Endangered Species
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Madagascar may be a secret stronghold for 'living fossil' fishMadagascar may be the ancestral home of coelacanths, 'living fossil' fish once thought to have gone extinct.
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Mom & baby giraffe trapped on a sinking island rescued in months-long operationA months-long rescue operation transported the last of nine stranded giraffes to their new home in a mainland sanctuary.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
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Largest recorded smalltooth sawfish washes up dead in FloridaThe longest sawfish ever measured washed up in Florida, not far from another large specimen.
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Rarest great ape on Earth could soon go extinctTapanuli orangutans now occupy less than 3% of their historic habitat.
By Nicoletta Lanese Published
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Endangered black-footed ferret cloned for the first timeThe adorable clone, named Elizabeth Ann, was created using cells that were frozen more than three decades ago.
By Rachael Rettner Published
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Whale that stranded off Florida is completely new species (and already endangered)A 38-foot-long (11.5 meters) whale that washed ashore in the Florida Everglades in January 2019 turns out to be a completely new species. And it's already considered endangered, scientists say.
By Chris Ciaccia Published
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Elephants counted from space using satellites and AIA combination of satellite images and deep learning computer algorithms can spot elephants from space as well as the human eye.
By Harry Baker Published
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Florida manatee with 'Trump' scraped into back spurs a federal investigationU.S. Fish and Wildlife officials are looking for the person who scratched the word "Trump" into the back of a manatee.
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Zookeepers mourn death of world's oldest orangutanThe world's oldest known orangutan, a 61-year-old Sumatran female called Inji, has died at Oregon Zoo, ending a lifetime of inspiring visitors to care about her kind.
By Harry Baker Published
