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Video: Bag the Bag

Paper or plastic? Edward Norton describes a simple, easy step everyone can take to help clean up the environment.

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Polar Bear Decision Delay Meant to Protect Oil Leases?

Critics charge that the U.S. government's request to delay a decision on listing the bears as endangered is a tactic tied to the transfer of offshore petroleum leases in the animals' habitat.

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Video: Zoo Bear Twirls Stick

Claude, an Asiatic black bear living in a Japanese zoo, has attracted attention for twirling sticks. The habit could be an act of boredom or play, experts say.

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First Lungless Frog Discovered

Learn about this new example of the dazzling diversity of life on Earth, recently found in a clear, cold-water stream on the island of Borneo.

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Monarch Butterfly

Monarch butterflies are known for the incredible mass migration that brings millions of them to California and Mexico each winter.

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Giant Shrew

An elephant among elephant shrews has been found in remote forests in East Africa.

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