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Category: Rare Critters

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Endangered riparian brush rabbit survived floods and is now fighting a deadly virus with help from biologists

June 2, 2021

The riparian brush rabbit was once thought extinct, but a small population still makes its home in California’s Central Valley. Conservation efforts helped rebuild…

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Endangered African Painted Dogs

Rare African Painted Dogs born in Perth Zoo pass first health checks

May 28, 2021

Six rare African Painted Dogs born in the Perth Zoo have received their first major health check this week, two months after they were…

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Washington state’s first wild fishers born in half a century in North Cascades region

May 27, 2021

By the mid-1990s fishers were pretty much wiped out in Washington state due to wilderness loss and rampant trapping. By 1998, the cat-sized member…

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Tiny, but mighty wolf pup caught howling on camera

May 24, 2021

Every parent remembers — and marvels — at their baby’s first words. No doubt, wolf parents would be howling with delight at a pup’s…

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Photographer captures image of blackbird hitching ride on “Osprey’s broomstick”

May 16, 2021

Jocelyn Anderson is an award-winning nature photographer who recently snapped a truly magical image of an Osprey and Blackbird high in the sky. Anderson,…

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Which animals will survive climate change?

May 14, 2021

Habitat loss and temperature swings creating the climate change that is pushing some animal species to the bring of extinction. Scientists are now able…

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Super weird-looking Football Fish washes up on California beach

May 11, 2021

Normally, the Pacific Football Fish keeps its monstrous appearance to depths of 3,000-feet below the sea. But on Friday, one washed up on Crystal…

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Vets perform cataract surgery to save penguin’s sight at Chester Zoo

April 27, 2021

Munch, a 4-year-old Humboldt penguin, began behaving oddly at the Chester Zoo. He was tripping. He couldn’t find fish in his pool. His swimming…

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Parks Canada works to save Nova Scotia’s rare, possibly cutest, turtle

April 23, 2021

There are perhaps 500 Blanding’s turtles left in Nova Scotia. The tiny turtles, especially the very teeny young ones, are the favoured prey of…

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Jaguar and cubs released in Argentina’s Iberá National Park

April 20, 2021

Jaguar’s disappeared from the region 70 years ago amid over-hunting and habitat loss, but a conservation effort in Argentina has brought the iconic species…

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