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October 2014

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29 October 2014
Central and South America

Giant Otters making a comeback in one Peruvian River

A nice article, with some great pictures, on a superb species. This highly intelligent, deeply social, and simply charming freshwater predator almost vanished entirely due to a rel

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29 October 2014
Oriental

Monkey Selfie Sparks Copyright Case

This is a couple of months old but if you haven’t read this then it is an interesting – and somewhat comical – story (though I suspect the photographer – or

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29 October 2014
AfricaCentral and South AmericaEurope and the PalearcticOriental

Shrinking goats, shrinking forests and expanding Saki species. Some mammals in the news

Here are a few recent mammal articles that you might find interesting… Alpine goats shrinking due to global warming. Climate change is causing Alpine goats in the Italian Alp

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Offset your Greenhouse Gases when you fly - and protect Gola Rainforest

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