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Watch how these turtles are protected in Costa Rica
A controversial new management plan is helping to improve the survival of the sea turtles in a small town in Costa Rica.
Italy 'turns blind eye' to more than 10,000 hours of illegal fishing
20 Italian bottom-trawling vessels were caught fishing within closed areas of the Strait of Sicily designed to protect young hake — the most overfished species in the Mediterranean.
Mediterranean is world’s most overfished sea: report
A third of the the world’s commercial fish species are being caught at unsustainable levels, with overfishing at its most severe in the Mediterranean and Black Sea, according to a new report by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Great White shark spotted off Spanish coast
A great white shark has been spotted near Spain's Balearic Islands for the first time in at least 30 years.
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Relocation of black rhino after increase in new births
Wildlife workers and conservationists in Nairobi National Park are busy rounding up eight black rhinos.
Whale dies in Thailand after swallowing more than 80 plastic bags
An autopsy found eight kilograms of plastic waste in the animal's stomach.
Iberian lynx spotted in Catalonia for first time in over 100 years
The four-year-old lynx was last seen in southern Portugal in 2016.
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Pregnant rhino sparks hope for subspecies
“The confirmation of this pregnancy through artificial insemination represents an historic event for our organisation but also a critical step in our effort to save the northern white rhino."
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Three little bears find sanctuary in Bulgaria
Staff say the trio were all alone when they were found in a mountainous region, with their mother nowhere to be seen
Rainforest lights up Buckingham Palace
A projection illuminated Queen Elizabeth's London home to celebrate a Commonwealth conservation initiative
Genital-breathing ‘punk turtle’ joins endangered species list
The new list ranks reptiles on a combination of how endangered and unusual they are.
World’s last male northern white rhino dies
There are now only two females of the subspecies left in the world.
Scientists spot secret penguin 'supercolony' from space
Some 1.5 million penguins have been found on the remote Danger Islands.
Will Romeo find his Juliet?
Romeo faces extinction as the only Sehuencas frog in existence. To help him the Global Wildlife Conservation has added his profile to the dating site Match
"Sudan" misses out on Tinder as people swipe left on the world's last
Northern White Rhino's keepers put Sudan on Tinder as a money-raising stunt, and to raise awareness that the species will go extinct if Sudan does not father children soon.
Record number of cold-stunned turtles in Texas
A new state record has been set for the number of cold-stunned sea turtles found along the coast of Texas, according to the US National Park Service.
France’s first panda makes public debut
Yuan Meng is five months old and weighs 11 kilograms.
Elephant poaching falls in Eastern Africa
But the threat of extinction remains for African elephants in other parts of the continent.