Nabha, an 8-year-old Namibian cheetah at Kuno National Park, died after suffering severe injuries during a hunting attempt inside her enclosure. Veterinarians treated her for a week, but fractures to her left ulna and fibula were fatal. Kuno’s cheetah population now stands at 26, with officials saying the remaining cheetahs are healthy and adapting well.
Australia has approved a world-first single-dose vaccine to fight chlamydia in koalas, an infection linked to infertility and high mortality in the endangered marsupial. Developed by the University of the Sunshine Coast, the vaccine has shown it can reduce symptoms and lower deaths, offering a major new tool for koala conservation.
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Beneath England’s countryside, the Millennium Seed Bank is marking 25 years of storing more than 2.5 billion wild plant seeds—an insurance policy against extinction. Opened by King Charles III, the facility is not just preserving biodiversity but improving techniques to safeguard ecosystems and support restoration worldwide as environmental pressures mount.
Two West Papua marsupials—the pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider—have been rediscovered after 6,000 years, ending the belief they were extinct. The find is celebrated scientifically, but framed with unease: being found again may bring conservation pressure, public attention, and new risks, reversing the “freedom” they had while unseen.
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