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Geneticists have identified new groups of tiger sharks to protect

Insects and other invertebrates on tropical islands face challenges as development and tourism expand

Some hummingbird females display male coloring to avoid being harassed

Jaguars in Mexico are growing in number, a promising sign that national conservation strategies are working

“Earthshine” from the Moon shows our planet is dimming, intensifying global warming

Carnivores avoid rush hour by taking to roads at night

Honey bees find food more easily in cities, thanks to abundant urban gardens

Lasers reveal steep decline in ecosystem function of degraded Amazon forests

In China, public support grows to rein in the wildlife trade in the wake of the pandemic

Humanity’s construction footprint in the seas amounts to 32,000 square kilometers

Coronavirus risk grows as animals move through wildlife trade

The glaciers of the Greenland Ice Sheet are running away

The New Guinea singing dog, once thought extinct, is alive in the wild

Why did the woolly rhino go extinct?

Big mammals are at risk in the world’s poorest countries, even within parks

Clean up efforts won’t solve the plastic pollution crisis in the world’s seas

Are industrial chemicals killing rare whales and familiar dolphins?

Scientists in Costa Rica are growing new corals to save reefs

Protecting living corals could help defend the Great Barrier Reef from ocean acidification for decades

Amazon primates face barriers in responding to climate change

Camera traps yield surprises in West Africa’s largest protected area

Moon and Earth’s magnetic field guide European eels on their epic migration

Heat stress is causing desert bird populations to collapse

Beneficial and harmful fungi are at the root of forest diversity

Female gorillas recognize and respond to contagious disease

Rapid genetic test traces spread of fungus that kills frogs, reveals new strain in Southeast Asia

Pangolins are a victim of political instability in South Sudan

Gardens with too many nonnative plants threaten populations of insect-eating birds, study finds

Ground-feeding birds in Southeast Asia may be going extinct outside protected areas

Secondary forests in Costa Rica are re-cleared within decades

As the mammal tree of life suffers hits, should we prioritize which species to save?

Tiny bits of ocean plastic threaten the survival of sea turtle hatchlings

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