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Endangered Species

A camera trap image of a rare and endangered Amur leopard in China's Hunchun Amur Tiger National Nature Reserve.

First Camera Trap Photos Taken of Rare ...

Photos suggest leopards are returning to China.



Newfound Species

One of the newly discovered crab species, Insulamon palawanense, which is bright purple in color.

Bright Purple Crab Discovered in Philip...

Group of crabs only found around one island, threatened by mining projects.



Animals

A giraffe walking through the grasslands in Masai Mara, Kenya.

Fun Facts About Giraffes

They're the tallest animal on Earth with necks that are 6 feet tall!



Conservation

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How to Save Europe's Threatened Butterf...

Team says colorful insects can be saved if habitats maintained.



Miscellaneous

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Bacteria Can 'Breathe' Beneath Polar Gl...

Microbes thrive in conditions like those under vast ice sheets.



Whales

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Rare Russian Whale Tracked to Mexico, a...

Nobody has ever recorded such a whale of a journey before.



Invasive Species

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Invasive Tree-Eating Beetle May Put Bit...

Asian longhorned beetles can spread from city streets to nearby forests.



Flowers

Gawkers gathering to see Cornell's corpse flower in bloom

Watch Live: Stinky Corpse Flower Blooming

Too bad smell-o-vision hasn't been invented.



Fish

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Sharks' Awesome, Eerie Beauty Captured ...

Scientist's image makes swimming with sharks look appealing.


Plants

Two flowers that have bloomed along the South Rim of the Grand Canyon are (left) Fendler's pennycress or wild candytuft and (right) dwarf lousewort or wood-betony.

First Spring Flowers Arrive at Grand Ca...

Signs of spring are everywhere.



Biodiversity

Woolly lemur (Avahi laniger), a primate species found on Madagascar.

Species Hitched Ride to Madagascar on F...

Land-dwelling species could have sailed across seas to diverse island.



News

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Belfast Zoo Welcomes Surprise Baby Chimp

Little Lucy is now the seventh chimp at the zoo.