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conservation

Seabird

Life

The sweet scent of plastic lures seabirds to a dangerous snack

Plastic beads left to marinate in the ocean develop the same smell that some birds seek out when foraging for food

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whaling history

Earth

Whale tales: The real-life Moby Dicks

Features

Dead vaquita in net

Life

Last-ditch effort to save the world’s smallest porpoise agreed

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World’s largest marine reserve agreed for Antarctica’s Ross Sea

Earth

World’s largest marine reserve agreed for Antarctica’s Ross Sea

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Snow leopard

Life

Hundreds of endangered wild snow leopards are killed each year

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reindeer

Life

Is it right to kill millions of animals if it protects others?

Insight

Camouflaged frogfish

Earth

Frogfish turns itself white to blend in with bleached corals

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A zebra

Life

What do our natural laws really say about the world?

Culture

Thousands of animals flock to annual party hosted by starlings

Life

Thousands of animals flock to annual party hosted by starlings

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Auto ‘finprinting’ identifies individual sharks as they migrate

Life

Auto ‘finprinting’ identifies individual sharks as they migrate

An AI system that uses the unique contours of a shark’s dorsal fin as a biometric could help keep tabs on them as they move around the world

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Life

Pangolins and parrots protected – lions and elephants lose out

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Life

Endangered frog recovers thanks to resistance to deadly fungus

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Life

First 'baby dragons' hatched in captivity reach adolescence

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Life

Endangered giraffes threatened by Uganda’s oil drilling bid

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