World’s smallest ungulate, lost for 30 years, found tiptoeing in Vietnam forest
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Nearly 600 suspects arrested in largest anti-wildlife-trafficking operation ever
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Scientists may have just saved the northern white rhino from extinction
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Playground for giant manta rays discovered in the Gulf of Mexico (video)
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Grandmother, grandfather among rare whales who’ve died in 3 weeks
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Brazil’s agriculture minister wants to scrap endangered marine species list
It's having a negative effect on the fishing industry, he claims.
Australia drops food to hungry wallabies
Thousands of kilos of vegetables will hopefully prevent starvation in burned-out regions.
In last-ditch effort, scientists create embryos of almost extinct rhinos
There are only two northern white rhinos left, and they are both female; but now scientists have created two viable embryos and there is...
These children are saving Iceland’s lost puffins
The 'puffin patrol' is saving baby puffins by the handful.
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