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Without the extraordinary dedication of a few conservationists, New Zealand's kakapo would likely have gone the way of the dodo
Gentle giants? New research suggests that male sperm whales may butt heads over females
Assaulted by myriad threats to their survival, palm species around the world face the likelihood of extinction
Both ginseng and dolphins evoke passionate emotions
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A pod of dolphins stranded in the Florida Keys reignites an emotional debate over how much human "help" the sea mammals can tolerate
Once thought to have vanished from North America victims of hunting and habitat loss the cats maintain a slender pawhold in the thickets of South Texas
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What's killing the great Atlantic salmon?
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Blame Bugs Bunny and a nasty yawn for the Tasmanian devil's bad rap
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Revisiting his old haunts in Nepal, the author looks for tigers and finds a clever new strategy for saving them
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Danger comes with the territory for our writers
Scientists are trying to fathom why Hawaii's fish population is declining
The Australian pact with the world's largest crocodiles seems to be workingbut critics say that the costs are fatally high
An American couple's ingenious research challenges the popular notion that baboons and other monkeys are almost human
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Communities worried about the ravages of wildfires are embracing a four-legged solution
Famed for their "floating-on-air" gaits, Arabian horses run in 100-mile races and ask for more
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More than 400,000 albatross pairs nest on Midway Atoll, which is now the site of an extraordinary National Wildlife Refuge
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Wayne Sentman on the extremely endangered Hawaiian monk seal
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