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Walrus in the sea

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Vikings probably hunted Iceland's walruses to extinction for ivory

Iceland had a unique population of walruses that disappeared after people first settled there – probably because the Vikings hunted them to extinction

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Picture of ancient worm

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540-million-year-old worm was first segmented animal that could move

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Cave bear skeleton

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Europe’s extinct cave bears went into decline just as humans arrived

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We're pushing 28,000 species closer to extinction

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We're pushing 28,000 species closer to extinction

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Fossilised fish

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Incredible fossil find may be first victims of dino-killer asteroid

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Don't panic about The Uninhabitable Earth, a new book predicting chaos

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Don't panic about The Uninhabitable Earth, a new book predicting chaos

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Wild animals are turning nocturnal to keep away from humans

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Wild animals are turning nocturnal to keep away from humans

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Britain’s hedgehog population has fallen 66 per cent in 20 years

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Britain’s hedgehog population has fallen 66 per cent in 20 years

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Africa's 2000-year-old trees of life are suddenly dying off

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Africa's 2000-year-old trees of life are suddenly dying off

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Europeans now burn more palm oil in their cars than they eat

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Europeans now burn more palm oil in their cars than they eat

Palm oil consumption in the EU jumped by 7 per cent in 2017 because it is increasingly used as a biofuel – driving the destruction of orangutans’ habitat

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Earth

Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused massive global warming

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Earth

Half of life on Earth has vanished since we arrived on the scene

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Chinese giant salamanders may already be virtually extinct

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Humans

Harsh: Europe's cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived

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