National Geographic- News

 

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  Bird Feeding Takes Wing

  Backyard birding is on the rise in the U.S., where designer seed and summer feeding are i
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  Explaining America's Seafood Crisis

  Author Paul Greenberg addresses the unraveling of the American seafood economy and what can be done about it.
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  Pictures: Scoop—It's National Ice Cream Month

  July is the month to celebrate the sweet treat, thanks to President Ronald Reagan who issued the proclamation in 1984.
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  Rare Indian Bird Threatened

  Choice of a radar station over an endangered bird could signal a lower commitment to conservation.
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  Lost Boobies: Harbingers of El Niño?

  Starving Peruvian boobies suggest a strong El Nino is brewing in the Pacific Ocean.
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  Best Space Pictures This Week

  A storm startles space station astronauts, radio signals surprise astronomers, and the mystery of dust finds an answer in the week's best space pictures.
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  Milky Way’s Most Distant Stars Spotted

  A newly-discovered star now holds the record as the most distant one in our Mily Way Galaxy.
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  Celebrating 101 Years of Tour de France

  What was once a predominantly French race—created to up the sales of the sports newspaper L'Auto—is now a global competition, with riders from 34 countries joining the race.
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