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Southern Lakes Sanctuary field rangers install a line of stoat traps in the Kea Basin. Stoats are a particular threat to indigenous alpine species including Kea, Rock Wren as well as the endangered flightless Takahe which also spend time in alpine areas. Southern Lakes Sanctuary is a consortium of regional conservation groups involved in the suppression of predators that threaten New Zealand's indigenous species.

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Documenting the battle to protect New Zealand's endangered birds

Robin Hammond's photographs show the conservation battle to eradicate three species introduced to New Zealand, in order to protect the island nation's birds

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Super-invasive termites could spread from Florida around the world

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'Bone collector' caterpillar wears dead insect body parts as disguise

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US has imported billions of wild animals in the past 20 years

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US has imported billions of wild animals in the past 20 years

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The Nepenthes pongoides pitcher plant

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Hairy ‘orangutan pitcher plant’ discovered in Borneo

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The vampire-like Hylomys macarong hedgehog

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‘Vampire’ hedgehog among 234 new species identified in Asia

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Can you and your family solve these mind-bending scientific riddles?

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Can you and your family solve these mind-bending scientific riddles?

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Endangered skates saved from extinction by hatching in captivity

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China is sending giant pandas to US zoos for the first time in decades

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MRI image of the 250th California condor egg to hatch at the San Diego Zoo Safari.

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See inside an endangered California condor egg just before it hatches

The hatching of the 250th California condor chick at the San Diego Zoo marks a notable milestone for a species that narrowly evaded extinction

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Northern white rhino could be saved from extinction using frozen skin

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Half of migratory animal species are in decline – many face extinction

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Diving with manatees in Mexico's unexplored caves

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California frog reintroduction is rare victory against fungal pandemic

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