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Published on 24/04/2025

Footage shows elephant herd in Sri Lanka, not southern India

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Climate
Published on 22/04/2025

Canada's Liberals offer contradicting messages on energy, climate goals

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Climate
Published on 14/04/2025

Trump cabinet official misleads on 'de-extinction' after wolf cub announcement

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Canadian elections 2025
Published on 14/04/2025

Reviewer's quotes misrepresented as passage from Mark Carney's book

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Published on 10/04/2025

Old video shows pride of lions roaming street in India, not in Ethiopia

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US politics
Published on 09/04/2025

No evidence for Musk's $1 billion National Parks survey claim

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Climate
Published on 04/04/2025

Experts warn 'AI-written' paper is latest spin on climate change denial

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 04/04/2025

Fabricated footage of 'rare insect' fools social media users

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Climate
Published on 26/03/2025

WEF did not call for ban on backyard farming

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Published on 25/03/2025

Oarfish sighting does not foreshadow natural disasters

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Climate
Published on 24/03/2025

Article misleadingly dismisses climate stressors on African cocoa

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Climate
Published on 17/03/2025

New research on Atlantic Ocean currents misrepresented online

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Published on 14/03/2025

Posts falsely claim Nigeria’s Abia state governor banned cows from the north

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Published on 14/03/2025

Conservationist's underwater sculpture in Thailand falsely shared as 'centuries-old'

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Donald Trump
Published on 10/03/2025

False data distort complex picture of South African farm murders

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 18/02/2025

Canadians 'not paying enough carbon tax' clip is a deepfake

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Climate
Published on 13/02/2025

Trump misrepresents plastic impact on sharks in reversing course on straws

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Climate
Published on 12/02/2025

Electric fire trucks did not factor in response to deadly LA blazes

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Climate
Published on 10/02/2025

US wildfire data misused following devastating LA wildfires

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Wildfires
Published on 07/02/2025

No evidence smart meters impacted homes during LA fires

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Published on 05/02/2025

RFK Jr Senate hearing resurrects Lyme disease bioweapon conspiracy theory

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Wildfires
Published on 30/01/2025

Trump falsely claims military restored water to California

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 23/01/2025

'Miracle house' spared by LA wildfires is AI-generated

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Wildfires
Published on 22/01/2025

California environmental policies misleadingly blamed for LA fires

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Published on 20/01/2025

Image of Singapore animal crossing falsely shared as 'wildlife bridge in the Netherlands'

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Wildfires
Published on 14/01/2025

Airport video of joyful fire crew predates Los Angeles wildfire crisis

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Climate
Published on 30/12/2024

Social media users share photos with false claim they show first snowfall in Saudi Arabia

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Climate
Published on 20/12/2024

No evidence linking methane inhibitors for cows to human health problems

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