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Frogs & amphibians
The World’s Greatest Frog Hunt
Five months, 5 continents, 21 countries, 126 researchers, and 100 species of “missing” frogs and other amphibians. Several conservation organizations recently announced the results of their “Search For Lost Frogs,”…
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Amazon Wildlife
What is Killing America’s Bats?
White-nose disease was first discovered in a single bat cave in upstate New York in 2006. Since then, the fatal fungal illness, which shows up as white patches on the…
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Amazon Wildlife
Are Lions Endangered?
Aside from our native mountain lions—which are actually cougars and not really “lions” at all—the only lions in the U.S. live in zoos and other forms of captivity. Wild lions…
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Endangered Species
Endangered Turtles and Tortoises
What do turtles and tortoises have in common with apes, monkeys and lemurs? The answer, according to the Turtle Conservation Coalition, is that shell-backed reptiles and primates share the dubious…
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Endangered Species
The Most Endangered Baby Rhino
The Javan rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus) is one of the rarest and most critically endangered large-animal species on earth, with as few as 40 individuals remaining. So, wildlife conservationists around the…
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Extinct Wildlife
Eastern Cougar Declared Extinct
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service today announced its conclusion that the Eastern cougar, or mountain lion, no longer exists. The negative conclusion of a five-year USFWS survey of the…
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Endangered Species
Poachers Killing a Rhino
In spite of a sometimes-lethal crackdown on rhinoceros poachers, South Africa seems to be on track to lose as many rhinos to poaching in 2011 as is did in 2010,…
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