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The tiny floof known as the Cuban greater funnel-eared bat.
animals

To Save a Rare Cuban Bat, Biologists Conducted a Census by Pedicure

Studying the highly endangered species requires a little colorful creativity.
Sabrina Imbler September 24, 2019
The running buffalo clover, tiny and resilient.
forests

How a Tiny Plant Made a Big Comeback in West Virginia

The running buffalo clover may soon be removed from the endangered species list.
Sabrina Imbler September 11, 2019
A giant anteater in its natural habitat the Cerrado grasslands, Serra Da Canastra.
São Roque de Minas, Brazil

Giant Anteaters of Serra da Canastra

This breathtaking national park is one of the best places to see the weird and wonderful giant anteater in the wild.
An Ice Age mammal nearly made the endangered species list.
endangered animals

Should the Clearly Extinct Woolly Mammoth Be Reclassified as Endangered?

Maybe, if the goal is to protect elephants from the ivory trade.
Isaac Schultz August 30, 2019
Blue anoles on Gorgona Island.
Guapi, Colombia

Blue Anoles of Gorgona Island

The world's only pure blue lizard lives exclusively on this secluded tropical island.
A captive beluga sturgeon (<em>Huso huso</em>), the largest freshwater fish species in the world.
endangered animals

The Last Refuge of Eurasia’s Giant River Dwellers

From poaching and dams and climate, sturgeon in Georgia are facing extinction.
Isaac Schultz August 8, 2019
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The Value of the Largest Egg in the World

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The scaly-foot snail was recently rebranded the "sea pangolin."
endangered animals

The Scaly-Foot Snail Is the First Deep-Sea Species Endangered by Mining

It’s a dubious honor.
Sabrina Imbler July 22, 2019
Sinbad the kākāpō, who sired his first chicks this year through artificial insemination.
genetics

A Breeding Breakthrough for New Zealand's Chubby Night Parrot

Chicks born by artificial insemination offer new hope for the endangered kākāpō.
Isaac Schultz July 19, 2019
Rova workers preparing to harvest Malagasy caviar.
farms

Africa’s Only Caviar Comes From a Lake in the Highlands of Madagascar

Three French entrepreneurs want to put the island-nation on the luxury food map.
Sabrina Imbler July 8, 2019
Diorama depicting the sambar deer and Asiatic wild dog.
New York, New York

Sambar and Wild Dog Diorama

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.
A male woolly monkey at the sanctuary.
Looe, England

The Monkey Sanctuary

A wonderful safe haven founded in the 1960s to rescue endangered monkeys from the pet trade.
Pantaneiros are rounded up to be returned to the farm for milking and health checks in Aquidauana, Brazil.
genetics

The Endangered Cow Being Saved by Cheese

Bovine researchers believe the world needs the only cow adapted to the largest tropical wetlands.
Sarah Brown June 10, 2019
A baby Washington pygmy rabbit at the Oregon Zoo.
nature

After Nearly Going Extinct, Washington’s Pygmy Rabbits Need Room to Grow

Recovering the endangered critters will test society’s willingness to let nature reclaim a landscape.
Carl Segerstrom June 7, 2019
A reintroduced scarlet macaw feeding on a leaf in Palenque.
Palenque, Mexico

Scarlet Macaws of Palenque

After becoming locally extinct, this esteemed avian now flies free in the forests around the ancient ruins.
A tiger steps out in a biosphere reserve in the Sundarbans.
forests

Bangladesh’s Tigers Bounce Back After a Poaching Crackdown

This mangrove forest holds one of the world’s largest remaining wild populations of tigers.
Sabrina Imbler May 23, 2019
One of the rescued bears in part of the enclosure.
Proaza, Spain

Cercado Osero

A mountain path passes by several sprawling enclosures home to a pair of rescued brown bears.
Chiapa de Corzo, Mexico

Crocodiles of Sumidero Canyon

In this breathtaking canyon, crocodiles bask on boulders and glide through the murky waters.