58 pilot whales die in New Zealand beach stranding
NEW DELHI - It was a wet Friday morning in the national capital as rains continued for the second consecutive day and the weatherman predicted more showers as the day progressed.
BEIJING - China has launched a global campaign to select six "pambassadors" - people who would have the privilege of spending a whole month looking after and learning more about the endangered pandas.
Whooping cranes may return to LouisianaNEW ORLEANS — The whooping crane — one of the world's most endangered birds and one of the first animals on the U.S. endangered list — could be back in Louisiana's wetlands as early as February under a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal.
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