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After 50 years of struggles to save Spotted Owl, FWS plan is to kill 500k Barred Owls

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Twenty-six dead in Haiti, Jamaica in Hurricane Melissa aftermath, storm now making landfall in Cuba

Hurricane Melissa is the strongest to hit Jamaica since records were first kept 174 years ago

Bill Gates urges donors to give to efforts aimed at eliminating disease, hunger, not climate change

The essay comes ahead of the global climate summit COP30 next month, which is focused on battling climate change.

Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as Category 5 storm

Hurricane Melissa is the strongest storm on record to hit Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 5, expected to make landfall in Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa now has maximum sustained winds of 160 mph

Trump administration approves drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge banned by Biden admin

The decision comes after President Donald Trump restored Alaska's Ambler Road Project earlier this month in furtherance of his American energy dominance policies by expanding access to the northern state's critical mineral supply.

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Alaska Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster III aircrew, assigned to the 176th Wing, work with Alaska Army National Guard UH-60L aircrew, with the 207th Aviation Troop Command, to evacuate approximately 300 displaced western Alaska residents from Bethel, Alaska, following Typhoon Halong, October 15, 2025.

Alaska airlifts hundreds from coastal villages hit by typhoon

About 300 evacuees were brought 500 miles away to Anchorage as shelter space in the area had been reaching capacity

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Legendary primatologist Jane Goodall dies at 91

The British primatologist, known for her decades-long study of wild chimpanzees in East Africa, died of natural causes. She is survived by her son Hugo Eric Louis van Lawick and her three grandchildren, Merlin, Angel, and Nick.