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Meet the turtles surviving an invasion of enormous tractors

Meet the turtles surviving an invasion of enormous tractors

19 August 2017

The eastern painted turtles must now live among enormous, noisy machinery – and studying them is offering clues to how animals survive alongside heavy industry

Fighting to breathe in the face of Canada’s wildfire emergency

Fighting to breathe in the face of Canada’s wildfire emergency

11 August 2017

British Columbia is facing its worst documented wildfire season in almost 60 years – Mika McKinnon went to the city of Kamloops to find out why
On the trail of dragons with blood that can save people’s lives

On the trail of dragons with blood that can save people’s lives

2 August 2017

The gigantic Komodo dragons of Indonesia have been known to kill people – but their blood is rich with peptides that may destroy antibiotic-resistant bacteria

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