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Long-extinct Tasmanian tiger may still be alive and prowling the wilderness, scientists claimBased on reported sightings, some scientists say the iconic creature probably survived until the late 1980s or 1990s, but others are skeptical.
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Largest freshwater turtle species doomed to extinction after last female washes up deadThe known population of the Yangtze giant softshell turtle is now just two males. Experts said that if the female had survived, she could have "laid a hundred eggs or more a year."
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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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