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Brazil Creates Buffer Zone Around Precious Coral Reefs

Brazil enacted protections for the coral reefs which are the biologically richest in the South Atlantic. A buffer zone was created around the Abrolhos National Marine Park involving nearly 95,000 square kilometers â€" an area larger than Portugal.

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Amur Tiger Cubs Born in Southeast Siberia for First Time in Over 100 Years

The first birth of Amur tiger cubs in over a century has been reported in southeast Siberia, according to WWF.

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Extinct Frogs Rediscovered in Colombia

Two frog species feared extinct have been rediscovered in Colombia, a boost for scientists battling to save rare amphibians

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Tennessee: Brook Trout on the Rebound

The brook trout, once endangered in the Eastern US is making a comeback. So much that officials are allowing catching and keeping for the first time in 30 years.

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New Agreement Governing High-Seas Fishing in Indian Ocean

Faced with a marked increase in fishing on the high seas, six countries and the EU have signed an agreement covering a vast area of the South Indian Ocean in what a United Nations official has hailed as a major step forward in conservation and sustainable fishing.

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Butterflies Fly Freer in the Americas

A glimmer of orange will continue to blossom across Canada, the United States and Mexico. All three have agreed to designate thirteen Monarch butterfly preserves as part of a new Trilateral Monarch Butterfly Sister Protected Area Network.

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Rays of Hope in the Philippines

Nine manta rays were recently spotted for the first time in 20 years gliding through Basura, the internationally-renowned dive site in the Philippines.

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500,000 Oysters Added to the Bay in Record Year

Volunteers with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation planted hundreds of thousands of baby oysters into a specially prepared habitat made of recycled chunks of concrete last week.