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International Vulture Awareness Day: Protect nature's clean-up crew

What do you think of vultures? Ferocious scavengers? Carcass chasers? Their unique food preferences often make people misunderstand them and neglect their contribution to the environment. By eating c

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A humpback whale jumps out of the water in the Pacific Ocean

A humpback whale jumps out of the water in the Pacific Ocean at the Uramba Bahia Malaga National Natural Park in Colombia on August 26, 2021. The park is an area of high biodiversity and is said to h

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Swimming with whale sharks

00:52 A female diver got a special treat during a session off the coast of Cebu City, in the Philippines – she ran into a herd of endangered whale sharks. Take a look. Check out The Chi

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Finding the mother of unweaned, stranded killer whale in NZ

A male killer whale calf was found stranded on rocks near Plimmerton, north of Wellington, New Zealand on July 11.Named Toa,Maori for "warrior,"the 2.5-meter-long whale is believed to be four to six

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A Bryde's whale shows up in S China's Shenzhen

A whale was seen foraging on Tuesday in Dapeng New District, Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province.The whale is an eight-meter-long Bryde's whale and it might be t

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Authorities transport carcass of humpback whale

Authorities in the town of Mörbylånga on the Swedish island of Oland began transporting the corpse of a humpback whale that washed up on the shores of the Baltic Sea in April. The carcass is being tr

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Suez Canal: Owner of cargo ship blocking waterway apologizes

A backhoe tries to dig out the keel of the Ever Given, a Panama-flagged cargo ship, that is wedged across the Suez Canal and blocking traffic in the vital waterway, March 25, 2021. /AP The Jap

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Swimmers help dead gray whale back to ocean in America

A gray whale that died after beaching itself is seen in the surf at Dockweiler State Beach on March 18, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. The whale, which appeared to ha

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Whales are under significant threat from ship strikes. Could new technology save them?

It's hoped the project will lead to an early warning system to help ships avoid hitting whales and to gather sound pollution data.

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Whales' cancer resistance 'in their genes'

Whales, dolphins and porpoises have two properties that should not in theory go together, they have a long lifespan for mammals and they tend to be resistant to cancer.A new study suggests that the r

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Silver prices surge to five-month high as retail buyers pile in

One-kilogram silver bars at Gold Investments Ltd., London, UK, July 29, 2020. /CFP Silver prices leapt to a five-month high on Monday and small silver miners listed in Australia surged after s

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Whale carcass washes up on Bali beach

01:09 The rotting carcass of a nearly 14-meter-long whale washed up Thursdayon a Bali beach popular with tourists.The Denpasar Coast and Sea Resources Agency is investigating the death

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Divvy raises $165M as the spend management space stays red-hot

Today Divvy, a Utah-based startup that focuses on corporate spend management, announced that it has closed a $165 million round at a $1.6 billion valuation. The company said that the new capital was r

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StockX raises $275m Series E, valuing the retailer at $2.8b

StockX today announced its Series E funding led by Tiger Global. The $275 million funding round values the company at $2.8 billion at a post-money valuation. The company intends to use the cash to acc

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A 2,000-year-old cat etching emerges from a hillside in Peru

01:03 Archaeologists busy with maintenance work at the UNESCO heritage site of Nazca Lines in Peru came upon the etching of a large cat stretching for 37 meters on a hillside.Experts b

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A toned-down Oktoberfest kicks off in Munich

01:21 In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, resilient innkeepers in Munich, Germany, are set to keep the tradition of the Oktoberfest alive, despite its official cancelation.The year o

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Chime adds $485M at a $14.5B valuation, claims EBITDA profitability

In the midst of IPO week we have to add another name to our future debuts’ list, namely Chime, which announced a huge new round of capital today. The $485 million Series F values the consumer fi