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Pallbearers carry the casket of Jeff Miller, 53, to his green burial site at the Ramsey Creek Preserve in Westminster, South Carolina

Why burying loved ones in unmarked graves could save wildlife

7 November 2017

If we all abandoned traditional burials and instead were buried in nature reserves, the money raised could help preserve every endangered species on land
There is a third species of orangutan and somehow nobody noticed

There is a third species of orangutan and somehow nobody noticed

2 November 2017

Meet your newest cousin. We thought there were only two species of orangutan, but the discovery of the Tapanuli orangutan means there are three

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