Rare Albino Orangutan Spotted in Borneo Rainforest
The world’s only known albino orangutan has been spotted alive and well in a Borneo rainforest, more than a year after she was released into the wild, conservationists say.
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Wayfaring Sea Turtles Survived Cold; Now Pneumonia Threatens
A dozen sea turtles that nearly froze when they were too far north last fall as water temperatures abruptly plunged in New Jersey survived that ordeal but remain threatened by the pneumonia most of them developed afterward.
Read moreBurst Water Main Creates Chaos in Houston
Houston courts canceled their Friday dockets, schools are closed and the city is under a boil-water notice after an 8-foot water main burst Thursday and firefighters sent boats to rescue drivers stranded on a flooded freeway.
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Illegal Net Snares Humpback in Endangered Porpoise Refuge
Rescuers in Mexico were partially able to free a humpback whale that became entangled in a fishing net illegally set inside a refuge for the critically endangered vaquita porpoise in the upper Gulf of California, a conservationist group said Monday.
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Spain Finds 69 Migrants Missing for a Day in Smuggling Boat
Spain has located 69 African migrants who had gone missing while trying to reach Europe by boat, the country’s Maritime Rescue service said Tuesday.
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Avalanche Death Toll Rises to 39 in Turkey
Search efforts have resumed in eastern Turkey after two avalanches killed dozens and left at least two people missing, Turkish news agencies reported.
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No Takers for Indonesia’s ‘Pluck a Tire Off the Croc’ Contest
Indonesia has called off a contest offering a cash reward to anyone brave enough to remove a motorbike tire stuck around the neck of a giant crocodile.
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Tibetan Monks Help Release Sea Turtle in Florida Keys
Visiting Tibetan monks helped release a rehabilitated sea turtle in the Florida Keys Thursday.
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Reward Offered for Helping a Crocodile
Indonesian authorities are offering a reward to anyone who can rescue a saltwater crocodile with a motorbike tire stuck around its neck — and survive.
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Russia Rescues 536 Fishermen Stranded on Giant Ice Floe
In a nearly seven-hour operation, Russia’s emergency services rescued 536 ice fishermen after they got stranded on a giant ice floe that broke off the island of Sakhalin in eastern Siberia, officials said.
Read moreThird Horse Rescued in Kentucky Where 20 Others Were Killed
A third horse has been rescued from a strip mine site in Kentucky where 20 horses were found fatally shot.
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Alaska Man Rescued Weeks After Remote Cabin Burned Down
Weeks after an Alaska man’s remote cabin burned down, he was rescued by Alaska State Troopers who found him by a makeshift shelter with an SOS signal stamped in the snow.
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Indonesia Floods Kill 43, Displace 397,000
The death toll from floods in Indonesia’s capital rose to 43 of Friday as rescuers found more bodies in receding floodwaters, disaster officials said.
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Koalas Rescued From Path of Raging Bushfire
A dozen koalas have been rescued from the path of bushfires raging near Sydney, conservationists said Tuesday, as devastating blazes increasingly encroach on critical habitat
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Plane Missing With 38 on Way to Antarctica
Chile’s air force lost radio contact with a transport plane carrying 38 people on a flight Monday evening to the country’s base in Antarctica, and authorities indicated several hours later that they were not optimistic about the aircraft’s fate.
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Survivors Describe Terror of Volcanic Eruption
Survivors of a powerful volcanic eruption in New Zealand ran into the sea to escape the scalding steam and ash and emerged covered in burns, say those who first helped them.
Read moreRescuers Search for Girl, 6, Missing After Truck Swept Away
Nine members of an Arizona family, together for the Thanksgiving holiday, were in an oversized military-style truck when they got stuck in a raging creek swollen by runoff from a powerful storm.
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Powerful Albanian Earthquake Kills at Least 14
Rescue crews used excavators to search for survivors trapped in toppled apartment buildings Tuesday after a powerful predawn earthquake in Albania killed at least 14 people and injured more than 600.
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Seven-Story Building Collapses in Brazil, Trapping People
A seven-story building collapsed Tuesday in an upscale part of the Brazilian city of Fortaleza, killing one person and leaving others trapped with some communicating with family members by cellphone from under debris, officials said.
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Hard Rock Hotel Collapses Under Construction in New Orleans
Rescue crews on Sunday searched for a worker missing in the partial collapse of a New Orleans hotel that was under construction, their work proceeding cautiously amid fears about the stability of the structure, authorities said.
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