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17 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: November 11, 2026.
A 2023 expedition to Bikar and Bokak in the Marshall Islands found large sharks, seabird colonies and possibly two new species, and the area is now a marine sanctuary.
Local experts described elephants walking straight to specific trees when sick and mothers feeding plants to calves. Of 39 resources named, 87% are also used in local human medicine.
The tilcayo weighs about three pounds, lives in Bolivia's Yungas cloud forest and has never been found anywhere else. The Current Biology study that names it also carves the tiger cats of South America into five distinct species, all of them, one author says, 'in habitats that are vanishing fast.'
GPS collars from the Zambian Carnivore Programme and Montana State tracked young Lycaon pictus leaving their packs to find mates. The three males made it to a new home in the Luangwa Valley; the females never found a pack.
Ninety chicks survived to independence this season, matching what the recovery programme managed in its first 16 years combined. The total now stands at 325 birds.
Three decades of research show that animals fear humans mainly when we kill — a finding that could reshape how conservationists manage wildlife near people.
Frogs from populations that bounce back from the devastating chytrid fungus load up on protective skin peptides while they are still tadpoles, UCL researchers found — arming themselves before the disease strikes at metamorphosis.
Known to local communities as the 'Likweli,' the striking black primate with vivid orange face patches is only the fifth new monkey species identified in Africa in 75 years — and researchers already say it should be listed as endangered.
With koala densities in the Mount Lofty Ranges already past sustainable levels, researchers say sterilizing a fraction of females each year could avert a slow-motion catastrophe — and avoid a Victoria-style cull.
A 13-year DNA study of more than 600 belugas in Alaska's Bristol Bay found both sexes reproduce with many different partners, a flexible mating system that preserves genetic diversity in a small, isolated population.
Breakthrough technology could revolutionize poultry industry and support conservation efforts for endangered bird species worldwide.
Bird bander's casual iNaturalist upload leads to identification of rare Ptilotus senarius, proving citizen science's growing importance in biodiversity research.
Ptilotus senarius, missing since 1967, was spotted by bird bander Aaron Bean and identified by botanist Anthony Bean through iNaturalist observations.
University of Hawaii study finds no evidence Indigenous Hawaiians hunted waterbirds to extinction, pointing instead to climate change and invasive species.
University of Hawaii study finds no evidence supporting claims that Native Hawaiians overhunted waterbirds, proposing instead that climate change and invasive species were primary causes of decline.
The IUCN Red List upgraded two iconic Antarctic species simultaneously, with the fur seal population down 57% in 26 years and penguin chicks drowning as ice breaks up prematurely.
Researchers develop breakthrough yeast-based supplement that provides essential nutrients missing from modern pollen sources, offering hope for struggling bee populations facing climate change and habitat loss.