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China

China begins drilling 6.2-mile-deep hole into the Earth’s crust

China is drilling a hole into the Earth’s crust in the Taklimakan Desert in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang province to explore and study the unknown. A...

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Watch: World’s only known all-white giant panda is caught on video

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Alarming video shows how Mount Everest became ‘world’s highest garbage dump’

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Hundreds of new species discovered in Southeast Asia’s Mekong region at risk of extinction

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Elephants have lost 64% of their suitable habitat in Asia, study finds

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Last known female Yangtze turtle dies in Vietnam, leaving the sacred species near extinction

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