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Running Wild with Cheetah Expert Laurie Marker

New study uncovers why vultures don’t get sick from eating rotten carcasses

Poor management ails endangered Boeseman’s Rainbowfish aquaculture

Rare spotted leopards sighted on Malaysian Peninsula

The jig is up: copycat woodpecker unmasked by genetics

New genetic analysis aims to guide restoration of overharvested Myanmar teak forests

Scientists identify frog through DNA without leaving forest

New study: ‘Yeti’ hairs do not point to unknown bear species

Genetics study sheds light on Chile’s most endangered bird

Ocelots live in super densities on Barro Colorado Island

Genetic sleuthing reveals grisly details of historic whale hunting

New species named after the struggle for same-sex marriage

Outcompeted: Species competition may result in geographic isolation

Scientists use genes, feces to study disappearing monkeys

Have scientists discovered a new primate in the Philippines?

Next big idea in forest conservation? DNA fingerprinting trees to stem illegal logging

Planting meadows in the ocean: technique may help restore disappearing seagrass beds

‘Exciting implications’ for conservation: new technology brings the lab to the field

Fly and wasp biodiversity in Peru linked to strange defense strategy

Scientists uncover new marine mammal genus, represented by single endangered species

It’s in the genes: researchers use DNA to learn about tapir behavior

Long lost mammal photographed on camera trap in Vietnam

Several Amazonian tree frog species discovered, where only two existed before

Blame humans: new research proves people killed off New Zealand’s giant birds

Scientists discover single gene that enables multiple morphs in a butterfly

Scientists discover new whale species

How “insect soup” might change the face of conservation

Giant clams are easy to recognize, but genetics proves there is more than meets the eye

Little elephant is the first scientific record of dwarfism in the wild

Scientists discover new cat species roaming Brazil

DNA tests reveal new dolphin species (photos)

Difference within common species may predict the presence of rare animals

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