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Cocooned in white bags and nestled in the arms of volunteers, eight young rhim gazelles — an endangered species native to North Africa — have been transferred to an uninhabited Libyan island. Environmentalist hope their new home on Farwa…
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The Aman Environmental Society witnessed a successful cultivation of the endangered northern wild thyme plant in the city of Arar, located in the Northern Borders region, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday. Society member…
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The Imam Turki bin Abdullah Royal Nature Reserve in the northeast of the Kingdom has begun constructing an advanced aviculture center, with a mission to preserve wildlife and safeguard the endangered houbara bustard, a rare desert bird,…
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The Arabian Leopard Fund has announced the launch of a 50-student scholarship program to provide the next generation of conservationists with the skills, knowledge and practical know-how they need to safeguard the future of the critically…
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More than 220 endangered animal species have been reintroduced to the wild in Saudi royal reserves over the past three years. The conservation work, carried out by the Imam Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Royal Reserve Development Authority, has…
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Iran’s only Asiatic cheetah cub died Tuesday despite days of treatment for kidney failure, local media reported. Pirouz, 10 months old, had been the only survivor of his litter of three endangered Asiatic cheetahs. He was the subject of…
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The melodic songs from families of endangered monkeys ring out over the jungle near Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple complex — a sign of ecological rejuvenation decades after hunting decimated wildlife at the site. The first pair of rare…
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Another rare Bengal tiger cub was born at Cuba’s National Zoo in Havana, zookeepers said on Friday, just over a year after four of the striped and adorable baby beasts — among them a rare white tiger — graced the grounds. The birth of…
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Environmental projects in Guatemala are trying to save a venomous lizard on the verge of extinction, which they call the "Nino Dormino" (sleeping little one), because of its slow movement and heavy energy. Juan Alvarado, a forest ranger…
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On a beach in northeastern Qatar, six-year-old Lolwa waves goodbye to two baby hawksbill turtles — a species that has a one in a thousand chance of surviving to adulthood. Predators, climate change, fishing nets and marine pollution all…
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