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Of the 21 albatross species, 19 are threatened or endangered. The Chatham albatross is critically endangered, with only about 11,000 of the birds remaining.

The Amazing Albatrosses

They fly 50 miles per hour. Go years without touching land. Predict the weather. And they’re among the world’s most endangered birds

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Kiwi Ingenuity

A fleet of inventions aims to protect albatrosses from harm

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Richard Lerner

The Tufts University developmental scientist challenges the myth of the troubled adolescent in his new book, “The Good Teen”

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Flying North to Fly South

Preparing the critically endangered whooping crane for migration could save the flock

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Seeking Friendlier Skies

Can radar networks eliminate airplane turbulence?

Long Live the Queen

Chinese river dolphin

Extinct?

New York City had an estimated population density of 28,491 people per square mile

Increasing Noise Blamed for Modern Deaths

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle Soars off Endangered Species List

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You Are Short And You’re Gonna Die Soon

Killing Every Last Bee

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Put Away Your Plow, Farmer

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Pope Goes Green

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Russia Claims North Pole, Endangers Wildlife

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Tiny Sensors to Detect Weaknesses in Bridges

Birds Inspire Pine Growth

"As a kid I pictured myself as a scientist," says Reichs. "I never anticipated writing fiction."

On the Case

Kathy Reichs, the forensic expert who helped inspire the TV show “Bones,” talks about homicides, DNA and her latest novel

How exactly was the Great Pyramid built? Inside-out, thinks architect Jean-Pierre Houdin.

Monumental Shift

Tackling an ages-old puzzle, a French architect offers a new theory on how the Egyptians built the Great Pyramid at Giza

The native westslope cutthroat trout (named for the slash of red on its throat) is staging a comeback after decades of losing ground to its immigrant cousins in the Rocky Mountains.

Native Trout Are Returning to America’s Rivers

Native trout are returning to America’s rivers and streams, thanks to new thinking by scientists and conservationists

Two days after the killings, villagers poured in to help rangers carry bodies back to Bukima and then on to Rumangabo for burial. Here, volunteers are taking the pregnant and badly burned Mburanumwe out of the forest.

State of Emergency

The slaughter of four endangered mountain gorillas in war-ravaged Congo sparks conservationist action

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