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'Pink Zebra' Seaweed Confirmed New Species After 40 Years
A UK marine botanist confirmed a mysterious pink-striped seaweed as a new species — 40 years after first spotting it in a Cornish maerl bed and never being able to pin it down.
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32 Wild Avocado Varieties Found in Nicaragua's Rainforest
Researchers from Texas A&M found 32 genetically distinct avocado landraces in Nicaragua, some immune to the root rot disease threatening the global Hass crop.
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Frogs Are Beating the Fungus That Nearly Wiped Them Out
Scientists discover that some frog populations recovering from the deadly chytrid fungus are passing on powerful immune defenses to the next generation.
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Scientists Discover a New Ladybird Species — On a Tree Outside Their Own Lab
Researchers combing 1,700 specimens across Japan turned up a previously unknown ladybird beetle — living, all along, on a pine tree beside their own university building in Fukuoka.
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U.S. Launches DNA Vault for Every Endangered Species in America
A new partnership between Colossal Biosciences and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will biobank cells, tissues and DNA from all 2,300+ Endangered Species Act-listed plants and animals.
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Vietnam's Rarest Monkey Triples Its Numbers in Two Decades
A new census reveals 160 Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys now live in Vietnam's Khau Ca forest — more than three times the number counted in 2002.
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UNESCO Sites Now Shelter a Third of the World's Tigers and Pandas
A new UNESCO report finds that wildlife populations have stayed stable inside designated sites even as global numbers crashed by nearly three-quarters since 1970.
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New Bright-Green Pitviper Discovered in China's Giant Panda National Park
Researchers named the new Sichuan snake species Trimeresurus lii — the Huaxi Green Pitviper — honoring the philosopher Laozi after DNA analysis revealed it had hidden in plain sight for decades.
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UNESCO Report: Wildlife Thrives in Protected Sites as Global Populations Fall
A landmark UNESCO report finds animal populations inside its 759 Man and Biosphere reserves remain stable, while global wildlife has dropped 73% since 1970.
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40 Species Including Snowy Owls Now Protected Under Global Pact
From snowy owls to cheetahs, 132 nations agreed to protect 40 new migratory species at a landmark UN summit in Brazil.
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Chile Now Protects Over 1 Million Square Km of Ocean
Chile expanded protection around the Juan Fernández and Nazca-Desventuradas marine parks, surpassing 50% protection of its national waters.
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Scientists Engineer a Superfood for Honeybees — and Colonies Surged 15-Fold
A University of Oxford-led team used synthetic biology to create a nutritionally complete bee supplement, and the results were dramatic: colonies produced up to 15 times more young.
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We're Living in a Golden Age of Species Discovery — And Scientists Say the Best Is Yet to Come
Scientists are now identifying more than 16,000 new species every year, from deep-sea creatures to high-altitude fungi, revealing a planet far more biodiverse than anyone imagined.
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World Wildlife Day 2026 Shines a Spotlight on the Medicinal Plants That Sustain Billions
This year's World Wildlife Day theme highlights medicinal and aromatic plants — the overlooked biological foundations of global health, heritage, and livelihoods.