures Crossed Antarctica on Ancient Seaway

Pathway now a solid layer of ice.

Why Antarctic Fish Don't Freeze

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New Type of El Niño Emerges as Climate Changes

These El Niños warm different Pacific waters.

Rare Siberian Tigers to Get Haven on Chinese-Russian Border

Effort hopes to conserve tiger species on the brink of extinction.

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