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Scientists Race To Identify Deep-Sea Species Amid Growing Mining Interest
In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners -- and huge numbers of strange and rare animals almost entirely unknown to science.
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Well-Preserved 50,000-Year-Old Baby Mammoth Yana Unearthed in Siberia
The remarkably well-preserved remains of a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth, named Yana, were discovered in Siberia's Batagaika crater. Unearthed from thawing permafrost in the Yakutia region, Yana’s carcass, weighing over 240 pounds and measuring about four feet long, is considered one of the best-preserved mammoth remains ever found. Notably, her h...
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350 Elephants Killed By Rare Bacteria In Botswana And Zimbabwe, Researchers Say
The sudden deaths of African elephants in Botswana and Zimbabwe in 2020 provoked considerable public interest and speculation.
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Rare Orange Bat And Endangered Indian Wolf Spotted In Chhattisgarh's Bastar
The Indian Wolf has been listed as a Schedule I species in the Wildlife Protection Act (WPA), 1972 due to its extremely low numbers.
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Viral Video: Maned Wolf Spotted On A Street, Leaves Internet Stunned
The species is a rare large-eared member of the dog family found in remote plains areas of central South America.
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Rare Deer-Like Animal Rediscovered In Vietnam After 30 Years
A very rare species of small, deer-like animal thought to be on the verge of extinction has been spotted in the northwestern jungle of Vietnam for the first time in nearly 30 years.
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US National Pays Over $1 Lakh To Hunt Pak's National Animal
An American has hunted Pakistan's national animal and rare wildlife species markhor after paying a record 110,000 dollars as permit fee during a trophy hunting season in the country's northern Gilgit-Baltistan region.
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Kin Of 'World's Ugliest Animal' Among Fish Hauled Off Australia Abyss
More than 100 rarely seen fish species were hauled up from a deep and cold abyss off Australia during a scientific voyage, researchers said Wednesday, including a cousin of the "world's ugliest animal" Mr Blobby.
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We Can Save the Earth Without Giving Up Bacon. Here's How.
You'd have to be living under a rock to have missed the memo: Too much meat is bad for your health , responsible for immense animal cruelty on factory farms, to blame for speeding up climate change, at fault for squeezing out rare species and more.
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5 Arrested For Killing Rare Snow Leopard, Other Endangered Species In China
Chinese Police have arrested five suspects involved in poaching of endangered wild animals, including two snow leopards.
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And Then There Were 5: Rare Rhino Dies in US
A rare species of rhinoceros is one member closer to extinction after one of only six surviving animals died, zoo keepers said on Monday.
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Scientists Race To Identify Deep-Sea Species Amid Growing Mining Interest
In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners -- and huge numbers of strange and rare animals almost entirely unknown to science.
-
Well-Preserved 50,000-Year-Old Baby Mammoth Yana Unearthed in Siberia
The remarkably well-preserved remains of a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth, named Yana, were discovered in Siberia's Batagaika crater. Unearthed from thawing permafrost in the Yakutia region, Yana’s carcass, weighing over 240 pounds and measuring about four feet long, is considered one of the best-preserved mammoth remains ever found. Notably, her h...
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350 Elephants Killed By Rare Bacteria In Botswana And Zimbabwe, Researchers Say
The sudden deaths of African elephants in Botswana and Zimbabwe in 2020 provoked considerable public interest and speculation.
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Rare Orange Bat And Endangered Indian Wolf Spotted In Chhattisgarh's Bastar
The Indian Wolf has been listed as a Schedule I species in the Wildlife Protection Act (WPA), 1972 due to its extremely low numbers.
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Viral Video: Maned Wolf Spotted On A Street, Leaves Internet Stunned
The species is a rare large-eared member of the dog family found in remote plains areas of central South America.
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Rare Deer-Like Animal Rediscovered In Vietnam After 30 Years
A very rare species of small, deer-like animal thought to be on the verge of extinction has been spotted in the northwestern jungle of Vietnam for the first time in nearly 30 years.
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US National Pays Over $1 Lakh To Hunt Pak's National Animal
An American has hunted Pakistan's national animal and rare wildlife species markhor after paying a record 110,000 dollars as permit fee during a trophy hunting season in the country's northern Gilgit-Baltistan region.
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Kin Of 'World's Ugliest Animal' Among Fish Hauled Off Australia Abyss
More than 100 rarely seen fish species were hauled up from a deep and cold abyss off Australia during a scientific voyage, researchers said Wednesday, including a cousin of the "world's ugliest animal" Mr Blobby.
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We Can Save the Earth Without Giving Up Bacon. Here's How.
You'd have to be living under a rock to have missed the memo: Too much meat is bad for your health , responsible for immense animal cruelty on factory farms, to blame for speeding up climate change, at fault for squeezing out rare species and more.
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5 Arrested For Killing Rare Snow Leopard, Other Endangered Species In China
Chinese Police have arrested five suspects involved in poaching of endangered wild animals, including two snow leopards.
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And Then There Were 5: Rare Rhino Dies in US
A rare species of rhinoceros is one member closer to extinction after one of only six surviving animals died, zoo keepers said on Monday.
