Cutty Sark, Britain's famed clipper, rescued from slow rot
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The Cutty Sark, the historic 19th-century clipper that braved rough seas to bring tea to Britain, has been saved from a slow death of rotting and rusting thanks to a public grant, according to newspaper reports.
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From a gentles creature, a lesson in ferocious tenacity.
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Coastguard teams recover the body of a humpback whale which was spotted floating in the sea.
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ANGLERS on the Dee received a boost this week when 3,000 breamwere released into the river.   The fish had been shipped up to Farndon, near Wrexham, from the Environment Agency's fish farmat Calverton, Nottinghamshire.
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Rescue teams save a whale stuck on the Lincolnshire coast after its companion died.
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By Paul OâHare and Victoria Mitchell, Scottish Press Association. The RAF and the Royal Navy were tonight involved in a rescue operation in the Atlantic after a fire broke out on a Canadian submarine.
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DOLPHINS saved a former St Ives man and his daughter from a shark attack as they swam off the northern New Zealand coast. The bottlenose dolphins surrounded Rob Howes, 47, his daughter Niccy, 15, Helen Slade
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A man who decided to swim to safety after the boat he was on capsized about 15 miles offshore was rescued Sunday after spending 24 hours in the Atlantic Ocean, the U.S. Coast Guard said. His four fishing companions also were rescued.
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A rapid technique for isolating DNA in hair provides a new route to study the genetics of extinct creatures.
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Wildlife officials in Key Largo are looking into whether the discovery of a detached goat's head might be linked to the sudden death of a newborn dolphin.  Castaway, a deaf dolphin rescued off Vero Beach last year, gave birth to the healthy calf June 11 at the Maritime Mammal Conservancy.
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Work has begun to restore a hut used by the British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton during his attempt to reach the South Pole nearly a century ago.
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Rescuers saved a rare dolphin swept over a Thai beach by the tsunami which devastated shores around the Indian Ocean, but failed to find her calf in a filthy lake left behind by the giant wave.
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Science & environment: The most successful revival of a British bird species notches up another two records.
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ST. JOHN'S, N.L. (CP) - One of six Newfoundland fishermen who was saved after a dramatic rescue at sea is attributing their survival to a swift response from search and rescue personnel and a united desire to leave no man behind.
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A couple are in good health after being rescued from their yacht found drifting in the Atlantic Ocean.
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The first boat built specifically as a rescue craft is tested, and its success  means the preservation of thousands of lives in the years to come.
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A seal pup that was found by the side of a country road miles from the coast or the nearest river has been successfully released back into the Irish Sea, wildlife officials said Monday.