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Was a Spacecraft to Blame for the Third Annual Antelope Die-Off in Kazakhstan?

This post was originally published at Scientific American. This is getting a bit weird. In May 2010 at least 12,000 critically endangered saiga antelopes (Saiga tatarica) were found dead in...

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100 Amazon Bird Species Are at Greater Risk of Extinction Due to Deforestation

This story first appeared on the Scientific American website and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Deforestation in the Amazon has put nearly 100 bird species at greater...

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As Many As 100 Million Sharks Killed Every Year for Soup

This post was originally published at Scientific American. The appearance of a shark fin piercing the ocean surface is often seen as a sign of danger to humans. Even more dangerous to sharks is the...

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VIDEO: Adorable Singing Penguin Threatened by Climate Change, Nets

This post was originally published at Scientific American. It has been a rough few decades for endangered yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes). The species can only be found along a small...

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Chimps Infected with Human Diseases Pose Possible Risk to Reintroduction Efforts

This post first appeared on the Scientific American website. When a wild animal is rescued from poachers or wildlife smugglers, conservationists usually make an effort to rehabilitate it and return it...

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First Purebred Bison Calf Born After Disease-Washing Embryo Transfer

This story first appeared on the Scientific American website. What does a two-month-old bison calf in the Bronx have to do with the future of its species? Quite a lot, it turns out. After being...

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Drones Could Help Conserve Endangered Wildlife

This post first appeared on the Scientific American website. What better way to study the world’s largest arboreal animals than by putting an eye in the sky? A team of scientists working in Indonesia...

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Cost to Prevent All Future Extinctions: $11 per Person?

This story first appeared on Scientific America‘s Extinction Countdown blog. A global effort to prevent all future species extinctions would cost about $80 billion a year, or $11.42 annually from...

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African Lions Move Closer to US Endangered Species Act Protection

This story first appeared on Scientific American’s Extinction Countdown blog. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced this week that African lions (Panthera leo leo) may deserve protected status...

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Deadly Bat Fungus Now in 22 States

This story first appeared on Scientific American’s Extinction Countdown blog. A dead tri-colored bat (Perimyotis subflavus) found at Table Rock State Park in South Carolina has tested positive for...

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