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How Did An Indian Zoo Get The World's Most Endangered Great Ape?

Tapanuli orangutans are the world's most endangered great ape. Fewer than 800 remain, all previously thought to be in their native Indonesia. But now...

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New Species Teem In Cambodia's Threatened Karst

A biologist might go a lifetime without discovering a new species. It took a team exploring Cambodia's limestone karst a single night to find three....

09.08.2025 8

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Rare Earth Production Outside China 'Major Milestone'

An Australian firm's production of a heavy rare earth, a first outside of China, is a "major milestone" in diversifying a critical supply chain...

24.05.2025 10

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'It's Gone': Conservation Science In Thailand's Burning Forest

Scientist Inna Birchenko began to cry as she described the smouldering protected forest in Thailand where she was collecting samples from local trees...

05.04.2025 10

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Take 'Precautionary Approach' On Deep-sea Mining: Top Official Tells AFP

Rules for the emerging deep-sea mining sector should take a "precautionary approach" that protects the environment, the head of the body drafting...

16.03.2025 10

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Shells To Surfboards: How Wildlife Has Adapted To Plastic

A hermit crab trundles across a beach in Japan's Okinawa, carrying its home on its back: not a shell, but a disintegrating plastic yellow measuring...

31.10.2024 3

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'New Wave' As Start-up Sweeps Up Thai Ocean Plastic

As a long-tail boat arrives at a fishing village on the southern Thai island of Koh Chang, residents gather to sell their wares -- not seafood, but...

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