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The many ways Trump wants to change D.C., from buildings to statues to parks
Many of the changes Trump wants to make to the White House and the city are facing legal challenges. Some are reversible, while others could reshape the nation's capital for genera…
Trump administration falls behind on wildfire prevention with risky fire season ahead
Many of the nation's overgrown forests are at high risk of burning. Under the Trump administration, work to reduce flammable vegetation fell by more than a million acres compared t…
Birds flourish in Colombian region once home to guerrilla groups
In Colombia, decades of fighting between the government, left-wing guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries, and narco-traffickers preserved bird habitats in Colombia.
Camera shows Sumatra orangutan using a canopy bridge to cross a road for the firs time
A Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time using a human-made canopy bridge to cross a public road on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, conservationists said Monday
The baffling ecological disaster that's killing America's freshwater mussels
Biologists are racing to save America's freshwater mussels – the water-filtering keystone species that once filled the country's rivers and streams – from extinction
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Imperiled 'cloud jaguar' spotted in Honduran mountains for the first time in a decade
These images, conservationists say, are evidence that wildlife corridors are paying off
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