mammals
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A City in Washington Wants to Give Orcas Their Own Version of Human Rights
A mayor and city council in the Pacific Northwest are hoping to help a group of endangered orcas by formally declaring that these marine mammals should have legal rights.
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Florida Manatees Are Starving En Masse. Conservation Groups Want Them Back on Endangered List
Environmental groups launched a petition on Monday to once again list manatees as endangered, as hundreds of the beloved sea cows die from starvation.
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Drought Is Killing Zebras, Elephants, and Wildebeest in East Africa
More than one thousand of some of Kenya’s most endangered animals have died this year because of a devastating drought gripping the region.
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Oldest Human DNA Found in the UK Reveals Origins of Early Britons
Researchers investigating ancient remains found in England and Wales have determined that they contain some of the oldest human DNA ever obtained in the United Kingdom. The DNA indicates Britain was occupied by two unrelated groups, which the scientists believe migrated to the island at the end of the last ice age.