Why we need more wildlife bridges

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Just a reminder of how bleak the global megafauna situation is right now

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India's conservation programs are paying off

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Do you think a massive program to reintroduce the American Chestnut into their former range would be worth while project?

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You will always be remembered

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An American Crocodile Preying On An Invasive Burmese Python In South Florida

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Operation: Dumbo Drop Is A Go

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A Farwell To The Last Crocodile Of Palestine (@PaIipunk - Twitter)

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A bull elk wading in a river in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. Photo by Alfred Lockwood.

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India Records Its First Ever Confirmed Sighting Of A Rare Tibetan Brown Bear In Sikkim

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Historic vs present range of the African Lion (Panthera leo)

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Wolf in Hudson Valley NY

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Real talk: why is cloning so heavily overlooked for extant animals outside of specific cases like the Northern White Rhino? There’s a lot of species and populations with poor genetic diversity in the wild that could benefit heavily from it.

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Shifting Baseline Syndrome: what is seen as 'natural' or 'intact' is based on a previous diminished state

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Rewilding - before and after

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A Transient Siberian Tiger Feeding On A Caribou Carcass In The Togiak National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

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Saw this meme on Facebook and just had to share

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The first bison calf conceived in the British wild for thousands of years has been born in Kent

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Serval in the Middle Atlas of Morocco (2014), the northernmost population of this species

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Found this meme. Thoughts?

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What Are Your Thoughts On Cloning Being Used For Endangered/Extinct Species?

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Scotland's government plans to reintroduce plesiosaur to Loch Ness for their 2028 rewinding project

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Do you think the Carolina Parakeet would be a good choice for a de-extinction project?

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A Lion Hunting A Herd Of Aurochs In The Balkans Circa 1000 BC By Velizar Simeonovski

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Ecological importance of rotting logs

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European megafauna losses

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The Sumatran Rhino is one of the rarest megafauna species in the world. There are fewer than 80 individuals in the wild

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The decline of African elephants

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A wolf from France has crossed the Pyrenees and paired up with a female Spanish wolf

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A herd of African Elephants in Tsavo, Kenya 1950s

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What’s yalls opinion on reintroducing the red wolf to its historic range, anywhere specifically you think it should be reintroduced?

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The European Bison

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This sub in a nutshell

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The First Cloned Thylacine/Tasmanian Tiger's Reaction To Seeing Humans Again:

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What is a Dingo, exactly? For decades scientists have puzzled over the origin of Australia’s wild canines, and today the most widely accepted theory is that they are descended from early Asian dog breeds that marooned on the continent and adapted to become its new top land predator.

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Haunted and hunted. A herd of Pronghorns (Antilocapra americana) run from the memory of being hunted by the American Cheetah (Miracinonyx trumani). Artwork by Lore on Twitter.

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Yakutian Horses, Bison and Musk Ox in Pleistocene Park, Siberia.

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Giant Anteater spotted in the Brazilian Pampas after 130 years

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The Saimaa ringed seal is an endangered animal that only lives in Finland in the Lake Saimaa, the fourth largest lake in Europe. Their population numbers around 400 to 500 and it's growing. (From r/europe).

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Whats your opinion about the white buffalo?

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Feral Zebra in California?

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A camel in a Pleistocene park looks like a relic from the prehistoric era that has come to life

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A partial river restoration in Austria. According to the plan of EU Biodiversity strategy for 2030, one important target wil be the restoration of 25.000 km of european rivers, by removing dams and recreating riparian areas

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In Germany, 500,000 years ago, a flock of common ravens (Corvus corax) flies over a brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea) and a wolverine (Gulo gulo) fighting over a caracass of a common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), an excellent representation of paleoart with no extinct species, by Olmagon.

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A second bear was sighted in the Algau of germany, where bears have been historically extinct.

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Wild mammals are making a comeback in Europe thanks to conservation efforts

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What are your thoughts on the passenger pigeon comeback program? Do you think the resurrected version of the bird will fill the ecological niche left by the absence of the original?

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A herd of Przewalski's Horse in Mongolia. This is what I imagine the Pleistocene Wild Horse looked like.

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Cats of The Cities Urban Mountain Lions & Leopards are a testament to the tenacity of Megafauna, especially Large Carnivores, to survive within an increasing Human Landscape

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Extinct megafauna of Mexico

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The Yangtze river

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Wildlife crossing in Banff National Park, Canada

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evocative image of north african lion

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The iconic “destroying island wildlife” duo

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Estimated Lion population

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Male Siberian tiger, Ussuri brown bear of unknown sex, and photographer standing next to the same tree, Russian far-East.

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Camera trap photo from the Stepnoi Reserve of a Saiga

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Wolf distribution in Italy from 1900 to 2020./-

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A 2017 census have shown the presence of at least 84 adult Amur leopards, 7 adolescent big cats and 12 cubs, for a minimium number of 103 individuals. Even if extremely low, it's a great increase compared to the estimated 19–26 individuals in 2007.

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Original range of the bison

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The Russian Far East

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The bison have arrived at Pleistocene Park

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Do you think Heath Hens would be a good choice for de-extinction?

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Mangrove restoration in Palk bay, India.

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I’ve heard some people question why Indian lions shouldn’t be relocated to where cheetahs have been. This is why:

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This needed to be said..

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Good news!

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The Greater Gila Ecosystem in New Mexico and Arizona represents an ideal place to rewild North America and bring jaguars back into the US. A petition to reintroduce them there was recently declined by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for future reconsideration. We urge action towards this project.

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Musk oxen in Norway’s Dovrefjell national park. A few animals have been introduced in the 50s coming from Greenland. The oxen are thriving in the region and have increased to around 300 animals.

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Important announcement: Hyenas can be floofy

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The last tiger in Cambodia was spotted by a camera trap in 2007. Illegal poaching is believed to have wiped out the species, making tigers functionally extinct in Cambodia. Recently, India signed a pact with Cambodia to translocate some tigers to the country.

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Historical range of Brown bear

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Welcome, Elizabeth Ann! This cloned Black-footed Ferret is now the most genetically valuable of her species

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Life-size reconstruction of Palaeoloxodon antiquus

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Colossal Announces the Tasmania Thylacine Advisory Committee

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Feral cattle of chernobyl

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Photo taken by me, remnant of the Atlantic Forest biome. This biome had 90% of its coverage destroyed, these small forests are literally islands in the middle of cattle pastures.

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POV: You visit Pleistocene Park, Siberia in the year 2050

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Lions, Giraffes and Elephants in the snow, South Africa.

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Wildlife crossing in the Netherlands. A good way to bind fragmentated habitats to allow safe animal migration

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Canids of Brazil: Maned wolf, Crab-eating fox, Short-eared dog, Bush dog, hoary fox, Pampas fox

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A de-extinction candidate that nobody is talking about, the Rocky Mountain locusts.

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Ted is a neutered African lion from the Knowsley Safari Park in Liverpool, UK. A lion like him is the closest we can get as a model for what the extinct steppe lions of Eurasia and North America likely looked like.

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Feral cattle in Patagonia

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Very generalistic suitability map for the african elephant in Lower 48 states

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The Sumatran rhinoceros is the closest modern relative of the woolly rhinoceros, and a candidate for reintroduction in subtropical forests

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From Forrest Galante’s social media

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Some maps of (mostly)megafauna recoveries in Europe

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Gigantic Ukrainian cave lion the size of a polar bear with a body mass that could have exceeded 500 kg

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This

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Reintroducing jaguars to their native range in Arizona and New Mexico, alongside other native species that have been extirpated like grizzly bears and wolves, would mean revitalizing broad ecological interactions among North American megafauna. Relicts of the Pleistocene.

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(GIF) Europe is more forested today than it was in the 1800s. The more forest cover the more hope for megafauna surviving in Europe and thriving.

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The last photograph of a wild lion in the Atlas Mountains (Marcelin Flandrin, 1925)

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Herbivore megafauna of modern Europe

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Habitat available and population it could support if Lynx were reintroduced to the UK

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This is how big elephant herds used to be ( 1950s )

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Pleistocene park bison, again from their twitter page.

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A previously unknown population of snow leopards has been discovered in Siberia (more details in the comments)

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The Eurasian lynx - a keystone species

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Siberian tiger range: large 19th century vs today

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Ongoing rewilding projects in Europe, according to Rewilding Europe

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In July, Florida Governor Ron Desantis signed a bill creating the Florida Wildlife Corridors Network. This will link together 18 million acres of conserved land stretching from Pensacola to Key West.

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Beautiful wildlife crossing in the Netherlands

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Thoughts?

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The Nene (Branta sandvicensis) is the last surviving goose of Hawaii and it's higly endangered. Once nearly extirpated, with only 30 individuals left, the species is now estimated over 3000 individuals. Weighing 2-3 kg, it's the largest native herbivore left on the island

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This is P243, a tiger from Panna NP, India who last year became famous after looking after his latest litter cubs following their mother's death. He would bring the cubs kills to ensure they would survive. A great example of intelligent and complex parental care in the wild.

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The U.S. Ecological History Park: Concept Art Of A Pleistocene Park Based In North America By Carl Buell

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The OG rewilder

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Why having a mosaic landscape is important

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Range of the European Bison, according to Wikipedia

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The past range of the cheetah

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For the first month in the Pleistocene park, camels lived on elevated areas and fed on willow branches. In recent days, they have descended into the swamp and are actively eating grass

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Pleistocene Park bisons, again from their twitter page

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Map of Current biodiversity

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The 4 ExtraLarge felines of Americas. Credit to Gabriel Ugueto

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This is incredible!

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Two of the bison in Pleistocene Park

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Before they were largely wiped out, Asiatic Lions definitely coexisted with Bengal Tigers in some areas. Do we have any idea how these two apex predators might have interacted?

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From the bottom of the Volga, a diver lifted the skull of an Ice Age bison with a 1.5 meter horn span. The diver refused to sell the skull to the museum - he wants to put this skull on the car

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Leopard present vs historical distribution

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Herd of european bison in the snow

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Leopards roaming the mountains of southern Armenia

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Illustration depicting all mammal species that would inhabit Southern California (top), New South Wales, Australia, (middle) and central Colombia (left) today if not for human-linked range reductions and extinctions from the Late Pleistocene to present. Credit: Oscar Sanisidro/University of Alcala

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River Cane is one of 3 species of bamboo native to North America. it once formed massive tracts of forests called canebrakes around wetlands and river systems. Black bears historically thrived in these habitats and early settlers had to deal with aggressive ambushes from these bears.

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Camels in the Pleistocene Park

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Speaking of de-extinction, why no one talks about Musk ox?

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Ok European megafauna fans we are winning?

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The European bison is no longer a vulnerable species

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Bactrian camels in the Pleistocene Park

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A Pair of Asiatic Cheetahs walking through the snow in Eastern Iran

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The takin, a bizarre endangered ungulate from Himalayas. Even if apparently similar to muskox, it's more related to sheep.

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Historical and present distribution of the Javan Rhinoceros

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What was the effect of extinction of Barbary lion on ecosystem??? and why no one talks about it de-extinction i have been on this subreddit for a long time and was amazed that no one talked about it as it is a megafauna and was also driven to extinction by humans(and also because it looks majestic..

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Russian ex-soldier wishes to establish nature preserve .

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Top 6 largest asian animals.

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Map showing the past and current distribution of wombats. By Rachael Da Silva (2021)

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A Jaguar takes down a Bull Elk somewhere in Colorado during the 1700s. (Dhruv Franklin - Twitter)

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Top 6 largest african land animals.

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We need to treat mustangs in the west as wild animals. Not as historical treasures

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A Map of Current California Condor Reintroduction Locations (Link to source in comments)

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why do lions in captivity in cold countries develop winter fur? Is this the result of artificial selection? Do lions that don't tolerate the cold die more?

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Legislators in Florida have approved the state's largest wildlife corridor which will preserve millions of acres of land

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How North America might look like if pleistocene rewilding happened

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WOULD YOU REWILD? The Australian Megalania, the largest known terrestrial lizard in existence. Some estimate its size as up to 23ft. It quite possibly coexisted with human settlers, who may have contributed to its extinction.

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Leopard range map.

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Przewalski's horse, wild ass, American bison, saiga, and Eurasian cranes at Askania Nova, Ukraine. Photos from 2019 by Turnstone Ecology. A look back to the Pleistocene.

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The alarming disparity in mammal biomass within our planet.

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Images showing how beavers can drastically trasform the water flow and morphology of a river

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The Scottish Wildcat or Scottish Highland Cat is the last Wild Feline species left in the British isles. After the extinction of the cave lion, sabertooths and lynx in the UK, I guess it is technically the largest wild feline in the UK.

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