Nature
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Dvůr Králové Zoo spearheading international efforts to save northern white rhino from extinction
Zoos in a number of European countries burned rhino horns on Sunday on the eve of World Rhino Day, in order to highlight the plight of the endangered species. Dvůr Králové…
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Czech astronomers create country’s third dark skies reserve in western Bohemia
As of this week the Czech Republic has a third dark skies reserve in the Manětín region, in western Bohemia. Its opening on Monday attracted amateur astronomers from…
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Czech scientists searching for ways to remove toxins from drinking water
Detergents, painkillers and contraceptives are things we use daily. What most of us don’t realize is that all of them contribute to the presence of toxins in our rivers…
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Czech firm develops technique to turn water hyacinths into paper in Kenya
After being contacted by a Czech aid worker with links to Kenya, a craft paper producer in North Bohemia has come up with a method under which locals on Lake Victoria will…
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Will climate change put at risk European bird species?
The signs of climate change that Europe has been witnessing in the spring and summer of this year have severely impacted some of the country’s bird species. Persistent…
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Prague Zoo gets new “German-speaking” Indian elephant
As of Wednesday morning, the elephant pavilion at Prague Zoo has a new addition. The 31-year old Indian elephant male, named Ankhor, was transported to the capital from…
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Czech plastic bottle crew “abandons ship” in face of German red tape
Earlier this month, a group of Czech adventurers set out on a 900-km journey to the German port of Hamburg, peddling down the Elbe River on a boat made of plastic bottles…
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Scientists unlock secret of Pravčice Arch
A Czech-American team of scientists recently published findings in the prestigious journal Nature Geoscience, after discovering how unique landforms such as the Czech…
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Plan to make national parks more accessible to public unveiled
The environment minister has just unveiled what he describes as a revolutionary amendment aimed at making the Czech Republic’s national parks more accessible to the public…
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Pavlov animal rescue centre successfully breeds & raises European mink
Stanice Pavlov, a recognised animal rescue station in the Czech-Moravian highlands, succeeded after several years of set-backs in successfully breeding a litter of…
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Giant salamanders become major attraction at Prague Zoo
Less than a month ago, Prague Zoo opened a new pavilion for Chinese giant salamanders which has proven to be a major attraction. The project was completed at the cost of…
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Can an endangered salamander alter plans for a nuclear waste facility?
Locals in the municipality of Lubenec, opposed to the possible siting of a nuclear waste storage facility in the area, have gained a new argument in their favour: the…
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