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Nepal community efforts revive red panda population

Nepali police officer Jiwan Subba still feels pangs of regret decades after he bludgeoned a strange creature he found wandering in his barn, not realizing it was an endangered red panda.

Summer and sex raise feral pig disease risk

Research from the University of Queensland has found the sex of feral pigs and seasonal conditions are likely to intensify potential disease outbreaks in pig populations. The work is published in the journal eLife.

US bird populations continue alarming decline, new report finds

The release of the 2025 U.S. State of the Birds report was announced today at the 90th annual North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. The report, produced by a coalition of leading ...

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New insights into pygmy blue whale foraging

Endangered pygmy blue whales dive to depths in the ocean to forage and feed along their migratory path off the Western Australian coast, new research led by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and the Center ...

Moth collected in 1855 is key to describing 11 new species

Scientists at the Natural History Museum (NHM), London, have discovered that a long-overlooked moth specimen in the Museum's collection was in fact collected by explorer and naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallace, in 1855. This ...

How human activities affect sea otters

Because of their high metabolic rates, sea otters are especially vulnerable to disturbances that can increase their energy needs. New research in The Journal of Wildlife Management reveals how human activities affect the ...