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Western sandpipers stop at this B.C. mudflat to fuel up during their 10,000-km migration

The tiny birds stop for a surprising snack at Roberts Bank near Vancouver. It’s one of their last meals on a long journey north.
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This 84-year-old scientist has spent almost 50 years developing a male contraceptive

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How I got this incredible hummingbird footage in a Victoria backyard

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This mother hummingbird has to feed her baby every 20-30 minutes

Raising a baby hummingbird is hard work. Females have to feed their chick every 20-30 minutes so that it can fledge in 3-4 weeks. Watch The Bird in My Backyard on CBC Gem.
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For people with narcolepsy, no amount of sleep can help the feeling of being tired

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Roadkill expeditions and a basement full of decaying food: behind the scenes on a film about rot

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Everyone says they're tired. Me? I fell asleep behind the wheel and knew something was really wrong

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These 'microbial selfies' show how we all have wildly different germs, fungi and yeast growing on our hands

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Your pet cat is probably a killer — but it doesn't have to be that way

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Patron the bomb-sniffing dog is a national hero in Ukraine

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A week after war broke out in Ukraine, these volunteers started to rescue pets trapped in apartments

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