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Cyclone Remal devastates major Bengal tiger habitat in Sunderbans; 100 freshwater ponds washed away
The Sundarbans regularly endures intense monsoon storms, but the scale and duration of Cyclone Rema…
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You can buy an endangered monkey on Facebook in 20 minutes
Facebook is rife with exotic animal traders selling endangered species. You can buy a monkey in 20 …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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These Indian species are most threatened by climate change and severe weather, according to the IUCN
Here are some of the species endemic to our country that India stands to lose to climate change and…
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Watch a worker at Maui's bird conservation center and her neighbor hold off wildfire to save critically endangered animals
The Maui Bird Conservation Center houses some of the rarest birds in the world. It was in the path …
Gabbi Shaw
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First ever video captures the adorable birth of critically endangered Burmese peacock softshell turtle hatchlings
The rare species, found only in Myanmar and highly sought after as a source of food, is one of the …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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A critically endangered rat-sized marsupial that looks like a mini kangaroo is returning to parts of Australia for the first time in a century
The creatures were nearly wiped out from Southern Australia over the past 150 years due to habitat …
Hannah Getahun
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'MasterChef Ecuador' is accused of giving contestants slabs of meat from endangered animals for a cooking challenge
An animal rights group says the show used endangered animals after a scene appeared to show shark, …
Maria Noyen
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The Biden administration is working to reverse 5 Trump-era rollbacks on protecting endangered species
The agencies plan to rescind regulations on critical habitat designations and reinstating protectio…
Lauren Frias
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Endangered California condors reproduced without having sex with males in a rare example of avian 'virgin births'
The births marked the first time asexual reproduction has been observed where a female bird had acc…
Morgan Keith
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At least 3 critically endangered gorillas tested positive for the coronavirus at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park
According to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, the gorillas are believed to have caught the coronaviru…
Debanjali Bose
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Endangered Asian king vulture sighted at Dudhwa National Park
An Asian king vulture (Sarcogyps calvus), a critically-endangered species, has been sighted in the …
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Exotic turtles have been poached to near-extinction in Asia, but in Hong Kong, these species thrive
Three species of turtles poached for sale in Asia are finding refuge in Hong Kong. But poachers cou…
Hannah Getahun
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Golden lion tamarins, Gautemala forest fires and illegal logging in Nepal — saving endangered species disrupted by coronavirus
Biologist Carlos Ruiz has spent a quarter-century working to save golden lion tamarins, the charis…
PTI
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The critically endangered pink river dolphin could be threatened by the end of a fishing ban in Brazil
A ban on hunting catfish was recently lifted in Brazil, leading researchers to fear the rare pink r…
Mark Abadi
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World’s most elusive wild cat spotted for the first time in a decade in Algeria
The Saharan cheetah is the world’s most elusive cat and it hasn’t been seen in over ten years, unti…
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Researchers are debating whether to privatize endangered species
The underlying philosophy behind these policies is the concept of tragedy of the commons. The logic…
Dana Varinsky
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Blue whales are returning to a tiny island in the sub-Antarctic — 50 years after whaling in the region brought them to the brink of extinction
Near a tiny little island in the sub-Antarctic called South Georgia, blue whales were hunted mercil…
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The first bee species was just officially listed as endangered
Due to many factors such as climate change, increased use of pesticides, and habitat loss, these li…
Lindsay Dodgson
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Maine Governor Janet Mills criticized Whole Foods after the grocery chain decided to stop selling the state's lobsters at its stores
Whole Foods will stop selling Maine lobsters following environmental groups' concern over the fishi…
Hannah Getahun
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These 10 animals were saved by the Endangered Species Act - but the Trump administration wants to remove many of those protections
Congress has also proposed some rollbacks of the ESA. When it was signed into law in 1973, the Act …