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![This still comes from a video of Julia with cubs belonging to her and her sister Jessica.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/m5TbLbdT2D5vHbDzVqigNb-320-80.jpg)
Unique tree-climbing lions roar again in Uganda (Op-Ed)
By Louisa Kiggwe published
Conservation efforts are starting to pay off for unique tree-climbing lions in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park, says one conservationist.
![A photo of E.O. Wilson in his office at Harvard University.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dDja8gf96fNufU3UcjqauG-320-80.jpg)
Famed naturalist E.O. Wilson, 'Darwin's natural heir,' dies at 92
By Patrick Pester published
World leading naturalist E.O. Wilson has passed away at the age of 92. He was known as "Darwin’s natural heir" and the world's top authority on the study of ants.
![Taiwan is currently fighting to contain an invasion of toxic cane toads (Rhinella marina).](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LFDFpY4xuYBg8zZ3xtemE3-320-80.jpg)
Toxic cane toads are invading Taiwan. Conservationists race to contain warty amphibians.
By Harry Baker published
Taiwan is racing to contain an outbreak of invasive cane toads, which likely escaped from a black market breeder.
![Tarantulas were among the over 300 living arthropods that authorities recently confiscated at Colombia's El Dorado International Airport.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TiaLUpzcfmQkL4CoYmoB4Y-320-80.jpg)
More than 300 smuggled tarantulas, scorpions and giant cockroaches seized from luggage in Colombia
By Mindy Weisberger published
Authorities at Colombia's airport in Bogotá found and confiscated hundreds of arthropods that German travelers had illegally collected and stashed in a suitcase.
![The choice of the long-tailed bat as Bird of the Year ruffled feathers among New Zealand bird aficionados.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BWAFsR8NrAHLLUqQh75qQA-320-80.jpg)
Fowl play? 'Bird of the Year' winner in New Zealand contest is a bat
By Mindy Weisberger published
New Zealand's long-tailed bat recently earned a very unlikely accolade.
![A new plan by wildlife officials in Australia aims to kill or remove more than 10,000 wild horses, also known as brumbies.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bVdfQyr3YZYs8zbgNVwukc-320-80.jpg)
Australia plans to cull over 10,000 wild horses, but scientists say it's not enough
By Harry Baker published
Australian wildlife officials are planning to kill or remove more than 10,000 wild horses from a national park in New South Wales.
![Critically endangered California condors (Gymnogyps californianus) can reproduce asexually, scientists recently discovered.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WGubg6dinfpdcHAR9EoxMc-320-80.jpg)
Critically endangered condor chicks are species' 1st known 'virgin births'
By Mindy Weisberger published
Genetic analysis recently showed that California condors can reproduce asexually.
![The pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus), the North American woodpecker most similar in appearance to the now-extinct Ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), and often confused with it.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/addHyLBiJ6WsqseSKnxTPM-320-80.jpg)
Scientists officially list 23 species as extinct, including the largest woodpecker in the US
By Harry Baker published
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has removed 23 species from the endangered species list because they have most likely gone extinct.
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