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A camera-trap photograph of a small mammal with spines and a long snout. The image was taken at night – echidnas are nocturnal.

Found at last: bizarre, egg-laying mammal finally rediscovered after 60 years

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Professor Yadvinder Malhi, Ecosystems Research Programme Leader at the (ECI) and Tom Atkins, Researcher at the ECI’s Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery, shared what they have learned - during a four-year study at Wytham - with BBC presenters Hamza Yas

BBC Countryfile investigates at Oxford’s Wytham Woods

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A large five-lobed flower in a jungle.

Researchers issue urgent call to save the world’s largest flower -Rafflesia - from extinction

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A male and female lion, with two cubs, in a desert landscape.

Lions on the brink – New analysis reveals the differing threats to African lion populations

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A sea urchin with spines protruding all over its surface, some of which are caught in a plastic bag.

New study finds plastic pollution to be almost ubiquitous across coral reefs, mostly from fishing activities

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A monkey’s hand grips on to the wire screen of its cage.

More than 900 at-risk animal and plant species not covered by global trade protections, new research shows

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A three-person submarine underwater near a coral. Image credit: Nekton/Ocean Census.

Oxford University joins largest ever ocean survey in a global effort to save marine life

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A Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris). In Pakistan, this species is still illegally hunted for its skin. Image credit: Shutterstock.

Turtle and crocodile species with unique characteristics are more likely to go extinct

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An Indian Pangolin. Image credit: Shutterstock

Operation Pangolin launches to save world’s most trafficked wild mammal

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A puma leaves its enclosure as it is released into the wild. Image credit: Associação Mata Ciliar.

New study identifies key success factors for large carnivore rewilding efforts

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