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11 November 2024

Barbary macaques : threatened and unique.

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Forest lives are changing, with combined human/insect threats.

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Extinction or habitat management - the stark choice.

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Extinction threat for amphibians around the world

Extinction threat for amphibians around the world

Red-eyed Tree Frog via Shutterstock In 1993 a mysterious illness was discovered, which was wiping out populations of frogs in Queensland Australia. Despite later research showing that it had existed...

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Save the forest for rare wild cats, says top charity

Save the forest for rare wild cats, says top charity

Sumatran Tiger; © WWF-Indonesia/PHKA A plea is going out from a top wildlife charity to protect an Indonesian forest where five rare wild cats have been seen. Sumatran tigers, marble...

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Preventing bycatch shark loss

Preventing bycatch shark loss

Blue shark via Shutterstock Fisheries By-catch of Sharks: Options for Mitigation, is a paper released on 15th November by Aurelie Cosandey-Godin and Alexia Morgan. The sharks of the North Atlantic...

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Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers arrive in Britain

Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers arrive in Britain

Spoon-billed Sandpiper; Credit: © Martin J McGill via WWT The Russian Far East is the only place (so far!) where Spoon-billed sandpipers (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus) breed. A lucky thirteen fledged birds...

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A quarter of mammals at risk of extinction

A quarter of mammals at risk of extinction

Black Rhinoceros via Shutterstock More than a quarter of mammals are in danger of extinction, conservationists claim. Almost 62,000 species have been reviewed by the International Union for Conservation of...

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The fungus that killed frogs

The fungus that killed frogs

Panamanian golden frog via Shutterstock Here's a global alert: amphibians worldwide are currently engaged in a battle for survival - and losing it. Bats and frogs are the most visible...

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Let's save the corals

Let's save the corals

Anthias fish on the coral reef via Shutterstock Having grown up in a Caribbean island, I know from experience that coral reefs are beautiful - an awesome marine ecosystem, the...

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Rhino poaching in South Africa on the increase

Rhino poaching in South Africa on the increase

White Rhino and Calf via Shutterstock Despite events such as World Rhino Day, designed to raise awareness of the plight of rhinos around the world, the trade in rhino horns...

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East Winch'ed to Safety

East Winch'ed to Safety

via Shutterstock East Winch Wildlife Centre in King's Lynn, Norfolk and three other RSPCA centres save thousands of animals at each location every year as RSPCA hospitals. Hedgehogs and foxes...

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