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Pangolins Should Receive Endangered Protections, U.S. Officials Say

The armored mammals are trafficked for their scales and meat.

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A pangolin looking for food on a private property in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2019.

Trump Withdraws From Agreement With Tribes to Protect Salmon

The Biden administration had brokered a 10-year truce in an extended legal battle with Native American tribes in the Pacific Northwest over dams that had prevented fish from spawning.

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Local tribes have argued in court that the federal government violated longstanding treaties by building dams on the lower Snake River, preventing salmon and other fish from spawning.

This Elusive Antarctic Squid Was Seen for the First Time

An expedition in the Southern Ocean captured video of a rare species of deep-sea cephalopod. Until now, it had been found only in fishing nets and in the bellies of seabirds.

Valmik Thapar, Tenacious Tiger Conservationist in India, Is Dead

He started studying tigers at a reserve in 1976 and became a leading activist in efforts to save the tiger from poaching and shrinking habitats.

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Valmik Thapar in 1994. He believed that tigers deserved nothing less than “inviolate protected areas” in which to live without human encroachment.

There’s an Effective Way to Deter Rhino Poachers, a New Study Finds

Poaching rates dropped by more than half in African reserves where veterinarians removed the animals’ horns, which are in high demand in some parts of Asia.

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A newly dehorned rhinoceros near Kruger National Park in South Africa. The horns eventually grow back, like trimmed fingernails.

Trump Delighted by Saudi Deal for Two Rare Arabian Leopards

Move over, pandas. Two Arabian leopards are coming to the National Zoo.

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There are believed to be fewer than 200 Arabian leopards alive today.
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