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Venomous snakes likely to migrate en masse amid global heating, says study
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Mother bear attacks truck on forest road in Japan
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41 Indigo Snakes — the Longest Snake Species Native to the U.S. — Released in Florida
The non-venomous snakes are a "lynchpin species in the longleaf pine ecosystem," which Florida experts are working to restore
The Independent
May Bank Holiday weekend weather set for washout with rain and showers across UK
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CNN
Dozens killed in highway collapse in China
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Wild orangutan observed treating wound with medicinal plant for first time
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Sky News
Orangutan seen using medicinal plant to treat wound in first for wild animals
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Weather maps show bank holiday weather forecast where you are as Met Office issues warning over uncertainty
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FTW Outdoors
Montana antler hunter kills grizzly bear during tense encounter
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The Telegraph
Hail storm wipes out Chablis vineyards
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The BBC’s confusing weather forecast is nothing new – but AI could change everything
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Sky News
Kenyan tour guide rescues 14 tourists after devastating floods crash through the Maasai Mara
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Sky News
Bird flu: 'Strong evidence' suggests virus has passed from mammals to humans for first time
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CNN
Hundreds of thousands of fish die off in Vietnam as heatwave roasts Southeast Asia
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Birmingham Live
Man arrested after 'hunting deer and muntjac' at Midland beauty spot
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Venomous snakes likely to migrate en masse amid global heating, says study

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Have Gen Z forgotten about climate change?

Mother bear attacks truck on forest road in Japan

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May Bank Holiday weekend weather set for washout with rain and showers across UK

Dozens killed in highway collapse in China

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Wild orangutan observed treating wound with medicinal plant for first time

Orangutan seen using medicinal plant to treat wound in first for wild animals

Weather maps show bank holiday weather forecast where you are as Met Office issues warning over uncertainty

Montana antler hunter kills grizzly bear during tense encounter

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