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Penguin breeding

Thousands of Magellanic penguins are arriving at Argentina’s Punta Tombo peninsula for their breeding season....

October 9, 2016, Sunday

Elephants on decline

Africa’s elephant population has suffered its worst drop in 25 years, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said, blaming the plummeting numbers on poaching....

October 9, 2016, Sunday

Pangolin tipped for protection

Reclusive, gentle and quick to roll up into a ball, pangolins keep a low profile....

October 9, 2016, Sunday

Rhinos dehorned

Zimbabwe plans to dehorn all rhino in its national parks to discourage poaching after 50 animals were illegally killed last year, a wildlife conservation group said on Tuesday....

September 4, 2016, Sunday

Jungle school for orphaned apes

Ignoring the shrieks of his rowdy, wrestling classmates, baby orangutan Otan practises swinging alone at his “jungle school” on Borneo island, switching hands and hanging upside down as he builds confidence...

September 4, 2016, Sunday

Habitable planet found outside solar system

Scientists on Wednesday announced the discovery of an Earth-sized planet orbiting the star nearest our Sun, opening up the glittering prospect of a habitable world that may one day be explored by robo...

August 28, 2016, Sunday

Conjoined turtles

Marine biologists in southern Italy have separated conjoined twin loggerhead turtles and released the surviving newborn into the Mediterranean Sea....

August 21, 2016, Sunday

Rare monkey birth

Peeping out from her mother’s arms, Embe, a Francois’ Langur, makes her debut at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo where she was born on July 21, in what conservationists hailed as great news for one of the world’s...

August 21, 2016, Sunday

Migrating ospreys fly into danger

Scientists have long known ospreys make an epic journey each summer from New England to South America....

August 21, 2016, Sunday

Zoo releases batch of threatened butterflies

The Oregon Zoo has released the last batch of its zoo-raised Oregon silverspot butterflies into the wild as it winds up a summer program aimed at boosting the numbers of the once-common yellow-and-black...

August 14, 2016, Sunday



 

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