Tarantula causes vehicle crash in California's Death Valley
A Canadian motorcyclist was injured after a nearby van braked to avoid hitting a tarantula on a highway.
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Koalas Aren’t Bears, So Why Do People Call Them “Koala Bears”?
If you were an 18th-century settler in Australia with no knowledge of marsupials, you just might decide to call a koala a ‘bear,’ right?
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Claude the koala unmasked as prolific plant thief in Australia
It ate thousands of seedlings that had been earmarked to help boost Australian koala habitat.
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New Zealand birds: Takahe facing extinction find new home in sanctuary
A takahe pair were released near Wellington in a victory for efforts to save some of the world's rarest birds.
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How undercover sting outwitted pangolin traffickers
How charity investigators went undercover to outwit a global wildlife trafficking gang.
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US snake hunters fight pythons big enough to devour gators
Over the past decade, thousands have competed to kill some of the planet's biggest serpents in Florida.
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'Alarming and unprecedented' Irish bird flu warning
Hundreds of seabirds with suspected avian flu have been found dead in recent weeks.
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EU court finds Ireland failed to follow nature laws
The European Court of Justice rules that Ireland was not doing enough to protect hundreds of sites.
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Biden administration looks to reinstate protections for endangered species curbed by Trump
The Biden administration announced a proposal Wednesday to strengthen the Endangered Species Act, including repealing Trump-era rules that loosened protections for vulnerable species.
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'We are selling a product that we hope gets discontinued'
The firms aiming to help eradicate invasive species by making commercial use of them.
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25 Species That Have Made Amazing Comebacks
When it comes to rescuing endangered species, progress is an ongoing effort—but these plants and animals have made successful comebacks.
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