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New pygmy chameleons | Seychelles ant menace| Elephant bee phobia | New Okavango film
New thumb-sized species of Tanzanian chameleon named after US rapper Two new thumb-sized species of chameleon, found in threatened evergreen forests in…
Ryan Truscott
Mar 12
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February 2023
'Extinct' tree rediscovered | Bats regenerating forests | Tourism disturbing dolphins | Tarantula tale
‘Extinct’ ebony tree rediscovered in Madagascar There’s good news from Madagascar, where an ebony tree thought to have gone extinct has been…
Ryan Truscott
Feb 26
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Medicine horn unearthed | Imperilled picathartes | Plastic harming seals | Waterberry trees
Ancient medicine horn reveals plants used by SA healers 500 years ago A medicine horn unearthed in a cave in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province has…
Ryan Truscott
Feb 5
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January 2023
Fearless drongos | Hyraxes need help | Rare lizard rediscovered | ‘Birds on the moon’
You can't fool a fork-tailed drongo (not if you're a cuckoo) A new study shows that while cuckoos are really good at disguising themselves as hawks to…
Ryan Truscott
Jan 22
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Lightning kills elephants + Monkey-guineafowl alliance + Zulu bird list + Bee magnet
Baby elephant rescued after lightning kills herd A tiny 10-day-old elephant, orphaned after his herd was apparently killed by a bolt of lightning, has…
Ryan Truscott
Jan 8
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December 2022
Stork-wing vests + Wild wax-eating guild + Africa’s rarest monkey + A happy discovery
Belief-based uses drive marabou storks near to extinction in West Africa Marabou storks — among the largest storks in the world — are in trouble in West…
Ryan Truscott
Dec 7, 2022
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Stork-wing vests + Wild wax-eating guild + Africa’s rarest monkey + A happy discovery
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November 2022
Fears for riverine rabbits + Crafty Cape foxes + Wild dogs poisoned
Deadly disease outbreak threatens South Africa’s critically-endangered rabbits There has been an outbreak of deadly Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease (RHD) in…
Ryan Truscott
Nov 20, 2022
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Damaged dolphin noses + new Angolan gecko + victory for seabirds + dormice diary
Why are endangered dolphins in South Africa breaking their noses? Endangered Indian Ocean humpback dolphins in South Africa are showing up with damaged…
Ryan Truscott
Nov 13, 2022
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Damaged dolphin noses + new Angolan gecko + victory for seabirds + dormice diary
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October 2022
Frog meat markets + Tree leaf skincare + Egyptian vultures + Rwenzori + Dormice Diary
Frogs account for 82% of carcasses in food markets in northern Ghana Three frog species account for 82% of the carcasses found on markets in northern…
Ryan Truscott
Oct 23, 2022
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Frog meat markets + Tree leaf skincare + Egyptian vultures + Rwenzori + Dormice Diary
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Forest elephants + White shark + Migrating storks + Dormice diary
Forest elephants may ‘eavesdrop’ on poachers Researchers in the Congo Republic have discovered that critically endangered forest elephants, the smaller…
Ryan Truscott
Oct 16, 2022
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Zimbabwe elephant translocation + Kenya drought + Medicinal plants threatened + Horn moth
Nearly 3,000 animals, including hundreds of elephants, to be moved across Zimbabwe A total of 400 elephants are to be moved from Zimbabwe’s…
Ryan Truscott
Oct 2, 2022
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September 2022
Black rhinos + Butterfly farming + Lemur tree-huggers + Fantastic beasts
A rare bit of good news for black rhinos As the world marked World Rhino Day on Thursday, there was some good news for black rhinos. The population of…
Ryan Truscott
Sep 25, 2022
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