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WATCH: The world's rarest rhino caught on camera in Indonesia
Recently released rare photos and footage of a Javan rhino enjoying a mud bath.
2 months ago
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Hybrid embryos raise hope of resurrecting northern white rhino – but what's the point?
Scientists have created embryos from the eggs of southern white rhino and sperm from their northern counterparts.
7 months ago
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Basking on the Brink
An "unholy" river in India may be the last, best hope for one of the world's largest and most imperiled crocodilians.
8 months ago
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Endangered Species Day Quiz: How much do you know about the world's threatened wildlife?
This Endangered Species Day, we're putting you to the test!
9 months ago
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China-backed Sumatran dam threatens the rarest ape in the world
Plans to build a massive hydropower dam in Sumatra threaten the recently discovered and desperately imperilled Tapanuli orangutan.
9 months ago
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We surveyed Borneo's orangutans and found 100,000 had 'disappeared'
Why have 100,000 Bornean orangutans disappeared in the last 16 years?
one year ago
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Earthquake in Alaska shakes up endangered pupfish in Death Valley
For one of the world's rarest fish, 2018 got off to a shaky start.
one year ago
Success Stories
Watch: Critically endangered smalltooth sawfish freed from bungee cord 'choker'
With any luck, this young female sawfish will make a full recovery!
one year ago
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New hope for the critically endangered northern bald ibis
Revered in ancient Egypt and now among the most imperilled birds on the planet, the northern bald ibis has encouraged conservationists by establishing...
one year ago
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Kakapo Comeback
As New Zealand’s odd “owl parrot” climbs toward recovery, its ultimate survival hinges on a nationwide effort to eradicate millions of invasive...
one year ago
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Camera-trap footage shows rare, much-debated red wolf in the wild
As both their conservation and taxonomic status continue to be argued over, red wolves continue to roam their small reintroduced range in northeastern...
one year ago
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Africa's biggest and baddest raptor is in trouble
Sightings have dropped by 60% over the last two decades.
one year ago
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Hurricane Irma battered the nests of Florida's unique snail-eating kites
Audubon reports that Hurricane Irma dealt a devastating blow to the endangered Florida snail kite on Lake Okeechobee.
one year ago
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Scientists tried to breed endangered handfish in captivity – and it went better than expected
A new captive-breeding program for the rare spotted handfish, found only in an estuary system in southeastern Tasmania, is seeing some early success.
one year ago
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Trouble in Lemur Land: An update on Madagascar's silky sifakas
With our documentary 'Trouble in Lemur Land' now available to stream online, we thought we'd check in with the primatologist it profiles, Erik Patel,...
one year ago
