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Ancient DNA Brought the World’s Most Threatened Cat Species Back From the Brink of Extinction

One of the most severe cases of reduced genetic diversity is the Iberian lynx, once the world’s most threatened cat species.

Inverse · Sep 29, 2024

‘Every tree used to be blanketed with them’: photographer captures campaign to save monarch butterfly

Climate change and pesticides have combined to pose a deadly threat to the vivid species. The Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards celebrate the fightback

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2024

A rare condor hatched and raised by foster parents in captivity now gets to live wild

Another chapter in one of the greatest comeback stories in the world of endangered species is being written with the release of three young California condors north of the Grand Canyon

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2024

Drone Footage Helps Scientists Study Acrobatic Ballet Of Whales Feeding

New insight into their movements observed them doing headstands and using bubble blasts to catch food. 

Zenger · Sep 27, 2024

Bottom-breathing turtle among Queensland endangered species under threat from invasive fish

Record floods propel aggressive Mozambique tilapia throughout Mary River, compromising efforts to save ancient fish and endangered turtles

The Guardian - AU · Sep 27, 2024

Meet the fish that tastes with its feet

Scientists just uncovered how sea robins evolved their weird legs that can lick out its prey

Salon · Sep 27, 2024

A wondrous fish has made a miraculous return to UK seas. Why are ministers so keen to see them killed?

We should be celebrating the revival of the bluefin tuna – but a ravenous fishing industry is already licking its lips, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024

Drone footage reveals orcas hunting unexpected prey off Chile for first time

Orcas are intelligent apex predators with an impressively varied diet and unique behaviours

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2024

Country diary: Spotted regal sawflies make moves to repel me

Langstone, Hampshire: When I extended a finger towards them, they rear up in unison, curling their bodies into an S shape

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024

‘Crazy little fish have a lot to tell us’: sea robins use ‘legs’ to taste way to prey

Fish monitor sea floor using leg-like structures covered in bumps similar to those on a human tongue, study finds

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2024