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A short-eared dog is seen cutting through the dark of a forest on a trail camera

Researchers have been following this rare 'ghost dog' species for 23 years to better learn how to protect it

The short-eared dogs of the Amazon Basin are notoriously hard to spot in the wild, but new trail camera footage is shedding light on the endangered species.

A black and white photo of a mountain bongo on a trail camera

Experts thought this critically endangered species had vanished. Then, one was spotted on a trail camera

One of the conservationists working to protect the species called the sighting “huge news.”

A photo collage of three people on a mountain trail hike, a row of products on grocery shelves, Stephen Colbert, a floating ocean solar farm, and several protest signs for racial justice

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A close-up shot of a loggerhead sea turtle

172-pound loggerhead turtle with four fishing hooks in his body given second chance by volunteers

Bowser, a 172-pound loggerhead sea turtle, was rescued from the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier recently. The operation was one of a growing number of rescues in areas where sea turtles and humans overlap.

A Sumatran Orangutan swings from a rope canopy bridge in a trail camera screenshot

Watch an orangutan swing over a busy road via canopy bridge: 'We have watched and waited for this moment'

A camera captured a critically endangered Sumatran orangutan using a specially built canopy bridge to cross a road in Sumatra.

An aerial view of the Willard Springs Wildlife Overpass in Arizona

Arizona is building its 27th wildlife crossing. Altogether, they've reduced collisions by 90%

The new project, over I-17, just south of Flagstaff, is projected to be completed by fall 2026.

A black and white still of trail camera footage showing a northern hairy-nosed wombat

Conservationists 'ecstatic:' Trail cameras spot one of the world's rarest mammals — with a baby in its pouch

Conservationists in Queensland, Australia “turned to mush upon seeing the images.”

A walking shark, a 3 foot sea creature with brown and white spots

A 'walking shark' was seen crawling along the bottom of the seafloor. It's a new species

Researchers were diving in Papua New Guinea when they discovered a strange new species in shallow waters.

An olive ridley sea turtle nesting on a beach at dusk

Experts delighted: Olive ridley sea turtle seen nesting in Florida for the first time ever

A nesting sea turtle shocked conservationists when it was spotted on a Florida beach during Sea Turtle Week.

Conservationists celebrate birth of baby pancake tortoise, hope for one of the world's most endangered reptiles

The new hatchling, which will be named by the public, is the child of mother and father pancake tortoises Waffle and Maple.

A person helps baby sea turtles return to the ocean

This national park site is training volunteers to become 'sea turtle nest sitters'

As turtle nesting season comes to a head, volunteers are needed to keep the endangered eggs safe.

A green sea turtle lies on a teal and white towel on a clinician's table as it is mended

This sea turtle was rescued with a missing flipper and a crushed shell. A special procedure saved his life

Kraken, a green sea turtle, is in recovery after a harrowing boat strike in Abu Dhabi.