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India PM Modi heralds “great news” as cheetahs released in India exploring bigger habitat

November 6, 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared an exciting update that two of the eight cheetahs brought to India from Namibia for a new life in…

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Only vegetarian marine mammal in the sea, related to the manatee, declared extinct in China

August 24, 2022

Researchers have declared a mammal related to the manatee – said to have inspired ancient tales of mermaids and sirens – extinct in China….

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Teeth show extinct shark Megalodon more massive and more predatory than previously believed

June 23, 2022

New Princeton research shows that prehistoric megatooth sharks, the biggest sharks that ever lived, were apex predators at the highest level ever measured. Megatooth sharks get their…

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Spanish businessman alleged to have owned private taxidermy collection of extinct and rare animals

April 11, 2022

Spain’s Civil Guard says it is investigating a businessman in the eastern Valencia region who owned a private taxidermy collection with more than 1000…

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23 species removed from Endangered Species Act list because they’re now extinct

September 30, 2021

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to remove 23 species from the Endangered Species Act (ESA) due to extinction. Based on rigorous…

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Sea turtle eggs get some protection with artificial eggs

October 9, 2020

Sea turtles are threatened with extinction and the international trade of sea turtle products is restricted global export laws. But in Central America, sea…

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Koalas not functionally extinct: experts in Australia

December 2, 2019

Koalas are not ‘functionally extinct’ but they are in danger, according to academics in Australia who rejected claims made after devastating bushfires led to…

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Breeding farmed frogs may stop the illegal trade of exotic frogs

May 27, 2019

A conservation group in Colombia is breeding sought-after exotic frogs in an attempt to thwart traffickers from capturing the animal and selling them to…

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Madagascar pochard: Once thought extinct, the world’s rarest bird returned to the wild

December 29, 2018

The Madagascar pochard is living proof not all hope is lost. Considered the world’s rarest bird, and thought to be extinct for 15 years,…

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Gone, gone, gone: Blue parrot from the movie “Rio” officially extinct in the wild

September 10, 2018

A Spix Macaw named Blu destined to help save the species, at least in the animated film Rio, is now extinct in the wild….

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