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This undated photo provided by the British Antarctic Survey in January 2024 shows adult emperor penguins with a chick near Halley Research Station in Antarctica.

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A spotted newt crawls in the rain on 1 August 2003, in Unity, New Hampshire.

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The mole was discovered by a team of conservationists and geneticists from the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) and the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

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The critically endangered Sumatran rhino was born on Sumatra Island Saturday, 25 November 2023.

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A new European nature law seeks to save wetlands, but some myths are getting in the way.

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Golden lion tamarins sit on a branch as students plant tree seedlings that will form an ecological corridor to allow a safe passageway.

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File -Seahorses, a species identified with Mar Piccolo, Taranto, Italy

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Toughie "was a perfect gentlemen" says Mark Mandica, who cared for the frog over seven years.

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‘Profoundly sad’: These beloved animals were the last of their kind

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Invasive alien species, introduced by man, are spreading more and more rapidly around the world

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The killed bear was spotted earlier this week with her two cubs.

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Outrage as man kills critically endangered bear in Italy

The popular bear had been spotted earlier this week in the region taking a stroll with her two cubs.

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A fin whale is seen stranded, possibly stuck on its belly, in a shallow fjord on the western coast at Vejle, Denmark, June 2010.

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Laura Sánchez is a marine biologist onboard the Seahorse in the Gulf of California, Mexico

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Vaquitas extinction is not inevitable, says the International Whaling Commission in its first ever alert.

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A female orca whale breaches while swimming in Puget Sound near Bainbridge Island, Washington.

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Fig was released at Argaty in March this year, after being found shot in the face in Perthshire.

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On the Scottish estate giving refuge to troubled beavers

NatureScot is making beaver carcass returns obligatory, after outrage over ‘inhumane’ shootings of the protected species.

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