Conservation is a major issue around the world with the impacts that humans have on natural ecosystems through activities from mining, building new cities and global warming. There are many conservation groups and efforts that lobby for the conservation of particular species (for example, the polar bear) or groups of animals (for example, tigers), while others are aimed at entire habitats, such as the Amazon rainforest. Conservation efforts can also aim to protect natural resources. Some conservation is done by setting aside national parks and wildlife preserves, while other conservation works targets specific threats to particular species. Read about various conservation efforts and issues below.
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Newly discovered toads skip the tadpole stage and give birth to live 'toadlets'Three newly-identified toad species in Tanzania give birth to live young, skipping the frogspawn and tadpole stages — an "exceptionally rare" trait among toads and frogs.
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Jane Goodall, famed primatologist who discovered chimpanzee tool use, dies at 91Dame Jane Goodall, the world's preeminent chimpanzee expert, died of natural causes.
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'This needs to happen fast': Scientists race to cryopreserve a critically endangered tree before it goes extinctLess than 400 angle-stemmed myrtle specimens remain in the wild in Australia. Scientists are working on ways to preserve the species so that we can bring it back at any point if it dies out.
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What's the difference between a leopard and a jaguar?Look closely at the spots to tell leopards from jaguars: there's a subtle clue.
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Watch elusive New Zealand snail lay an egg through a 'genital pore' in its neckVery little is known about Powelliphanta augusta, an elusive snail species threatened with extinction. The new footage is the first time their bizarre egg laying behavior has been captured on camera.
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Colossal's de-extincted 'dire wolf' isn't a dire wolf and it has not been de-extincted, experts sayScientists recently revealed that they have "brought back" extinct dire wolves thanks to genetic engineering — but experts say the newly created animals are only like dire wolves in appearance.
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4 snow leopards spotted together on remote Pakistan mountain in rare footageAfter spotting pawprints for two weeks, a gamekeeper and photographer in Pakistan caught a rare glimpse of a family of four snow leopards.
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Wild animals that experience trauma are half as likely to survive, study findsNew research finds that marmots who experience adversity early in life have a lesser chance of survival.
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'The simplicity of life just hits you': Watch rare footage of critically endangered eastern lowland gorilla feeding her baby in the wildFilmmakers captured a mother eastern lowland gorilla nursing her infant for the PBS show "Silverback."
