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Keith Poe had hoped a dead fin whale being towed offshore would produce sharks, but the whale sank prematurely in nearshore waters.

Many people have never heard of a red colobus, yet they are Africa’s most imperilled group of monkeys.

Surveys suggest that wet weather and habitat deterioration are among the causes of devastating population declines, but there are ways to help

A government audit has delivered a scathing assessment of the NSW environment department's efforts to save more than 1000 species from extinction.

Species are disappearing at an alarming rate around the world. But Australia’s extinction crisis is especially severe – since European colonisation, we have lost about 100 species of animals and plants. The loss of 33 mammal species is largely due to canny invasive predators such as foxes and cats as…

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Influx of highly pathogenic strain a case of ‘not if, but when’ and could devastate native wildlife, experts say

Kits emerge for after-dark dips in Northumberland, London, Kent and the Cairngorms after reintroduction drive

In the study, researchers analysed 700 samples of bacteria taken from the guts of 30 species of wild birds across eight countries, including the UK.