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Rhino Shot Dead by Poachers at French Zoo

Rhino Shot Dead by Poachers at French Zoo

A young white rhino was killed after being shot in the head three times by poachers who broke into the Thoiry Zoo in Paris Monday night. Poachers de-horned the 4-year-old rhino, named Vince, and left alive two other white rhinos, 37-year-old Gracie and 5-year-old Bruno. They left part of Vince’s second horn, leading local police […]

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    Glaciers on These 25 Mountains Will Completely Melt in 25 Years

    Glaciers on These 25 Mountains Will Completely Melt in 25 Years

    By Alex Kirby Girdling the Earth are 25 mountains whose peaks stand out a brilliant white against the dark rock. But in 25 years from now, an Australian scientist says, the snow on these equatorial summits will have vanished—because climate change will have raised the temperature enough to melt every one of the glaciers. By […]