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NYC Light Show Aims to Raise Awareness About Endangered Species

NYC Light Show Aims to Raise Awareness About Endangered Species

Getting people to pay attention to a huge, global problem is easier when you have an enormous...

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Northern White Rhino Dies, Leaving Only 4 Left on Earth

Northern White Rhino Dies, Leaving Only 4 Left on Earth

One of the last five northern white rhinoceroses in the world has died. Three females and one...

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Surprise! Infrared Camera Reveals Black Leopard's Hidden Spots

Surprise! Infrared Camera Reveals Black Leopard's Hidden Spots

The black leopard of the Malaysian Peninsula actually has hidden leopard spots, which can be...

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Will Fake Rhino Horns Curb Poaching?

Will Fake Rhino Horns Curb Poaching?

A company is making synthetic rhino horn in order to flood the market and drop the price,...

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Manitoba moves to protect endangered ecosystems, animals and plants

Manitoba moves to protect endangered ecosystems, animals and plants

Manitoba’s NDP government is moving to protect five animal and plant species and two ecosystems...

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Oh, You Deer: Newborn Mini Fawn Is Seriously Cute

Oh, You Deer: Newborn Mini Fawn Is Seriously Cute

What's cuter than a baby deer? A baby deer you can hold in the palm of your hand, of course.

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In Photos: The Last 5 Northern White Rhinos

In Photos: The Last 5 Northern White Rhinos

Just five northern white rhinoceroses remain in the wild. And chances of them breeding, without...

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Then There Were 5: Inside the Race to Save the Northern White Rhino

Then There Were 5: Inside the Race to Save the Northern White Rhino

Only five northern white rhinoceroses are left on Earth. Can reproductive technology save a...

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Antechinus Photos: New Marsupials Die for Sex

Antechinus Photos: New Marsupials Die for Sex

The bristly, sex-crazed antechinus has two previously unknown species in its family, a new study...

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Court upholds controversial changes to Ontario’s endangered species rules

Court upholds controversial changes to Ontario’s endangered species rules

An Ontario court has upheld changes to Ontario’s Endangered Species Act that environmental...

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South African vets treat rhino whose horns were cut off by poachers

South African vets treat rhino whose horns were cut off by poachers

Saving the Survivors, a South African group that treats rhinos with gunshot wounds, facial...

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Cartwheeling Spider, Corpse-Hoarding Wasp Among Bizarre New Species

Cartwheeling Spider, Corpse-Hoarding Wasp Among Bizarre New Species

A morbidly maternal wasp, a crop-circle-creating pufferfish and an acrobatic arachnid are among...

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Indonesian police find endangered cockatoos smuggled in water bottles

Indonesian police find endangered cockatoos smuggled in water bottles

Indonesian police stopped a man allegedly smuggling almost two dozen endangered yellow-crested...

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Only 3 Wolves Are Left at Isle Royale National Park

Only 3 Wolves Are Left at Isle Royale National Park

Inbreeding is to blame for the decline in wolves at Isle Royale National Park, ecologists say,...

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1st Photo of Rare Monkey Proves It's Not Extinct

1st Photo of Rare Monkey Proves It's Not Extinct

The long-vanished Bouvier's red colobus monkey has been spotted again in a remote Congo forest.

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Photos of the Incredible Leatherback Turtle Rescue

Photos of the Incredible Leatherback Turtle Rescue

See photos of wildlife experts in South Carolina rescuing a stranded leatherback turtle on March...

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Rescued Leatherback Turtle Released Today in South Carolina

Rescued Leatherback Turtle Released Today in South Carolina

A rare leatherback turtle stranded on a remote South Carolina beach was released back into the...

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Photo First: Rare Tiger Family Portrait

Photo First: Rare Tiger Family Portrait

For the first time, conservationists have spotted an Amur tiger dad leading his family along a...

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Rarest Big Cat on Earth Starting to Make a Comeback

Rarest Big Cat on Earth Starting to Make a Comeback

Things are starting to look up for the rarest big cat on the planet.

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Great White Sharks Are Late Bloomers

Great White Sharks Are Late Bloomers

Great white sharks may have an even more delayed adolescence than humans, not reaching sexual...

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Mexican Wolf Population Now Tops 100 in US

Mexican Wolf Population Now Tops 100 in US

Federal officials counted 109 wild Mexican wolves, or lobos, in the Southwest in 2014, up from...

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Wayward Grand Canyon Wolf Was Killed in Utah, DNA Confirms

Wayward Grand Canyon Wolf Was Killed in Utah, DNA Confirms

DNA tests have confirmed that an endangered gray wolf killed in Utah in December was the same...

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Research at ‘Frozen Zoo’ gene bank aims to resurrect extinct species

Research at ‘Frozen Zoo’ gene bank aims to resurrect extinct species

The survival of the northern white rhinoceros and dozens of other species could hinge on the...

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Rare Red Fox Reappears in Yosemite Park

Rare Red Fox Reappears in Yosemite Park

The elusive and rare Sierra Nevada red fox has been spotted in Yosemite National Park for the...

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Can 'Good' Bacteria Save Bats From Killer Fungus?

Can 'Good' Bacteria Save Bats From Killer Fungus?

Successfully combating the disease has been difficult, but a group has been exploring some new...

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It's a Girl! Newborn Killer Whale Identified in Endangered Pod

It's a Girl! Newborn Killer Whale Identified in Endangered Pod

Researchers have determined the baby orca born into a pod off the west coast is a female.

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Newborn Killer Whale Brings Hope for Endangered Pod

Newborn Killer Whale Brings Hope for Endangered Pod

A baby killer whale was born into the endangered J-pod that lives off the coast of Washington state.

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Monarch Butterflies Considered for Endangered Species Status

Monarch Butterflies Considered for Endangered Species Status

The monarch butterfly, once common across the United States, could soon end up on the Endangered...

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Grand Canyon Gray Wolf May Have Been Shot in Utah

Grand Canyon Gray Wolf May Have Been Shot in Utah

A coyote hunter in Utah mistakenly shot and killed an endangered gray wolf, which wildlife...

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Two-Headed Baby Salamander Isn't Radioactive, But It Is Weird

Two-Headed Baby Salamander Isn't Radioactive, But It Is Weird

A salamander tadpole with two seemingly functional heads is born in Israel, and researchers are...

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In Photos: The World's Most Endangered Marine Mammal

In Photos: The World's Most Endangered Marine Mammal

Illegal gillnet fishing in the Gulf of California is driving the vaquita, a tiny, critically...

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Critically Endangered Porpoise Could Be Extinct in Four Years

Critically Endangered Porpoise Could Be Extinct in Four Years

The world's most endangered porpoise could go extinct in four or five years if the Mexican...

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Autopsies from Space: Who Killed the Sea Lions?

Autopsies from Space: Who Killed the Sea Lions?

A decade ago, we set out to unravel deep ocean crime scenes we weren’t even sure existed. The...

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Pangolin 'Medicine' Trade Leading to Rapid Extinction

Pangolin 'Medicine' Trade Leading to Rapid Extinction

Despite their recognition as an endangered species and the supposed protection that brings,...

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Getting the Buzz on Bees

Getting the Buzz on Bees

Because bees are big business in the U.S., collecting and sharing data about the insect is...

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Deer with 'Vampire Fangs' Spotted for 1st Time in Decades

Deer with 'Vampire Fangs' Spotted for 1st Time in Decades

Rare fanged musk deer were spotted in Afghanistan for the first time in 60 years.

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N.S. wildlife officers looking for poachers of endangered mainland moose

N.S. wildlife officers looking for poachers of endangered mainland moose

Nova Scotia wildlife officers are seeking public help in identifying poachers who killed an...

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Near-Extinct Galápagos Island Tortoises Make Colossal Comeback

Near-Extinct Galápagos Island Tortoises Make Colossal Comeback

Once down to only 15 animals, giant tortoises on Espãnola, a tiny Galápagos island, now number...

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Birds of a Feather: Whooping Cranes Need Parents More Like Them

Birds of a Feather: Whooping Cranes Need Parents More Like Them

Whooping cranes raised by humans are turning out to be bad parents, and scientists are testing a...

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Suspenseful Video: Alligator Attacks Scaredy Cat

Suspenseful Video: Alligator Attacks Scaredy Cat

An amazing video from the Florida Keys shows a curious domestic cat nearly become a midnight...

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New Protections for Sharks Take Effect This Weekend

New Protections for Sharks Take Effect This Weekend

Good news for shark lovers: This weekend, new international laws will go into effect to...

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Endangered Pupfish Could Vanish in 30 Years, Egg by Egg

Endangered Pupfish Could Vanish in 30 Years, Egg by Egg

The Devils Hole pupfish, an inch-long fish that sparked a Supreme Court battle, could go extinct...

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6th Mass Extinction? Humans Kill Species Faster Than They're Created

6th Mass Extinction? Humans Kill Species Faster Than They're Created

Species are dying off thousands of times faster than they are being created, according to new...

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20 Corals Added to Endangered Species List

20 Corals Added to Endangered Species List

A tenfold increase in protected coral species was announced Wednesday, with 20 new corals added...

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Lemur Lady Campaigns for Endangered Lemurs

Lemur Lady Campaigns for Endangered Lemurs

Renowned scientist and conservationist Patricia Wright battles to save one of the world’s most...

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Moose sex project scores more land in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick

Moose sex project scores more land in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick

More land has been set aside to encourage the migration of New Brunswick’s moose population into...

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Speed Limits Could Save Rarest Dragonfly

Speed Limits Could Save Rarest Dragonfly

Summer speed limits could reduce roadkill deaths for the rare Hine's emerald dragonfly, an...

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Triplets! Giant Panda Gives Birth to 'Rare' Trio in China

Triplets! Giant Panda Gives Birth to 'Rare' Trio in China

China welcomed the birth of the world's first known surviving panda triplets, a rare event for...

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Poachers Force Massive Rhino Evacuation

Poachers Force Massive Rhino Evacuation

South Africa will evacuate hundreds of rhinos to reduce the impact of poaching on the...

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Rare Pangolins May Be Eaten to Extinction, Conservationists Warn

Rare Pangolins May Be Eaten to Extinction, Conservationists Warn

They've been described as walking artichokes and the most trafficked mammals in the world. Now,...

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