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European otter
The European otter (Lutra lutra) is a broadly distributed marine mammal found in both marine and freshwater systems over considerable portions of Europe, Asia and North Africa;... More »
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Jean-Michel Cousteau: use of oil dispersants...
The Rundown caught up with ocean explorer and occasional PBS host Jean-Michel Cousteau to chat about what his team discovered on dives in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon... More »
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Earth's atmosphere
The Earth's atmosphere is an envelope of gas that surrounds the Earth and extends from the Earth's surface out thousands of kilometres, becoming increasingly thinner (less dense)... More »
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Jamaican dry forests
Jamaican dry forests is an ecoregion that covers a minority of the land area of the nation island of Jamaica, which ranks fifth among the Earth's islands in terms of endemic plant... More »
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Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park, Andalucia,...
Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park lies along the Alboran Sea of the Mediterranean coast of Andalucia, Spain. The most arid area in the entirety of Europe, it boasts varied... More »
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Douglas-fir
The Douglas-fir (scientific name: Pseudotsuga) is a genus of tree that includes ar least five species found in North America and... More »
Turkish Straits
Last Updated on 2013-05-24 at 13:41
The Bosporus and Dardanelles are the Turkish Straits and divide Asia from Europe.
The Bosporus is a 17-mile long waterway that connects the Black Sea with the... More »
Dardanelles
Last Updated on 2013-05-24 at 13:41
The Dardanelles (formerly known as the Hellespont) is a 38 mile (61 km) long waterway that links the Sea of Marmara (and through the Bosporus Strait, the Black Sea) with the... More »
Panamá
Last Updated on 2013-05-24 at 13:23
Panama is a nation of three-and-a-half million people, located between Costa Rica to the north and Columbia to the south.
Panama connects the continental land masses of... More »
Isthmus of Panama
Last Updated on 2013-05-24 at 13:10
The Isthmus of Panama (sometimes known as the Isthmus of Darien), a narrow strip of land connecting the continents of North and South America. The Isthmas in crossed by the... More »
Sumatran lowland rainforests
Last Updated on 2013-05-24 at 00:32
The Sumatran lowland rainforests are one of the most diverse forests on Earth and also among the most threatened.
These forests contain comparable levels of More »
Extraterrestrial soils
Last Updated on 2013-05-23 at 18:48
Extraterrestrial soils may be defined as any of the solid granular crustal features of planets and moon other than those soils on planet Earth. Despite four decades of space... More »
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