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Poachers use scientific papers to target newly discovered species

Scientists are pushing the non-publication of geographical data of new species in order to protect them from poachers.

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Grand study finds that diversity of life on Earth dropped below “safe” limits

Less species, more problems.

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The American pika is being killed off by climate change

They may be the cutest animal in the country, but we're cooking the d'awww out of them.

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Selective wipe out of large marine species sets the stage for an...

Large marine species are favorably lost which could disrupt marine ecosystems for millions of years.

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Newly discovered moth species features Trump hairdo

A tiny moth species has been named Neopalpa donaldtrumpi, becoming the first species to bear the name of the US president elect.

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Half of the world’s species could become extinct by 2100, biologists say at...

Welcome to the planet's sixth major extinction -- take a seat.

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Sleeping around makes it hard to speciate by mixing genes, paper shows

I don't even want to speciate.

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The last male white rhino boldly goes on Tinder to save its species

Super like.

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Scientists report new trove of information on Homo naledi, the newly...

A primitive Homo species with some surprising skills.

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A lost race of hominids left their legacy in the saliva of Sub-Saharan...

Unlikely discoveries hide in unlikely places.

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Rarest songbird species turns out to be even rarer than thought — because it...

So rare there's not one of them.

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Common jellyfish is actually two distinct species

It took us 175 years to spot the difference.

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“Ecological air conditioning” keeps species cool for now, but it won’t last

Bad news. Bad, bad news.

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Two raven lineages that tied the knot yield evidence of ‘speciation reversal’

Birds of a feather... merge together.

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In dolphin gangs, everybody knows everyone’s name

It's just what the early humans were doing.

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Climate change will become the leading cause of vertebrate-species loss by 2070

Things are heating up.

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New Antarctic Dinosaurs on Display at Field Museum

It's a great way to spend an afternoon or a day off.

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Bacteria species, too, can become extinct — and they do so quite often

The findings go against commonly-held wisdom today.

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New species of crocodile found in Africa right under our snout

It's the first species of crocodile formally described in more than 80 years.

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Nanotyrannus and the Skeptical Criteria for Species

A historical example of how classifying a species can sometimes be very confusing.

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