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Endangered ferrets get experimental COVID-19 vaccine
By Stephanie Pappas published
To protect endangered black-footed ferrets from COVID-19, scientists in Colorado have injected a major captive breeding population with an experimental vaccine.

Bats are superheroes of the night. Their superpowers could help us protect them.
By Cori Lausen published
Conservationists are using bats' echolocation abilities to help track these mammals, as many of them succumb to white nose syndrome.

2 calves of one of world's most endangered large whales spotted
By Harry Baker published
Two newborn whales were spotted swimming off the U.S. coast, giving researchers hope for a critically endangered whale species.

Antarctica's blue whales return to South Georgia a century after they were nearly wiped out
By Tom Metcalfe published
The critically-endangered blue whale has returned to the waters near the remote island of South Georgia near Antarctica, almost 100 years after they were nearly made extinct.

Rare wolf spider presumed extinct turns up on British military base
By Stephanie Pappas published
Britain's great fox-spider had not been seen since 1993. Turns out, it's been thriving on a military base.

How the same tech in your Nintendo Wii is tracking wild and wily wolverines
By Martin Robards, Tom Glass published
Scientists are equipping the endangered wolverine with accelerometers to track them in the wild.

After 3,000 years, Tasmanian devils return to mainland Australia
By Mindy Weisberger published
Tasmanian devils have been reintroduced to mainland Australia, where they haven't been seen in the wild for millennia.

Endangered croc gives piggyback ride to 100 babies after mating with '7 or 8 females'
By Brandon Specktor published
One of London's Wildlife Photographer of the Year honorees shows an endangered crocodile carrying 100 babies on his back

350 elephants drop dead in Botswana, some walking in circles before doing face-plants
By Jeanna Bryner published
More than 350 elephants in Botswana have mysteriously died since May, in a phenomenon that some scientists have dubbed a "conservation disaster," and one that has evaded explanation.
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