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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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Poaching doubled during the lockdown in India due to the 'three F's', and these are the animals most under threat
But, just because there are more of them, doesn’t mean that they’re doing okay. “We cannot link …
Prabhjote Gill
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How US nuclear tests in the '70s led to today's thriving otter population on the Pacific west coast
Before the US set off a nuclear weapons test, it moved hundreds of otters to the US and British Col…
Jenny McGrath
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Killer whale doctors use dart guns, drones, and dogs to treat their orca patients as population numbers plummet
The endangered Southern Residents are the smallest of four groups of fish-eating killer whales foun…
Erin Snodgrass
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World's largest container line is rerouting its fleet to avoid collisions with endangered blue whales, the largest animals on earth
Mediterranean Shipping Company's new route avoids Sri Lankan waters where blue whales congregate af…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Wild animals are more scared of human voices than lion snarls or even gunshots, shocking study finds
Analysis of 15,000 recordings revealed that these African animals were twice as likely to flee wate…
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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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Virtually every orca in an endangered North American group is suffering from mysterious skin lesions, say scientists
The skin lesions have worrisome health implications for the endangered orca population living off t…
Isobel van Hagen
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A judge reversed a Trump-era decision to remove gray wolves from the endangered species list
The ruling, which will affect 44 out of the 48 lower states, reverses a 2020 decision by the Trump …
Dhany Osman
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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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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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Harrowing photos show a 39-foot dead whale wedged on the bow of a tanker, graphically highlighting how ship strikes endanger the largest animals on Earth
Japan's Mizushima Coast Guard's Office confirmed to Insider that it was a male Bryde whale, weighin…
Bethany Dawson,Sophia Ankel
Joey Hadden
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Cargo ships are killing blue whales but the problem is 'uniquely resolvable,' marine biologist says
The world's busiest shipping lanes need to be rerouted to avoid "losing a culture of whales," marin…
Ayelet Sheffey
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A Louisiana couple were fined for touching an endangered seal during their honeymoon in Hawaii
Touching or disturbing a Hawaiian monk seal is a Class C felony with a penalty of up to five years …
Lauren Frias
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Australia may list Koalas as 'endangered' after population suffers 'extraordinary hit' in bushfire
Over 1.25 billion animals are believed to be dead in the wake of bushfires and experts believe that…
PTI
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Endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles nest in peace at empty Odisha beaches as Coronavirus keeps people in lock down
Odisha’s Rushikulya rookery is where the endangered Olive Ridley comes to dig nests and lay eggs. A…
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Orcas in general don't pose a threat to humans — but any encounter with a massive, wild animal has its risks
A killer whale has never been documented attacking a human in the wild, but that doesn't mean the o…