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The extraordinary comeback of Zimbabwe's endangered black rhinos

Decades after commercial poaching killed over 90 percent of the world’s black rhinos, a longshot plan by government officials, conservationists and private landowners is restoring the endangered species to Matusadona National Park.

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National Geographic

Photographer Joel Sartore’s quest to reveal every animal on Earth

Twenty years ago, wildlife photographer Joel Sartore set out to capture portraits of every species in human care. Today, after 18,000 creatures, the conservation mission at the heart of his Photo Ark project has never been more urgent.

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The Conversation

Why Australia should urgently vaccinate wildlife most at risk from H5N1 bird flu

We should not wait for perfect certainty. It’s time to act before catastrophe.

Jane Younger, Senior Lecturer in Southern Ocean Vertebrate Ecology, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania·Aug 5, 2026

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The Conversation

Powerless against bird flu? Not entirely. Here are 8 ways to help protect Australia’s birds and mammals

As a lethal bird flu spreads in Australian wildlife, it can be easy to think nothing can stop it. That’s an error – much can be done.

Stephen Garnett, Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University·Aug 4, 2026

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Outside Magazine

California Wants to Prove That Economic Growth and Conservation Can Coexist. Is It Working?

Our most biodiverse state is also the world’s fourth-largest economy. It wants those things to thrive together. The post California Wants to Prove That Economic Growth and Conservation Can Coexist. Is It Working? appeared first on Outside Online.

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Aeon

Thucydides the perspicacious

Far from thinking that ‘might makes right’, the great historian’s analysis of war identifies a vice common to all states- by David Polansky & Daniel SchillingerRead on Aeon

David Polansky & Daniel Schillinger·Aug 3, 2026