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28% of 138,000 assessed species face extinction: IUCN

Some 28 percent of the 138,374 species assessed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for its survival watchlist are now at high risk of vanishing forever, the global conse

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Divers in Greece spot hundreds of seahorses

Click arrows to view gallery Divers in Greece spotted a rare sight of hundreds of endangered seahorses in the Aitoliko lagoon.The protected species is threatened by o

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Meet Hainan Eld's deer, one of the rarest deer species in China

04:04 Among 17 deer species in China, the Hainan Eld's deer is among the rarest. Once on the edge of extinction with only 26 deer in existence, the population has seen

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Saving endangered fish in China's longest river

Aquaculture company owner Zheng Jinliang and his grandaughter have been devoting in cultivating endangered fish species. Over the past 18 years, they released 160 milli

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Rare yellow turtle spotted in India

00:33 A rare yellow turtle has been spotted and rescued by a wildlife biologist in southeastern India. Wildlife experts say it is possibly an albino mutation of a common turtle. Albini

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Scientists discover new species of exploding ant

Anewspeciesofantwhichcandetonateitsbodywhenthreatenedhasbeendiscoveredbyscientists.AresearchteamfromAustria,ThailandandMalaysiafoundtheinsects,Colobopsisexplode

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Fuzzy crab, shiny-eyed shrimp discovered on Java expedition

Ahermitcrab,ashiny-eyedshrimpandacrabwithfuzzyspinesareamongoveradozennewspeciesdiscoveredinadeep-seaexpeditionofftheIndonesianislandofJava,scientistssaid.Thete

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Animals' popularity 'a disadvantage'

Theworld'smostpopularanimalsareinmoredangerthanwerealise,accordingtoanewstudy.Asurveyofthepublic'sperceptionssuggestsmanypeopleareunawarethattheanimalstheyconsi

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Sexual extravagance can be deadly: study

Theextravagantlengthsthatmaleswillgototobedamemberoftheoppositesexcancomeattheriskofextinctionforsomespecies,researcherssaidWednesday.Sexualselection,howanimals

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Conservationists use astronomy software to save species

Researchersareusingastronomicaltechniquesusedtostudydistantstarstosurveyendangeredspecies.Theteamofscientistsisdevelopingasystemtoautomaticallyidentifyanimalsus

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Climate change makes mountain tops bloom, for now

Europe'smountainsummitsareflushwithnewplantspecies,agreeningthathasincreasedinlock-stepwiththeaccelerationofglobalwarmingsincethemid-20thcentury,researcherssaid

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A Few Species of Frogs That Vanished May Be on the Rebound

In2013,twobiologistsnamedJamieVoylesandCorinneL.Richards-ZawackispentweekssloggingupanddownmountainsidesinPanama.“Wewerebug-bittenandbeatup,”recalledDr.Voyles,n

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Warming could threaten half of species in 33 key areas: report

Globalwarmingcouldplace25to50percentofspeciesintheAmazon,Madagascarandotherbiodiverseareasatriskoflocalisedextinctionwithindecades,areportsaidWednesday.Thelower

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Hi-tech conservationists fight Indonesia wildlife crime

Fromcutting-edgeDNAbarcodingtosmartphoneappsthatcanidentifyillegalwildlifesales,conservationistsareturningtohi-techtoolsintheirbattleagainstIndonesia'sanimaltra

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Wood beetles on brink of extinction due to loss of ancient trees

NearlyafifthofEurope'swoodbeetlespeciesareonthebrinkofextinctionbecausetheold,decayingtreestheydependonhavebeenclearedfromforests,scientistswarnedMonday.Manysap

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Vampire bat's blood-only diet 'a big evolutionary win'

Atfirstglance,thecost-benefitratioofablood-onlydietsuggeststhatvampirebats–theonlymammalstofeedexclusivelyonthevicious,ruby-redelixir–flewdownanevolutionaryblin

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US review shows pesticides harm threatened salmon, whales

Federalscientistshavedeterminedthatafamilyofwidelyusedpesticidesposesathreattodozensofendangeredandthreatenedspecies,includingPacificsalmon,AtlanticsturgeonandP