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Gigantic, 13-foot crocodile found with its head torn off on Australian beachThe beheading, which may have been motivated by a recent spate of crocodile attacks on humans, could spell trouble for the local ecosystem.
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Black widows are being slaughtered by their brown widow cousins, and we don't know whyBrown widow spiders, which are invasive to North America, are wiping out black widow populations in the U.S. by aggressively attacking them for no clear reason, a new study shows.
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GPS-tagged possums and raccoons could be sacrificed to capture Florida's invasive pythonsResearchers accidentally discovered that GPS-tagged mammals can help locate Florida's invasive Burmese pythons, which are destroying local ecosystems.
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More than a third of US wildlife at risk of extinction, 'grim' new report showsA report from the conservation group NatureServe warns that 40% of animals and 34% of plants in the U.S. are "at risk" of extinction.
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Which animals are most likely to survive climate change?What animal species will survive projected future droughts, rising temperatures and habitat loss?
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The Devils Hole pupfish is so inbred that it shouldn’t be aliveNew research reveals exactly how inbred the Devils Hole pupfish is.
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Newfound whale species that lives exclusively in US waters may already be on the brink of extinctionA group of more than 100 international researchers has signed an open letter to the Biden administration calling for urgent action to save Rice's whale from extinction.
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World's first wolf clone born to surrogate dog, Chinese company revealsA Chinese pet-cloning company has successfully cloned an Arctic wolf for the first time. The adorable pup is proof that cloning could be used to help save endangered species.
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Lizards: From tiny geckos to giant Komodo dragonsLizards are a diverse group of reptiles made up of thousands of species around the world, including giant Komodo dragons and chameleons the size of your fingertip.
