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Sound robot for fishers
Wild News
Fish bot helps find fish in an African lake
Scientists created a robot that could help fishers find fish more efficiently, and they tested the robot out on a lake in Malawi.
a person planting seagrass
Wild News
Overfished Scottish loch leaps back to life
Community group Seawilding has reintroduced 350,000 oysters and helped seagrass take root.
a monarch butterfly on a flower
Wild News
Butterfly populations are declining across the United States
Scientists looked at butterfly data collected by citizen scientists across the United States. They found a 22% drop in butterfly numbers in only 20 years.
Sperm whales
Wild News, Wild Tech
Can AI help us understand what whales are saying to each other?
Decoding whale speak could help us protect whales, and perhaps even communicate with them.
A Cao-vit gibbon with an infant.
Wild News
Rare baby gibbons sighted in Vietnam
Good news! A community conservation team saw two baby Cao-vit gibbons, one of the world’s rarest apes, in the remote forests of northern Vietnam in 2024.
Lulingu at GRACE sanctuary before transfer
Wild News
Four rescued gorilla girls return to the wild in Central Africa
The gorillas — named Mapendo, Isangi, Lulingu, and Ndjingala — were airlifted by helicopter to their new home on Mt. Tshiaberimu. All four were raised in a gorilla sanctuary ...
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A koala sleeping in a tree
The Feature Creature
Koalas sleep all the time — but why? Fun facts about koalas
Have you ever wanted to do nothing but eat and sleep? You may just be a koala. 
an image linking to a video about African giant pouched rats
Wild News
African giant pouched rats gear up to fight wildlife crime
A group of scientists in Tanzania is training giant pouched rats to sniff out illegal wildlife products, like pangolin scales, elephant ivory, and rhino horn.
a giant anaconda named in 2024
Look Who's Here!
Look Who’s Here! New species from 2024
A giant anaconda, a vampire hedgehog, and a tiger cat were among the new species named by science in 2024.
a baby kinkajou
Puzzles and Games, The Feature Creature
Meet the kinkajou
You may know Kinkajou, the color-changing RainWing dragon from the popular Wings of Fire book series. But did you know that a kinkajou is also a real animal?
Project RattleCam screenshot of pups
Field Notes, Wild Tech
Waiting for the birth of these pups was a highlight of my year
Take a peek into the secret lives of rattlesnakes with Project RattleCam.
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