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Most days it is easy to think God may have forgotten about Afghanistan, but there can be a day when you feel like you are in heaven.
Efforts to make Band-e-Amir a national park began in the 1970s but were put on hold through the decades of war that ravaged the country. The U.S. and Afghan governments, along with the Wildlife Conservation Society, began working with local communities in 2006 to revive that vision.
The Irrawaddy, one of the world's rarest species of freshwater dolphins, have been found in surprisingly large numbers deep in the waterlogged jungles of Bangladesh.
Rare images of an African animal so elusive that it was once believed to be mythical have been released.
An estimated 125,000 Western lowland gorillas are living in a swamp in equatorial Africa, researchers reported Tuesday, double the number of the endangered primates thought to survive worldwide.
Conservationists find 125,000 undiscovered western lowland gorillas in Africa, suggesting the species is safe
Wildlife researchers said Tuesday that they've discovered
125,000 western lowland gorillas deep in the forests of the Republic of
Congo, calling it a major increase in the animal's estimated
population
Planet in Peril, a CNN worldwide investigation, takes viewers around the globe in a two-part, four-hour documentary that examines our changing planet. Planet in Peril looks at four key issues: climate change, vanishing habitats, disappearing species and human population growth.
How much would you pay to name a new species? It's a mammal. Now how much would you pay? Not only is it a mammal, it's a monkey, a cute, furry little primate from the Bolivian rainforest.
Most days it is easy to think God may have forgotten about Afghanistan, but there can be a day when you feel like you are in heaven.
Efforts to make Band-e-Amir a national park began in the 1970s but were put on hold through the decades of war that ravaged the country. The U.S. and Afghan governments, along with the Wildlife Conservation Society, began working with local communities in 2006 to revive that vision.
The Irrawaddy, one of the world's rarest species of freshwater dolphins, have been found in surprisingly large numbers deep in the waterlogged jungles of Bangladesh.
Rare images of an African animal so elusive that it was once believed to be mythical have been released.
An estimated 125,000 Western lowland gorillas are living in a swamp in equatorial Africa, researchers reported Tuesday, double the number of the endangered primates thought to survive worldwide.
Conservationists find 125,000 undiscovered western lowland gorillas in Africa, suggesting the species is safe
Wildlife researchers said Tuesday that they've discovered
125,000 western lowland gorillas deep in the forests of the Republic of
Congo, calling it a major increase in the animal's estimated
population
Planet in Peril, a CNN worldwide investigation, takes viewers around the globe in a two-part, four-hour documentary that examines our changing planet. Planet in Peril looks at four key issues: climate change, vanishing habitats, disappearing species and human population growth.
How much would you pay to name a new species? It's a mammal. Now how much would you pay? Not only is it a mammal, it's a monkey, a cute, furry little primate from the Bolivian rainforest.
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