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Archipelago 3 years ago

Police foil attempt to smuggle pangolin scales, hornbill beaks

North Sumatra Police have arrested two men for attempting to smuggle the scales of pangolins and beaks of hornbills worth Rp 2.1 billion (US$141,437) to China.

Environment 5 years ago

Giant tortoise Diego, a hero to his species, is home

Diego the giant Galapagos tortoise whose tireless efforts are credited with almost single-handedly saving his once-threatened species, was put out to pasture Monday on his native island after decades of breeding in captivity, Ecuador's environment minister said.

SE Asia 5 years ago

Turtles get boost as Malaysian state to ban egg trade

A Malaysian state that is a major nesting site for turtles will ban the trade in their eggs, authorities said Thursday, in a boost for the threatened creatures.

Science & Tech 9 years ago

Survival of the smallest? Bigger sea species more threatened

In the Earth's oceans these days, the bigger a species is, the more prone it is to die off. That's unheard of in the long history of mass extinctions, a new study finds.

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