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Conservation groups look for new strategies, tech to halt vaquita decline

Maxwell Radwin 17 Feb 2025

A humpback whale

Study suggests algal blooms disorient whales, putting them in danger

Keith Anthony Fabro 4 Feb 2025

The 2024 paper proposes Leopardus pardinoides, or the clouded tiger cat, as a new species. This small wildcat is found in the cloud forests of Costa Rica, south to Panama, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. Image courtesy of Johanes Pfleiderer. Article title - A tiger cat gains new species designation, but conservation challenges remain

Photos: Top new species from 2024

Liz Kimbrough 26 Dec 2024

Scientists, Māori experts uncover new insights into rare spade-toothed whale

Keith Anthony Fabro 17 Dec 2024

The illegal trade is still one of the greatest threats to hawksbills, according to the April 2020 Global Tortoiseshell Report.

Illegal cockfighting threatens endangered sea turtles across Central America

Tina Deines 13 Dec 2024

Elephant seal colonies in Argentina face long recovery after ‘catastrophic’ avian flu

Maxwell Radwin 22 Nov 2024

A nesting haven for sea turtles in Suriname is fading away

Stefanie Lauchman 7 Oct 2024

A dugong.

Cambodian fishers-turned-citizen scientists monitor marine mammal deaths

Gerald Flynn, Vutha Srey 7 Oct 2024

In the Pacific depths, an underwater mountain hosts a bonanza of new species

Liz Kimbrough 1 Oct 2024

Argentina weighs new MPA to curb international fishing frenzy in ‘Blue Hole’

Maxwell Radwin 22 Aug 2024

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