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whale shark

Life

We don't need a huge blue grab to save sharks and rays

Amid calls to ring-fence nearly a third of oceans to protect marine life, it now seems a fraction of that could save key species, says Lesley Evans Ogden

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Stuffed parrots

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London show confirms the natural world is dead. Good riddance

Culture

An adult gorilla holding a young gorilla

Life

Majority of primate species may vanish in next 25 to 50 years

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Scimitar-horned oryx in Chad

Life

Antelope revived in Sahara years after going extinct in the wild

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Arabian leopard

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Rare Arabian leopards forced out by frankincense harvesters

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Seychelles warbler singing in a tree

Life

Biodiversity betrayal as nations fail miserably on conservation

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fishing boat

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The plan to ban fishing in more than half the world's oceans

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Caterpillars on a leaf in the foreground, with Richard Toft in the background wearing an orange high-vis jacket

Life

New Zealand is the first country to wipe out invasive butterfly

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Platanista gangetica gangetica river dolphin

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Rare river dolphins get trapped in fishing nets as waters drop

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Africa’s tallest tree measuring 81m found on Mount Kilimanjaro

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Africa’s tallest tree measuring 81m found on Mount Kilimanjaro

Mount Kilimanjaro is home to centuries-old giant trees around 30 storeys tall – a finding that may help protect the area from logging

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Watch some of the most endangered seals caught napping underwater

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Life

Hacker, the humpback whale who got tangled in an internet cable

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Earth

80,000 reindeer have starved to death as Arctic sea ice retreats

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UK red squirrels are carrying leprosy and have been for decades

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