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Page last updated at 22:59 GMT, Thursday, 20 November 2008

Mammoth (BBC)
Mammoth's genome pieced together
A US-Russian team announces that it has sequenced most of the genome of a woolly mammoth found in Siberia.
Extinct mammoth DNA decoded

Reef life Slow progress on ocean protection
Two year after pledging to protect 10% of the oceans, governments have protected less than 1%, a survey finds.

House sparrow Sparrow numbers 'plummet by 68%'
The loss of green spaces in Britain has caused the number of house sparrows to drop sharply in the past 30 years.

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