Category: Nature
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Turkey to Keep Zeytin the Gorilla: DNA Test Casts Doubt on Nigeria’s Request
A DNA test has further deepened the mystery surrounding the baby gorilla’s origins, according to the Nature Conservation and National Parks Authority. A baby western lowland gorilla named Zeytin plays at the Polonezkoy Zoo in Istanbul on September 3, 2025. The five-month-old primate was found in the cargo hold of a plane flying from Nigeria…
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Gold deposits worth $1.7 billion discovered in Turkey
A gold deposit with a potential volume of 424 thousand ounces (about 12 tons) has been discovered in the Turkish province of Sivas, in the central part of the country. At the current exchange rate, this is about $1.7 billion. This is stated in a publication by the mining company Ermaden, posted on the website…
