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CNN

China to explore 'dark side' of the moon
CNN
(CNN) China has confirmed it plans to send a spacecraft to land on the moon's "dark side" before 2020, state media reports -- a mission, which, if successful, would make it the first country to do so. The mission will be carried out by the lunar probe ...
China Aims to Be First to Land on Far Side of Moon   Beijing Review

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Nature World Report

(LISTEN) Sperm whales have their own versions of 'click' language
Nature World Report
Researchers from the Canadian Dalhousie University found that just like us humans, sperm whales pick up their click language from their family and close circle. They too reach out to each other in their own version of the language.
Sperm Whales In Different Social Groups 'Talk' In Different Dialects   Tech Times
Sperm whale study shows they may be culturally active; have own dialects   Techie News
Whales Have Dialects Just Like Humans, Study Finds   TIME
Gizmodo
SlashGear
Newsweek
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Reuters

Climate change denial days over in oil rich Alberta: minister
Reuters
CALGARY, Alberta The environment minister of Alberta, the province where the oil sands industry is Canada's fastest growing source of carbon emissions, says the days of denying climate change are over. The minister, Shannon Phillips, told a conference ...
Braid: Worsening air quality sets stage for NDP environmental moves   Calgary Herald
Alberta working with US, UK on climate policy: environment minister   Turtle Island News
Central Alberta region exceeds air-quality limits   BlackburnNews.com
Alberta Daily Herald Tribune
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Edmonton Journal

Baby zebra new addition to Edmonton Valley Zoo
Edmonton Journal
The Edmonton Valley Zoo has a new resident: a baby zebra. The female Grevy's zebra was born Tuesday at the zoo in Laurier Park. Grevy's zebras are the most endangered of the three species of zebra and are primarily found in Kenya and Ethiopia.

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ABC News

Kayaker Films Unusual Encounter With Whales
ABC News
A kayaker filmed a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with a pod of whales off the coast of Washington's San Juan Islands. Michelle Feis says she and a guide were kayaking near the Islands in late-August when dozens of orca whales – she estimated around 30 ...

Michelle Feis: Kayaker Surrounded By Killer Whales, Swimming Right Under Her ...   The Inquisitr
Orcas up close & personal   Castanet.net
Watch as orca killer whales circle kayaker off San Juan Island   AmeriPublications
CBC.ca
KIRO Seattle
E Canada Now
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Radio Canada International

Predators, prey, and the mathematics of nature
Radio Canada International
Science has long presumed, and taught, that when the numbers of prey increase, the number of predators increase in a linear relationship. New research says that's not actually the case at all, that a doubling of prey does not result in a doubling of ...
Predator biomass no match for prey   Nature.com
Predator-Prey Pattern: New Law Of Nature Shows That Predators Don't Increase ...   News Every day
Predator-prey ratio may reveal a new law of nature   Geek Snack
McGill Reporter
The Budapest Report
Weekly Observer
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CBC.ca

New Alberta parks make unprotected BC stand out 'like sore thumb'
CBC.ca
Environmentalists in the Kootenays say it's time British Columbia stepped up and matched its neighbours to the east. Alberta's NDP government just created two new parks in the Rocky Mountains, covering 100,000 hectares of the Castle Wilderness area, on ...

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