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What is a genetically modified organism?

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What is a genetically modified organism?

A genetically modified organism (GMO) is usually defined as an organism whose DNA has been altered by genetic engineering.

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Ring-necked parakeet

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How the coronavirus pandemic is affecting wildlife and conservation

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How the coronavirus pandemic is affecting wildlife and conservation

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EU plans to plant 3 billion trees and massively expand organic farming

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EU plans to plant 3 billion trees and massively expand organic farming

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Cold war spy satellite images reveal long-term decline in biodiversity

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Cold war spy satellite images reveal long-term decline in biodiversity

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What lies beneath: diving to the UK’s answer to the Great Barrier Reef

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What lies beneath: diving to the UK’s answer to the Great Barrier Reef

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Optimism can avert climate disaster, say duo who brokered Paris deal

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Optimism can avert climate disaster, say duo who brokered Paris deal

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UN biodiversity summit could move from China due to coronavirus

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UN biodiversity summit could move from China due to coronavirus

A major United Nations biodiversity summit to negotiate plans to stop the loss of species around the world could be moved from China because of the coronavirus outbreak

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We live in testing times, but there are many reasons to be optimistic

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Insect biomass in Britain falling but may still be double 1960s level

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How international conservation groups are betraying indigenous peoples

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Alien life could be weirder than our Earthling brains can ever imagine

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