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Scientists officially list 23 species as extinct, including the largest woodpecker in the USThe 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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'Grandma' killer whale missing from pod, feared deadOne of the Southern Resident orcas, a 47-year-old female known as L47, hasn't been seen by census takers since February.
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Stunning colorized footage provides a glimpse of the last known Tasmanian tigerThylacines, 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.
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World's largest rodents are taking over a fancy gated community in ArgentinaCapybaras have overrun a gated community in Argentina which was controversially built over their original habitat.
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Humans are the real monsters in gory new shark documentaryAcclaimed horror director Eli Roth has a new documentary on a horrific subject: the shark finning trade.
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Rare 'zombie fingers' parasitic fungus is hanging on (barely) in AustraliaScientists recently found that a fungus resembling zombies' fingers is more widespread in Australia than anyone suspected.
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Tasmanian devils wipe out colony of little penguins in major conservation backfireTasmanian devils introduced to Maria Island for their own conservation have created an ecological disaster in their new home by wiping out an entire population of little penguins.
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Wild Tasmanian devils born on mainland Australia for 1st time in 3,000 yearsConservationists have confirmed the birth of seven wild Tasmanian devil joeys in mainland Australia for the first time in 3,000 years.
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$1.2 million worth of rare, stolen cactuses confiscated and returned to ChileOfficials have returned stolen cactuses to Chile, after recovering the rare plants during two raids in Italy in 2020.
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