Russia is demanding Norway pay up to $4.4 million in compensation after 42 Norwegian reindeer wandered across the border

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Reindeer during the 10th Arctic Race of Norway, Stage 2 a 153.4km stage from Alta to Hammerfest on August 18, 2023 in Hammerfest, Norway.
Reindeer during the 10th Arctic Race of Norway, Stage 2 a 153.4km stage from Alta to Hammerfest on August 18, 2023 in Hammerfest, Norway.

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Cargill ingredients are probably in every meal you eat. That makes the company's environmental goals a big deal.

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Pilar Cruz
Pilar Cruz, chief sustainability officer at Cargill.

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Jack Ma started off as a school teacher and built China's Amazon. But 3 years after Beijing cracked down on his tech businesses, Ma's now turned to farming.

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Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group.
Jack Ma started off as a school teacher and built China's Amazon. But 3 years after Beijing cracked down on his tech businesses, Ma's now turned to farming.

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More than 25% of biodiversity is under our feet — but we're destroying it. A biotech startup that's raised $56 million has a plan to help save our soil.

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A cross between domestic pigs and wild boars was intentionally bred in Canada. The resulting 'super pigs' escaped captivity and could be invading the US.

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Feral pigs are already a nuisance in southern US states, but
Feral pigs are already a nuisance in southern US states, but "super pigs" from Canada could be invading from the north.

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To survive nuclear apocalypse, you may have to eat nothing but mushrooms, rats, and insects

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Raphael Manet checks the growth of oyster mushrooms at the "Bunker Comestible," (the "edible bunker") in Strasbourg, France.

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Ron DeSantis' past views could come back to bite him in Iowa, a critical state for any GOP challenger to Trump

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

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MAP: From the Bible Belt to the Rust Belt, the United States has 13 distinct 'belts'

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A map of the US that shows different belts highlighted in various colors.
Regions of America that transcend state lines include the Bible Belt and the Rust Belt.

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China claims it successfully cloned 3 'super cows' that make vastly more milk than normal cows do

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Cows are seen at a dairy farming company in Handan, Hebei Province, China, on November 15, 2021.
Cows are seen at a dairy farming company in Handan, Hebei Province, China, on November 15, 2021.

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Nobody Is Happy With the Federal Grazing Program

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At the first National Forest site we visited in California’s remote Modoc Plateau, nearly every plant had been chewed on by cattle. The botanists, there to track down and collect seeds from rare plants, pointed out the soil erosion from stomping hooves. The cow pies were everywhere, unavoidable on the steep roadside…

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