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All by myself: An adult ‘mentok rimba’, or white-winged duck, stands in a shallow pond at Way Kambas National Park in Lampung, in this undated photo. Upgraded to critically endangered status last year on the IUCN Red List, the iconic Southeast Asian bird species now survives in a handful of remaining habitats in Indonesia, India, northern Myanmar and western Thailand. (Way Kambas National Park/Dicky Tri Sutanto)
All by myself: An adult ‘mentok rimba’, or white-winged duck, stands in a shallow pond at Way Kambas National Park in Lampung, in this undated photo. Upgraded to critically endangered status last year on the IUCN Red List, the iconic Southeast Asian bird species now survives in a handful of remaining habitats in Indonesia, India, northern Myanmar and western Thailand. (Way Kambas National Park/Dicky Tri Sutanto)
Environment premium

Southeast Asia’s white-winged duck at critical threat of extinction

Once a familiar sight in wetlands across the archipelago, the iconic duck known as ‘mentok rimba’ is disappearing fast, driven largely by habitat loss and hunting.

2 days ago
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Climate change takes spice from Ternate clove farms

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Environment

Summer 2024 was Lapland's warmest in 2,000 years: study

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Coal far from ‘dead’: prices to remain high, IPO still lucrative

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'We are divided': lake upends life for tiny Kenyan tribe

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Asia & Pacific

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Environment

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Environment

Iguanas reproducing on Galapagos island century after disappearing

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Environment

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Academia premium

Innovative solution to the perennial waste problem

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The dark future of conservation and tourism in Komodo park

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Academia premium

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