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Reconstruction drawing of burial. Artist Ivan Lapper. Photo by English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images

‘Black Death’ decimated Europe some 5,000 years ago, study suggests

Almost one in five inhabitants of Europe in the Neolithic Age succumbed to a “Black Death” epidemic some 5,000 years ago, according to a new study.

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Norwegian scientists strive to preserve endangered Arctic fox species

This month, scientists in Norway released five foxes from an ongoing captive breeding program aimed at rebuilding the population of Arctic foxes in their natural habitat.

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