Conservation
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Helping the critically endangered mammal is vital because it’s the last survivor on its branch of the evolutionary tree
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Some 13,000 sq km removed from conservation areas since 1997, researchers say
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Trump slashed size of two protected wilderness areas, with pace of rollbacks for development projects accelerating
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Swiss expert behind successful reintroduction in Bavaria is training UK conservationists
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The long read: Human activity has transformed the Earth – but scientists are divided about whether this is really a turning point in geological history
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Researchers believe 3,150 to 8,500 birds starved in Bering Sea due to loss of prey species
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Researchers still fearful as approximately 10,000 to 15,000 are killed every year
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A report shows that the animal’s food supply shifted, causing them to travel farther for food and moving them closer to shipping lanes
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Only one female of the critically endangered species remains in the country
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The Duke of Burgundy is back from the brink – and the work to conserve it has helped other declining species. Does this mean there is hope in the face of Insectageddon?
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Highly prized for its swim bladder – served in soups and stews – the fish could disappear altogether from Africa’s Lake Victoria thanks to the lucrative trade
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Chew Valley Lake, North Somerset: Fertilisers were withdrawn from this meadow 40 years ago but only now are we seeing the comeback of this most sensitive of wildflowers
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Letters: Plantations are an excellent way to combat climate breakdown, writes Andrew Weatherall, of the National School of Forestry. And Rachel Kerr says heather moorland is rarer than rainforest and the underlying peat is more effective at carbon storage than trees
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Hunt is on in Melbourne for grassland earless dragon – not seen since 1969 – after one species was reclassified as four
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