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Turtle tagging project is helping protect leatherback migratory routes

Conservationists in Panama's Pearl Islands are fitting leatherback turtles with satellite tags, helping scientists understand and protect their migratory routes

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Pacific leatherback turtle and school of fish

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Why biodiversity offsetting is a contentious issue in conservation

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Sand Martin Wood in Faugh near Carlisle, Cumbria, UK, was acquired by the carbon offset company co2balance in September 2006 It has been planted with a broad mix of native trees over 6 hectares and is managed for wildlife as well as the companies offset clients Though seen as controversial by some carbon offsetting is one way of a company or individual to reduce their emissions, as the trees absorb and sequestrate carbon as they grow. (Photo by Ashley Cooper/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images)

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Indigenous Australians have managed land with fire for 11,000 years

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Why bioabundance is just as important as biodiversity

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Two boats from the Ocean Cleanup project collect plastic and garbage from the ocean

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Is cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch worth the effort?

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The unlikely extremophiles lurking in your kitchen

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The unlikely extremophiles lurking in your kitchen

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Insects thrive on solar farms planted with native flowers

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The battle to bring beavers back to Scotland

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Ancient life thrived after supercontinents trapped nutrient-rich soil

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Farmland being farmed

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Climate change will prompt expansion of farming in northern wilderness

As the world warms, vast areas of wilderness in Russia, Canada and Alaska will become more suitable for farming, threatening the local wildlife

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Thousands of animal and plant species in decline across the UK

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jim West/imageBROKER/Shutterstock (4549809a) Children inspect a caterpillar found in their garden which is tended by children ages 5-11 in a program called Growing Healthy Kids, as part of the Earthworks Urban Garden, which grows food for the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Detroit, Michigan, USA VARIOUS

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When nature gives people the 'ick'

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Humans use a quarter of all the biomass created by plants on land

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The proposed Anthropocene definition is unscientific and harmful

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The proposed Anthropocene definition is unscientific and harmful

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