Ice fisher has 2nd thoughts about hunting after rescuing female moose from lake

Seasoned anglers often talk about the big one that got away, but it's unlikely any of them can top the story being told by Reggie Jackson. Jackson, 37, who lives in Flin Flon, Man., was ice fishing on nearby Wildnest Lake in northern Saskatchewan Wednesday. He had just caught his limit of fish and was heading back home when he noticed another man who had taken down his shack still hadn't left.

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The world’s oldest medieval map

Created around 1300, it is the largest surviving map from the Middle Ages and offers a glimpse into the mindset of the ancient Christian world.

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The insect apocalypse is not here but there are reasons for concern

How real is insectageddon?

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Citing climate change, U.S. judge blocks oil and gas drilling in Wyoming

A judge blocked oil and gas drilling across almost 500 square miles in Wyoming and said the U.S. government must consider climate change impacts more broadly as it leases huge swaths of public land for energy exploration. The order marks the latest in a string of court rulings over the past decade — including one last month in Montana — that have faulted the U.S. for inadequate consideration of greenhouse gas emissions when approving oil, gas and coal projects on federal land.

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Reforestation Drones Drop Seeds Instead of Bombs, Planting 100,000 Trees Per Day Each

The math is simple. Humans are cutting down 15 billion trees a year and replanting only 9 billion, creating an annual net loss of 6 billion trees. Planting trees by hand is time consuming and expensive, making it difficult to keep up with bulldozers clear-cutting over 40 football fields of trees ever minute. We’ve had impressive efforts, such as India planting 66 million trees in a day, but that was a large-scale event, which required organizing millions of volunteers. It would be difficult to recreate something like that on a regular basis.

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Aging Is a Communication Breakdown

Genes that can’t express themselves may be hallmarks of cancer. By Jim Kozubek.

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Tyrannosaurus Rex Found In Canada Is The World's Largest T-Rex

Share Scotty, names as such after the bottle of scotch the researchers drank after their discovery, is a Tyrannosaurus Rex that was found in Canada. Now, scientists revealed that Scotty is the world’s largest T-Rex ever unearthed. This “Canadian” Tyrannosaurus Rex measured 13 meters in length and about 9,000 kilos in weight. According to scientists …

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