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Museum specimens in drawers

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Smugglers are profiting from our failure to define endangered species

There are calls to improve a treaty on the international trade in endangered species – but there is no standard way to define species, says Stephen Garnett

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Human or hybrid? The big debate over what a species really is

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Human or hybrid? The big debate over what a species really is

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Manatees, whales and turtles are coming back from the brink in the US

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Manatees, whales and turtles are coming back from the brink in the US

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The Republican Reversal shows how the US party is like Soviet Russia

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The Republican Reversal shows how the US party is like Soviet Russia

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African clawed frog

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Cannibalistic African clawed frog eats tadpoles of its relatives

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Nature's Nation: Art benefits from getting its hands dirty

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Nature's Nation: Art benefits from getting its hands dirty

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Cao Bang

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Endangered relative of the hedgehog may be thriving in Vietnam

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Serge Wich: How drones are conserving wildlife

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Serge Wich: How drones are conserving wildlife

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Dynasties review: Attenborough’s latest special focuses on real drama

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Dynasties review: Attenborough’s latest special focuses on real drama

Culture

tiger in lab

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The day a Siberian tiger nearly killed me

Pavel Fomenko patrols the icy and dangerous forests of Russia’s far east to protect its big cats. But the worst happened when he least expected it

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Life

We can tell whether pandas are mating successfully by their bleats

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Rabbit-killing virus may have mutated to kill hares too

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Home of the gentle giants: How humans live with Galapagos tortoises

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The rare-leopard spotter who accidentally caught gunmen in her traps

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