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VIDEO: China releases six giant pandas into 'semi-wild'

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Officials in China are taking their biggest step yet in an effort to release more captive-bred pandas into the wild, in hopes of rebuilding dwindling stocks of the animals.
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Tripoli's zoo still looking for help to keep its animals fed

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Ever since the revolution in Libya this past summer and fall, the Tripoli Zoo has struggled to find money for the $2,000 in food its animals need every day. Charities have helped but zoo officials say that could run out in the next month.
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VIDEO: Chinese aquarium set to unveil two-month old polar bear cubs

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Two polar bear cubs will be unveiled to the Chinese public during the upcoming New Year's celebration, but the state recently released video of the two cubs rolling around, exploring their world
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VIDEO: A sanctuary in the Congo takes in orphaned chimpanzees

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Orphaned chimpanzees are common in central Africa, their parents poached and killed for exotic restaurants or sold into the pet trade. But a sanctuary for young chimps is taking them in and hopes to return them to the wild.
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Illegal bird trapping a surging problem in Cyprus

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In Cyprus, there's a tradition of hunting and killing millions of migratory birds. The poaching had dwindled recently but as focus has drifted off the problem, has surged back.
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North Pole reindeer in danger of extinction

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The Peary caribou and the dolphin union caribous live in the shadow of the North Pole. Changing global climates have the diminutive reindeer on the verge of extinction.
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In Oregon, a new marine reserve that should help scientists document fish travels

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Oregon's about to open its first marine reseve, off the coast of Port Orford. Now, scientists are trying to use the area to study the life cycle and patterns of fish, to try and get a better sense of how they live their lives.
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VIDEO: 2 male penguins, thought to be gay, now mating with females

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Pedro and Buddy, two male penguins at the Toronto Zoo, had taken up nesting together, prompting some to say that this might be another examples of homosexuality in the animal kingdom. Zookeepers intervened, however, in order to breed the endangered species and now they're in the company of females.
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Illinois hoping our stomach will be next weapon against invasive Asian Carp

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In Illinois, the battle to keep Asian Carp out of Lake Michigan and the entire Great Lakes continues. Their hope is that food pantries can be an important ally in the effort to keep the fish at bay.
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VIDEO: Cryogenics may be the key to saving Australia's Great Barrier Reef

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Scientists from the United States and Australia are teaming up to try and help save disappearing coral reefs, by freezing coral eggs and sperm, so that endangered species aren't lost. The coral can be grown in the lab, and then implanted on the reefs.
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