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Hybrid. Adult fish.

Life

Hybrid salmon found in Canada may be a result of climate change

Salmon found near the mouth of the Cowichan river on Vancouver Island are a hybrid species of coho and Chinook, which may have arisen as the timing and location of their spawning grounds overlapped

News

turtle

Life

Australia's unusual western swamp turtle is an oddity under threat

News

A brush-tailed bettong jumps

Environment

Endangered bettong reintroduced in Australia after more than a century

News

maleo bird

Life

Endangered maleo bird of Indonesia bouncing back from the brink

News

Thismia sitimeriamiae is extremely rare

Life

Strange new fairy lantern plant is already critically endangered

News

New species of 'pumpkin toadlet' poisonous frog found in Brazil

Life

New species of 'pumpkin toadlet' poisonous frog found in Brazil

News

water web

A tiny spider can spin different types of web for land, air and water

News

Our supposed earliest human relative may have walked on four legs

Humans

Our supposed earliest human relative may have walked on four legs

News

Endangered possums find refuge in back gardens in Western Australia

Life

Endangered possums find refuge in back gardens in Western Australia

News

The endangered giants that still lurk in the world’s biggest rivers

Life

The endangered giants that still lurk in the world’s biggest rivers

The world's fresh waters used to teem with enormous fish. Their numbers are dwindling, but it is not too late to save the river monsters from extinction

Features

Definition

Natural selection

Earth

Why do scientists give some species such unusual names?

Culture

Life

Red panda genes suggest there are actually two different species

News

Life

Why climate change is creating more female sea turtles and crocodiles

Features