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This snake goes to extremes to play dead — and it appears to pay off (www.sciencenews.org)

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Cicada-palooza! Billions of bugs to blanket America (phys.org)

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‘If we don’t shoot wolves, we will lose caribou’: the dilemma of saving endangered deer (www.theguardian.com)

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The deadly sea slug that steals venom from its prey (www.livescience.com)

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Iconic savanna mammals face genetic problems due to fences and roads (phys.org)

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Mammal feared extinct spotted on remote farm (www.newsweek.com)

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A critically endangered critter has been sighted on a farm in the middle of nowhere.

The central rock rat is one of Australia's rarest animals, and experts feared it had gone totally extinct a few years ago.

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Rare Javan rhino calf spotted in Indonesia (phys.org)

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Cerrado mammals change their habits to escape humans, study shows (news.mongabay.com)

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Heat stress from ocean warming harms octopus vision (phys.org)

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Two tennis balls surgically removed from scrub python (www.abc.net.au)

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Hair from tiger thought to be extinct found by conservationist on Java (phys.org)

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As climate change and pollution imperil coral reefs, scientists are deep-freezing corals to repopulate future oceans (phys.org)

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Scientists are using underwater speakers to help restore degraded coral reefs: Study (abcnews.go.com)

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New research shows unintended harms of organic farming (www.france24.com)

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Paper : https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado4083

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Two coral snakes recorded battling for prey in a scientific first (phys.org)

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Almost a third of Australia's plant species may have to migrate south if we hit 3 degrees of warming (phys.org)

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American bullfrogs may be threatening a rare frog species in Brazil (www.sciencenews.org)

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No joking: Great apes can be silly and playfully tease each other, finds study (news.mongabay.com)

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Sperm whales drop 'bubble of poo' off WA to prevent orca attack in rarely recorded encounter (www.abc.net.au)

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Even ScoMo would be proud. Escaped in a cloud of diarrhea

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Hidden DNA found in blue whales reveals they've been mating with other species — and their hybrid offspring (www.livescience.com)

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Increasing sea temperatures associated with higher bull shark abundance (phys.org)

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New study shows mother chimps play with their offspring through good times and bad (phys.org)

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Rangers hunt endangered Indonesian tigers after deadly attacks (phys.org)

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Giant sequoias are a rapidly growing feature of the UK landscape (phys.org)

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Wolverines vanished from California a century ago. Is it time to bring them back? (www.latimes.com)

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