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EL ROSARIO, MEXICO -- The population of monarch butterflies that arrived in Mexico's forests to hibernate this winter fell 26 per cent from a year earlier, the country's Commission for National Protected Areas and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said on Thursday. Source

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES -- A team of U.S. scientists has demonstrated that the offspring of huge carnivorous dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex, who grew from the size of house cats to towering monsters, reshaped their ecosystems by outcompeting smaller rival species. Source

LONDON -- Sharing digitally altered "deepfake" pornographic images should be made a crime, a British government-backed review said on Friday after finding victims were being denied justice because the law has not kept up with new, high-tech forms of abuse. Source

An agreement to delay logging of an old-growth stand of British Columbia forest has given a one-year reprieve to one of Canada's most endangered species. But governments now have to come up with a permanent way to protect the vanishing spotted owl and other endangered species in the province, said Kegan Pepper-Smith of Ecojustice, which has been pushing the federal government on the issue. Source

VICTORIA -- When NASA's six-wheeled Perseverance rover touched down on the red soil of Mars, ground control teams in California leapt to their feet in unbridled enthusiasm. But they weren't the only ones bursting with joy. Source

SAN FRANCISCO -- Twitter is branching out from advertising to find more ways to make money -- both for itself and for its most prolific users, whether those are businesses, celebrities or regular people. In an investor presentation Thursday, the social media company announced a new feature called "Super Follows," which will let users charge for extra, exclusive material not shown to their regular followers. Source

EDMONTON -- We're learning more about the fireball so many Albertans saw streak across the dark sky early Monday morning.READ MORE: Did you see it? Alberta's northern sky lit up by meteor Monday morning Source

Within minutes of its 8 a.m. opening on Wednesday morning, the Alberta system allowing seniors to book for the COVID-19 vaccine had crashed. By noon, a trio of Edmonton brothers had figured out the problem on the website and posted a solution on Twitter to helped others sidestep the glitch. Source

Within minutes of its 8 a.m. opening on Wednesday morning, the Alberta system allowing seniors to book for the COVID-19 vaccine had crashed. By noon, a trio of Edmonton brothers had figured out the problem on the website and posted a solution on Twitter to help others sidestep the glitch. Source

VICTORIA MILKO -- Facebook announced Thursday that it is removing all remaining Myanmar military and military-controlled pages from its site and from Instagram, which it also owns. It said it will also block advertising from military-linked businesses. Source