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Two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an endangered species in the U.S., bringing to three the number of slinky predators genetically identical to one of the last such animals found in the wild, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday. Efforts to breed the
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There were 56 wild, endangered Puerto Rican parrots living around El Yunque National Forest before Hurricane Maria in 2017. After the storm, there was only one survivor. “I’ll admit that a couple of times I just cried,” said Tom White, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, who’s been working for 30 years
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Responding to an independent review of NASA’s ambitious Mars Sample Return mission, agency officials said Monday they will seek fresh ideas from agency engineers, researchers and the private sector to come up with alternative mission designs to reign in sky-rocketing costs and get the precious samples back to Earth earlier. The independent review board concluded
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Jan Dell is a former chemical engineer who has spent years telling an inconvenient truth about plastics. “So many people, they see the recyclable label, and they put it in the recycle bin,” she said. “But the vast majority of plastics are not recycled.” About 48 million tons of plastic waste is generated in the
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Periodical cicadas aren’t present every spring, but when they do emerge, they come in loud, buzzing hordes. This year, trillions of these beady-eyed bugs are expected to appear in several U.S. states. Here’s what you need to know about cicadas. Periodical cicadas There are two types of periodical cicadas — ones that come out every
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While millions of people looked skyward at Monday’s total solar eclipse on Monday, a handful of earthlings took in a much different view of the rare phenomenon — from the International Space Station. As the station orbited above southeastern Canada, flight engineers Matthews Dominick and Jeanette Epps managed to photograph and videotape the moon’s shadow
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Scientists and zookeepers watched Monday as giraffes, gorillas, lions, macaws and flamingoes exhibited unusual behavior during the total solar eclipse. Because total eclipses happen so infrequently, researchers don’t know much about how they impact animals. They studied animals on Monday at several zoos situated along the eclipse path of totality, such as the Fort Worth
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Total solar eclipse cuts path across U.S. – CBS News Watch CBS News Millions in the U.S., Mexico and Canada were able to see a total solar eclipse on Monday. The eclipse’s path of totality cut through 15 states, but even those outside the path were still able to see a partial eclipse. “CBS Evening
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Bill Nye discusses total solar eclipse – CBS News Watch CBS News Bill Nye “The Science Guy” got to see the total solar eclipse from Fredericksburg, Texas. He spoke with “CBS Evening News” anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell about what it was like. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser
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After the April 8 total solar eclipse, the next total solar eclipse that will be visible from the contiguous United States will be on Aug. 23, 2044. Before that, there will be an annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2 of this year, according to NASA. It will be visible in parts of South America, with
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