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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.

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.

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 condor chicks are species' 1st known 'virgin births'
By Mindy Weisberger published
Genetic analysis recently showed that California condors can reproduce asexually.

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.

'Grandma' killer whale missing from pod, feared dead
By Mindy Weisberger published
One of the Southern Resident orcas, a 47-year-old female known as L47, hasn't been seen by census takers since February.

Stunning colorized footage provides a glimpse of the last known Tasmanian tiger
By Mindy Weisberger published
Thylacines, once widespread in Australia, have been extinct for nearly a century, but newly colorized footage provides a glimpse of what they looked like in life.

World's largest rodents are taking over a fancy gated community in Argentina
By Harry Baker published
Capybaras have overrun a gated community in Argentina which was controversially built over their original habitat.
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