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  • Elusive Amazon Bush Dogs Captured on Video

    A pack of elusive Amazon bush dogs was captured on a camera trap video in Bolivia, thrilling wildlife enthusiasts around the world. Bush dogs roam the rainforests of Central and South America, but it’s extremely rare to see them, let alone capture them on video. These guys are rather small and inconspicuous, weighing only an […] More

  • These Strange Monkeys Have a Sneezing Fit Whenever It Rains

    Some good news: Critically endangered Snub-Nosed #Monkeys are saved from brink of extinction! “When there is a will, there is a way”! #Myanmar @Clean_Malaysia https://t.co/MBI2wjEn21 pic.twitter.com/omUJwbgl6w — IPBES (@IPBES) January 23, 2018 Things may be looking up for a critically endangered primate species discovered less than a decade ago. According to a report from Fauna […] More

  • One of Only Two Remaining US Jaguars Has Been Killed and Skinned

    One of only two known wild jaguars existing in the United States has been killed, according to wildlife officials. Scientists believe that a young male jaguar named Yo’oko, who had been spotted roaming Arizona’s Huachuca Mountains in previous years, was recently shot and skinned — although the details of the incident are still unclear. Because jaguars have […] More

  • Eels Are Getting High on Cocaine from Drug-Polluted Rivers

    Trace amounts of drugs in our waterways, including cocaine, can have detrimental effects on aquatic animals, a recent study warns. What many may not consider when taking drugs — prescription or otherwise — is that those drugs are eventually excreted and sent out into our waterways where they accumulate. Now, new research proves just how […] More

  • South Africa’s Plan to Save World’s Most Trafficked Animal

    This unusual, armadillo-like creature is the most trafficked animal on the planet — even more than rhinos and elephants — and now South Africans are trying to save it. Two conservation organizations recently announced plans to build a “pangalorium,” a pangolin refuge in Johannesburg that will help care for African pangolins seized by customs officers until […] More

  • Endangered Shark Spotted for the First Time in a Decade — in a Fish Market

    The Ganges river shark (scientific name Glyphis gangeticus) hasn’t been spotted for more than 10 years. In fact, the critically endangered freshwater carnivore is so elusive, researchers’ knowledge of it is limited to what they’ve been able to learn from three museum specimens preserved in the 1800s. But recently, the shark was rediscovered in the last place […] More

  • Snow Leopards No Longer Endangered, But Still Struggling

    Snow leopards are no longer officially an endangered species — but that doesn’t mean the cat is out of the woods yet. Scientists at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which maintains a “red list” of endangered species around the globe, recently reclassified the leopard species as “vulnerable,” because there are actually more snow […] More

  • Trophy Hunter Dies After Being Crushed by Elephant in Zimbabwe

    Image: Wikimedia Commons A 51-year-old big-game hunter from South Africa died in Zimbabwe after he was crushed by a dying elephant that had been shot by a fellow hunter. Theunis Botha, who led hunting expeditions through his company Big Game Safaris, was with a group when they came upon a breeding herd of elephants at […] More

  • Extreme Poachers Set Their Sights on Zoos for Rhino Horns

    Poachers are no longer just targeting rhinos and elephants in the wild. Now, some have turned on their sights on sanctuaries, zoos and even museum collections. Several brutal attacks that took place in South Africa and Europe in recent months could be signaling a trend toward a more violent brand of extreme poaching, sparking fear […] More

  • More Than Half of The Great Barrier Reef Is Dead

    Stretching more than 1,400 miles, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure in the world. Visible even from outer space, the epic reef system is one of the seven natural wonders of the world. But recent aerial surveys show that more than half of it may have died as a result of back-to-back […] More

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