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There is a third species of orangutan and somehow nobody noticed

Life

There is a third species of orangutan and somehow nobody noticed

Meet your newest cousin. We thought there were only two species of orangutan, but the discovery of the Tapanuli orangutan means there are three

News

A legal trade in rhino horn could be twice as big as illegal one

Life

A legal trade in rhino horn could be twice as big as illegal one

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pied tamarin

Life

Pied tamarin doesn't look too happy about its extreme close-up

Regulars

A cloud of flying insects

Earth

Steep decline of wasps and other flying nasties is a bad sign

Comment

antelope

Earth

It looks like an oxymoron, but Earth optimism is worth a try

Leader

Penguins appear to herd fish into a disc

Life

Packs of killer penguins herd fish into balls then pick them off

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Christmas Island’s only echolocating bat has gone extinct

Earth

Christmas Island’s only echolocating bat has gone extinct

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clouded leopard

Life

The plan to reintroduce a big cat that might never have existed

Features

bison

Earth

Europe's last wildernesses are under threat – can we save them?

Insight

Snow leopard in mountainous landscape

Life

Snow leopards aren't as rare as we thought – but aren’t safe yet

Snow leopards could soon come off the "endangered" list, but while that looks like a win the move could make it harder to drum up support for protective measures

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Earth

Large non-native species like donkeys can boost biodiversity

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Earth

Back to the wild: How nature is reclaiming farmland

Features

Life

Endangered animals – and made-up beasts – drawn with gonzo charm

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Life

Church floodlights are driving away the bats that roost there

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