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Resurrecting extinct species from their DNA is essentially impossible

A study of the extinct Christmas Island rat suggests we cannot bring back the woolly mammoth and other lost species without important differences

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How a rodent’s fear of cats shapes rainforests in Panama

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How a rodent’s fear of cats shapes rainforests in Panama

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Xinhua/Shutterstock (12538561d) Photo taken on Sept. 26, 2021 shows an exterior view of the Fuligong Greenhouses at Kunming Botanical Garden in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province. China Yunnan Kunming Cop15 Botanical Garden Fuligong - 26 Sep 2021

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Crucial COP15 biodiversity summit set to be delayed a fourth time

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W57KD8 Panting happy dog sitting in a beautiful wildflower patch at St Abbs Head Nature Reserve, Scotland on a hot summer's day

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Dog waste may harm nature reserve biodiversity by fertilising the soil

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Divers uncover pristine coral reef off the coast of Tahiti

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Divers uncover pristine coral reef in deep water off coast of Tahiti

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KUNMING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 30: A sign reading 'COP15' is set outside the Dianchi International Convention and Exhibition Center to welcome the upcoming 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) on September 30, 2021 in Kunming, Yunnan Province of China. (Photo by Yang Zheng/VCG via Getty Images)

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China must lead by example to make the 2022 biodiversity talks succeed

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2022 preview: China to host crucial meeting in a bid to save nature

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China's aims for UN biodiversity summit are unclear, says UK economist

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rogerio Florentino/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (12420427a) A photograph taken with a drone shows sectors burned by a fire in the Pantanal region, Brazil, 06 September 2021. A year after having devastated a large part of the ecosystem, forest fires once again threaten the Pantanal, the largest wetland in the world that Brazil shares with Paraguay and Bolivia, where scenes of rescued animals or fleeing the fire are repeated again. Forest fires threaten Pantanal, the largest wetland in the world, Brazil - 06 Sep 2021

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Fires in Brazil's wetlands killed almost 17 million animals in 2020

At least a fifth of Brazil's Pantanal region was burned in 2020 during a historic drought, and the wildfires are estimated to have killed millions of birds, snakes, rodents and primates, among other animals

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2021 in review: COP26 lays the groundwork for a decade of action

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Wild Wild Life newsletter: How you can 'do your bit' for wildlife

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COP26 could never be a true success without delivering climate justice

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The many twists and turns that led to a new climate pact at COP26

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