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Toucans, tarantulas, hoatzins, scarlet macaws, and caiman. Those are just a few of the species observed by Virginia Tech students this past summer while studying abroad in one of the most biodiverse places on Earth.
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The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the EPA announced more than $13.1 million in grants to support the restoration and conservation of the Chesapeake Bay watershed in six states and the District of Columbia.
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When oil spills in the ocean, disaster response is based on complicated simulations of the damage, which often take valuable time to render.
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Fans of the Star Wars franchise will have to wait more than a year from now to get their fix of Jedi-laden telekinetic spectacles on the big screen.
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East Carolina has hired Mike Houston to serve as its new football coach, meaning JMU is on the lookout for a new head man for the third time in five years.
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Virginia Tech researchers have discovered a method for engineering surfaces on implantable devices that could help reduce deadly infections.
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The Wayne Theatre presents Full Circle, an exhibition emphasizing the collaborative environment of the creative community, in the Exhibit Gallery Nov. 29-Feb. 24.
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New Dominion Bookshop in Charlottesville will host a book talk and signing with Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger, on Wednesday, Dec. 5.
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The new federal climate report (the “Fourth National Climate Assessment”) paints a dire picture of our future—including compromised food safety—if we don’t rein in greenhouse gas emissions.
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“Saving the Earth.” Sounds like quite a grand claim, right? After all, how many times have you heard of public service announcements linking segregating your trash and collecting aluminum cans to ‘saving the environment’?
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