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How do you save endangered gorillas?
Deep in the rainforest of Volcanoes National Park, a 23-year-old female gorilla named Kurudi feeds on a stand of wild celery. She bends the green stalks and, with long careful fingers, peels off the exterior skin to expose the succulent inside.
Swedish activist declines prize: climate doesn't need awards
Teen activist Greta Thunberg, who has inspired millions across the world to stage protests urging leaders to tackle global warming, has declined an environmental prize, saying "the climate movement does not need any more prizes."
Yoga therapist Shweta Varpe coming to Dhaka on Oct 30
Dhaka, Oct 25 (UNB) - Indian yoga therapist Shweta Varpe is scheduled to come to Bangladesh on Oct 30 as the brand ambassador of DORP, a renowned national NGO.
Wild fevervine herb discovered in N. China
Shijiazhuang, Oct 25 (Xinhua/UNB) -- A survey group has found a large cluster of wild Paederia scandens (Chinese fevervine) in north China's Hebei Province during a field investigation for the fourth national survey on Chinese materia medica resources.
EU awards human rights prize to Uighur activist Ilham Tohti
Brussels, Oct 25 (AP/UNB) — The European Union awarded its top human rights prize to economist Ilham Tohti for his work defending China's Uighur minority and urged Beijing to release him from jail.
Climbers rush to beat ban on Australia's iconic rock Uluru
Uluru, Oct 25 (AP/UNB) — The sandstone monolith called Uluru that dominates Australia's arid center has long been celebrated as a prized peak to be conquered and a sacred site to be revered.
Fossil trove shows life's fast recovery after big extinction
New York, Oct 25 (AP/UNB) — A remarkable trove of fossils from Colorado has revealed details of how mammals grew larger and plants evolved after the cataclysm that killed the dinosaurs.
Sea urchin explosion off California, Oregon decimates kelp
Newport, Oct 24 (AP/UNB) — Tens of millions of voracious purple sea urchins that have already chomped their way through towering underwater kelp forests in California are spreading north to Oregon, sending the delicate marine ecosystem off the shore into such disarray that other critical species are starving to death.
Lots of good terns: Bird ready to fly off endangered list
Washington, Oct 23 (AP/UNB) — After 34 years on the endangered species list, a tiny Midwestern bird is ready to fly free of federal protection.
12 women say they were abused as children at school for deaf
White Plains, OCT 18 (AP/UNB) — Twelve women say in a lawsuit that they were sexually abused as children while attending a prestigious school for the hearing impaired.