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species

A black and white ruffed lemur stares at the camera from a tree

Life

Lemur extinctions in Madagascar leave behind doomed orphan trees

Past extinctions have left tree species with no way to spread their seeds. If the island's critically endangered lemurs disappear, whole forests may follow

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Tiger

Life

Tiger numbers in the wild rise for the first time in 100 years

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Kakapo

Life

The hands-on breeding effort saving the world's weirdest parrot

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Herd of caribou running through snowy forest

Life

Wolves or bears? Threatened caribou mothers' catch-22 dilemma

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Javan warty pig

Earth

UK's wildlife gets far more attention than tropical hotspots

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bulls

Life

Reviving Europe's long-lost beasts through mass rewilding

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Red-shanked doucs in a tree

Life

On the trail of some of the world's rarest monkeys

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toothpaste

Earth

Little mountains of toothpaste highlight the plight of the Alps

Regulars

Orangutan

Life

Orangutan population in Sumatra more than doubles after census

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pardalote

Life

Rare Australian bird farms nourishing manna from trees

The forty-spotted pardalote gnaws gum trees to feed on their rich sap a few days later, and may help feed other animals too

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Earth

Invasive species blamed as second biggest cause of extinctions

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Life

Bald ibis among wildlife driven to extinction in Syria and Libya

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Life

Hidden cameras snap Namibia's elusive beasts at night

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Earth

Inside the cloning factory that creates 500 new animals a day

Analysis

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