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  "id": 7839644,
  "title": "‘Carnival of the Nearly Extinct Animals’ celebrates species with song",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/carnival-of-the-nearly-extinct-animals-celebrates-species-with-song",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-16T17:44:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mongabay",
    "slug": "mongabay",
    "url": "https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/carnival-of-the-nearly-extinct-animals-celebrates-species-with-song/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Once upon a time, flocks of passenger pigeons were so dense they blocked the sun like great gray thunderclouds flying overhead. Composer Stephanie Ann Boyd imagines this with music. “You will feel this movement before you hear it: a deep rumble in the low voices of the orchestra suddenly crescendo and explode into a grand, […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}