Endangered species
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Tasmanian tiger sightings: 'I represent 3,000 people who have been told they’re nuts'The Thylacine Awareness Group is ‘dedicated to the research, recognition and conservation of our most elusive apex predator’ – declared extinct in 1986
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'Walking sharks' at greater risk of extinction than previously thoughtNew analysis of nine species that ‘walk’ by night on shallow reefs shows their range is much smaller than was known
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'Walking shark' takes a stroll along the seabed – videoA new analysis shows these bizarre creatures have much smaller distributions than previously thought
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The elephant who helped me through one of the darkest periods of my lifeAfter years of battling psychological demons, Jake Dorothy took the radical decision to go and work in an elephant sanctuary
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Frog goes extinct, media yawnsIs the loss of a unique life form on Earth big news? Not according to most media outlets. But how can the public care about global mass extinction if they aren’t even told about its victims?
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World's wildlife being pushed to the edge by humans - in picturesGlobal wildlife populations will decline by 67% by 2020 unless urgent action is taken, warns the biennial Living Planet report. From elephants to eels, here are some of the wildlife populations most affected by human activity
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World on track to lose two-thirds of wild animals by 2020, major report warnsLiving Planet Index shows vertebrate populations are set to decline by 67% on 1970 levels unless urgent action is taken to reduce humanity’s impact
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