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FOURTEEN baby North Atlantic right whales are sighted off the Florida coast

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FOURTEEN baby North Atlantic right whales are sighted off the Florida coast in ‘most encouraging calving season in years’ There are thought to be an estimated 356 North Atlantic right whales left Of those just 70 whales are believed to be adult females of child-bearing-age  Of the 14 calves born this winter three were to … Read more

146 Americans have UK ‘super-covid’ as cases DOUBLE in Florida and variant strikes 60 countries

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Florida has become America’s new ‘super-COVID’ hotspot, leading the country in known cases. At least 46 cases of the highly contagious variant first identified in the UK have been found in the Sunshine State, more than double the initial figure of 22. The new strain, B 1.1.7., is feared to be up to 70 percent … Read more

Kangaroo joey called Harry hops on American Airline flight from North Carolina to Virginia

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Fancy some extra leg roo-m! Kangaroo joey called Harry hops on American Airline flight from North Carolina to Virginia Kangaroo joey named Harry boarded a flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Newport News, Virginia  Harry was being flown to the Virginian city as part of a conservation effort  Video was taken by flight attendant Bobby … Read more

From Delia Owen to Stuart Turton, Julia Quinn, Richard Osman and John le Carré: The best audiobooks 

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From Delia Owen’s debut to a murder mystery by Stuart Turton, The Duke And I by Julia Quinn, Richard Osman’s No1 and the late John le Carré’s masterpiece, the best audiobooks By Event Critics Published: 22:01 GMT, 9 January 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 9 January 2021 Where The Crawdads Sing Delia Owens      … Read more

Satellite images reveal one-third of US rivers have changed in color from blue to green and yellow

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Thousands of rivers across the US have significantly changed color over the last 36 years, a new study reveals. A team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill analyzed 235,000 satellite images taken from 1984 through 2018 and found one-third of rivers have transitioned from blue to green and yellow. More than half … Read more

The wacky and wonderful castles of America

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Europe is the birthplace of the castle (thank you, the Normans) – but you can get your fairytale fix in the U.S, too. MailOnline Travel has scoured America for some of the country’s most spectacular medieval-inspired structures, complete with turrets, towers, moats, dungeons and great halls. Over in California, Castello di Amorosa is a sublime abode inspired by … Read more

Netflix and creators of Outer Banks sued over ‘stealing’ plot of teen drama from author K.W. Wooten

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Netflix and the creators of Outer Banks sued over ‘stealing’ plot of their teen drama from author K.W. Wooten By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com Published: 16:29 GMT, 27 December 2020 | Updated: 19:09 GMT, 27 December 2020 Independently-published author K.W. Wooten has reportedly sued Netflix and the creators of Outer Banks for ‘stealing’ the plot … Read more