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Starving vultures in Europe allowed to feast again

New Australian dolphin spits at food

Vanishing forest elephants are the Congo’s greatest cultivators

Only one out of 91 antelope species is on the rise

Fishermen – not whales as claimed by Japan – are the cause of fisheries depletion

Frogs can be used to predict biodiversity hotspots

Butterfly tricks ants by mimicking their queen’s vocalizations

Nemo at risk from CO2 emissions? Ocean acidification may hurt baby fish

Amazon scientists awarded ‘Nobel Prize’ of conservation

Camera trap photos reveal bushmeat hunting threat to jaguars in Ecuador

Why do different species of bird lay different numbers of eggs?

What allows rainforests to grow so wildly?

Tropical species face high extinction risk

Fear and conservation

Niche-based distribution modeling may help improve effectiveness of protected areas

Tropical dry forest fragments important to conserving reptile biodiversity in Colombia

Lack of information may slow conservation response to amphibian crisis

The number of endangered amphibians in Peru may be underestimated

Rural depopulation to have biodiversity impacts

Invasive ant interferes with gecko’s role in pollinating endangered plant

Newly discovered ocean bacteria fixes nitrogen instead of carbon

Factoring social and economic instability into ecological catastrophe and the decline of western civilization

Rainforest biodiversity results from habitat specialization rather than chance

Mass amphibian die-offs affect ecosystems

Pollination worth $216 billion/yr for food production

Mangrove destruction for fish trade may undermine fishermen in West Africa

Regrowing the Amazon rainforest will require help from bats and birds

Primate conservation may enhance food availability to humans

Migratory waterbird populations in decline in Europe

Island biogeography theory doesn’t explain biodiversity changes in forest fragments

The end of migrations: wildlife’s greatest spectacle is critically endangered

Chameleon has shortest life span of any four-legged animal

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