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Biodiversity Loss and Wildlife Conservation

Discover the causes, impacts, and solutions to global biodiversity loss, and how conservation protects species and ecosystems ...

How the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is helping to track conservation

The Red List of Threatened Species is an essential tool to support the biodiversity of our planet. It is a global database that assesses species' risk of extinction on a spectrum from 'Least Concern' ...
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Invisible losses: Thousands of plant species are missing from places they could thrive—humans are the reason

If you go walking in the wild, you might expect that what you're seeing is natural. All around you are trees, shrubs and grasses growing in their natural habitat. But there's something here that doesn ...
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Climate and health strategies must address the biodiversity crisis

Vora is a practicing physician, senior adviser for One Health at Conservation International, and executive director of the Preventing Pandemics at the Source Coalition. Walzer is a wildlife ...

Meet the Yangtze giant softshell turtle: 100-year-old species on the brink with only 2 survivors

An ancient species, the Yangtze giant softshell turtle, faces extinction with only two known wild survivors. Habitat loss, pollution, and failed breed ...

The fire is out, but Tongariro is now at risk of losing its unique biological legacy

The sight of flames tearing across Tongariro National Park last week was heartbreaking for lovers of the landscape. It was ...
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Zoo Miami welcomes two young lions, marking return of species after loss of longtime residents

Lions have returned to Zoo Miami for the first time since the death of the zoo’s elderly residents, Jabari and<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...