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Endangered species often wait 12 years or more to be listed for protection

Sites targeted for deep-sea mining teeming with new species

Citizen science leads to snail rediscovery in Vietnam

New tarantula named after Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez

Did mining company drive 3 species to extinction?

Sub-Saharan African countries most vulnerable to invasive crop pests

7 new brilliantly-colored peacock spiders discovered

6 new species of dragon millipedes discovered in Chinese caves

Are Europe’s Ash trees headed towards extinction?

Expedition finds butterfly bonanza in Bolivian national park (PHOTOS)

Australia announces a new spider species called ‘Brian’

A forest full of beetles: an interview with bug researcher Caroline Chaboo

Eight newly discovered species of whip spiders could soon become extinct

‘Fluorescent flashlights’: Newly discovered glow-in-the-dark polyps light up snails in the Red Sea

Toxic beetles and poisonous plants: Study reveals how southern Africa’s ‘bushmen’ make deadly poison arrows

Focus on breeding sites and biodiversity to control Zika, says leading entomologist

Meet the new spider named after Johnny Cash

Groups plan to sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to protect Monarch butterfly under Endangered Species Act

60 new species of dragonflies discovered in Africa

Galapagos “gold rush” feeds global hunger for shark fins, sea cucumbers

Studying the unloved through the wisdom of crowds

Conservationists to send killer robots after destructive starfish

Researchers find many, many moths in Bolivian national park (Photos)

Indonesian artist prepares another underwater reef-to-be

‘Land sparing’ vs. ‘land sharing’: scientists weigh in on how to improve biodiversity on farms

Happy July 4th weekend: new red, white, and blue species discovered

Halloween in the Amazon: baby bird dresses up like killer caterpillar

Even cockroaches have personalities

Human impacts are ‘decoupling’ coral reef ecosystems

Pollinator collapse could lead to a rise in malnutrition

How termites hold back the desert

Monarch butterfly population rises a little, but still perilously low

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