Two Maine service dogs up for national award

PORTLAND (WGME) -- Two of the country’s top seven service dogs live in Maine.

Two dogs from Maine, Aura and Dolly, are finalists in the "American Humane Hero Dog Awards."

Aura is a 7-year-old from Brunswick and serves as a hearing dog for an army veteran who lost her hearing in Afghanistan.

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New Guinea Has the World’s Richest Island Flora

New Guinea is the most floristically diverse island in the world, an international collaboration led by the University of Zurich has shown.

The study presents a list of almost 14,000 plant species, compiled from online catalogues and verified by plant experts. The results are invaluable for research and conservation, and also underline the importance of expert knowledge in the digital era.

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