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2Min News Roundup

Nature news that made headlines, plus a good helping of the cute and the quirky, all wrapped up in a weekly two-minute video roundup.

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2:37

World’s largest marine reserve, pangolin-detecting...

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2016/10/31

A vast stretch of pristine ocean in the Antarctic declared the world’s largest marine reserve, a rare seal gets much-needed federal protection, WWF’s new report receives criticism and how giant rats are being used in the fight against the illegal wildlife trade. News Sources: LARGEST MARINE RESERVESANCTUARY PLANS THWARTEDWIN FOR BEARDED SEALSPANGOLIN-DETECTING RATSSPIDER-EATING BUGLONE LIONESS VS HYENASBIRD WITH THE LONGEST FLIGHTWILD ANIMALS DISAPPEARINGELEPHANT PIGGY BACK

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A win for lions, Brazil’s first elephant sanctuary &...

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2016/10/24

The US cracks down on canned lion hunting, tragedy in the DRC’s Kahuzi Biega National Park, a giant fish makes a comeback thanks to community conservation, Brazil’s first elephant sanctuary opens its doors, and a leopard gets a rude awakening. News Sources: NEW ELEPHANT SANCTUARYHUNTING TROPHY BANRANGER KILLEDWORLD’S OLDEST PANDA DIESSAVING A 10 FT FISHBABY WHALE RESCUEGORILLA MEETS TROOPLION VS LEOPARD

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2:51

When shark dives go wrong, mole rat superpowers &...

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2016/10/17

The world’s biggest travel site takes a stand against cruel wildlife attractions, an endangered condor chick takes flight for the first time in over a century, why mole rats don’t feel pain like we do & a great white shark gets trapped in a dive cage. News Sources: SAY NO TO ANIMAL TOURISM CONDOR CHICK’S FIRST FLIGHTSUPER SILKWORMSMOLE-RAT PAIN RESISTANCEELEPHANT RESCUERHINOS SAVE BUFFALOTRAPPED SHARKOCTOPUS VS EEL VS DIVER

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2:31

Singing spiders, new shark species & a snow leopard...

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2016/10/11

Snow leopards spotted in a new location in Kazakhstan, tourists encounter a cassowary roadblock in Australia, scientists discover that jumping spiders sing to woo their mates & is that viral megalodon video a fake? News Sources: SINGING SPIDERSNEW SHARK SPECIESNOT MEGALODONSNOW LEOPARD SIGHTINGCASSOWARY ROADBLOCKSPECIES IN TROUBLECROCS VS FLIPFLOPBIGFOOT PHOTOBOMB

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2:47

Humpback whale rescue, forked-penis fly & new...

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2016/10/03

We say goodbye to a rare frog species, the world’s most trafficked animal thrown a lifeline, komodo dragons battle in Indonesia, a lucky humpback gets a second chance and a look at the shocking scale of tiger farming in China. News Sources: WIN FOR WILDLIFE LAST FROG TIGER FARMING EXPOSE NEW SPECIES HUMPBACK WHALE RESCUE CAMP CENTURY FEEDING FRENZY KOMODO DRAGON FIGHT

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2:46

Humming fish, colourblind cephalopods & a lizard...

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2016/09/26

Monitor lizards take over a park in Bangkok, scientists discover baby belugas’ deep-diving secrets, colourblind cephalopods, a prancing deer and how skyrocketing demand for an endangered fish is driving the world’s smallest porpoise to extinction. News Sources: DEEP DIVING BELUGAS SPECIES IN TROUBLE COLOURBLIND CEPHALOPODS ONGOING PANGOLIN TRADE SINGING FISH WILDLIFE TRADE REGULATIONS LIZARD INVASION PRANCING DEE

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3:02

New orca protections, tool-toting crows & an epic...

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2016/09/19

An endangered big cat shows signs of recovery in Afghanistan, researchers add another animal to the elite list of tool-toting species, mass horseshoe crab deaths baffle scientists, an epic moose battle caught on camera and what’s the deal with California’s new Orca Protection Act? News Sources: CALIFORNIA ORCA PROTECTION ACT ‘'CINDERELLA' TIGER SIGHTING SNOW LEOPARDS THRIVING NAUTILUS IN TROUBLE HORSESHOE CRAB DEATHS FISHING BAN TOOL-TOTING CROW KEA PARROT DECLINE

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3:01

Counting cuttlefish, a sunfish rescue & South...

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2016/09/13

A new study shows that cuttlefish have number sense, scientists make a surprising giraffe discovery, rescuers rush to save a trapped sunfish, false killer whales show off their hunting prowess in Hawaii and South Africa releases its latest rhino poaching stats. News Sources: HUMPBACK WHALES DELISTED ‘UNICORN’RHINO POACHED RHINO POACHING STATS NEW GIRAFFE STUDY AMAZING SUNFISH RESCUE COUNTING CUTTLEFISH NANOFISH FALSE KILLER WHALE HUNT

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2:27

Pandas bounce back, a mouth-breathing dolphin &...

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2016/09/05

A continent-wide survey reveals catastrophic declines in Africa’s elephant numbers, hope for the endangered Tasmanian devil, a mouth-breathing Hector’s dolphin stuns scientists, officials in Australia trap a huge crocodile in a dramatic operation, and a leaping leopard lands itself lunch. News Sources: GREAT ELEPHANT CENSUS PANDAS BOUNCE BACK CANCER RESISTANT DEVILS MILLIONS OF BEES KILLED RIGHT WHALE REBOUND MOUTH-BREATHING DOLPHIN CROC CAPTURE LEAPING LEOPARD

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2:20

Earth’s largest protected area, the problem with...

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2016/08/29

A victory against leopard poachers in Mongolia, a dolphin with a rare mutation visits California’s coast, Hawaii’s new no-take zone, kiwi ‘dance’ moves caught on camera and how the legal trade in mammoth ivory could spell disaster for our elephants. News Sources: ZERO POACHING EARTH'S LARGEST PROTECTED AREA SAD END FOR ELLIE PROPOSED BAN ON SWIMMING WITH DOLPHINS PATCHWORK DOLPHIN SIGHTING MAMMOTH IVORY ISSUES SNAKE'S WASTED MEAL DANCING KIWI

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2:22

Toothy fish discovery, comeback foxes & a sad end for...

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2016/08/22

California’s island foxes bounce back, herpetologists in Peru make a colourful new discovery, a major blow for a population of rare giraffes in the DRC, famous desert lions meet a tragic end in Namibia & why is a toothy South American fish popping up in Michigan? News Sources: ISLAND FOXES BOUNCE BACK SLEEPING BEAUTY FROG SAD END FOR ELLIE RARE GIRAFFE KILLED DESERT LIONS POISONED SPEAR HUNTING BAN PREDATOR PARTY TOOTHY FISH SPOTTED

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2:25

Siberia’s mine ‘demon’, rhino CPR & good news for...

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2016/08/15

A bizarre Siberian find, life-saving rhino CPR, a 10,000-kilometre journey to save elephants, why Alaska’s famous wolf pack is no more & the very, VERY long life of the Greenland shark. All those stories and more coming your way in this week’s blast of nature news. News Sources: WHALE RESCUE SUCCESS WHITE SHARK REBOUND GREENLAND SHARK CENTENARIANS BANFF WOLF DECLINE MARCH FOR ELEPHANTS UNDERWAY RHINO CPR EAGLE RESCUE MINE MUMMY

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2:40

Women for elephants, volcano smileys & a daring...

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2016/08/08

A dramatic leopard rescue in India, manatees make a comeback in Guadeloupe, an all-female team sets off on a 100-day expedition to raise awareness for Africa's elephants, the EU blacklists 37 invasive species and a bald eagle attacks a trio of osprey chicks! News Sources: DARING RESCUE MANATEE COMEBACK EU SPECIES BLACKLIST ELEPHANT POPULATION DECLINE ELEPHANT IGNITE EXPEDITION DANGEROUS SEA CREATURES EAGLE ATTACKS OSPREY SMILEY VOLCANO

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2:36

Dragon ants, rhino rescues & a whale-sized shark feast

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2016/08/01

Rescuers save six baby rhinos from catastrophic floods in India, two new ant species named after Game of Thrones dragons, a ranger arrested for poaching in South Africa, New York’s corpse flower blooms for the first time in 80 years and a whale-sized feast for sharks in Australia! News Sources: RANGER ARRESTED FOR POACHING FAMOUS TIGER DISAPPEARS BABY RHINOS RESCUED CORPSE FLOWER BLOOMS DRAGON ANTS WHALE CARCASS FEAST NEW WHALE SPECIES DEEP-SEA BLOB

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2:59

A panda first, bye-bye sonar & a boar on a rampage

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2016/07/25

Life gets quieter for whales as the US Navy is barred from using sonar, China welcomes the year’s first panda cub born through natural breeding, an ambitious project to scan every fish species & a rampaging wild boar sends beachgoers scrambling! News Sources: WIN FOR WHALES NEWBORN PANDA CUB BLUE TANG BREEDING DIGITISING THE PLANET’S FISH MEXICO BANS GILLNETS VIRAL VIDEOS DESTROYING RABBIT ISLAND PINOCCHIO LIZARD RAMPAGING WILD BOAR

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2:40

Rare whale encounter, M&M’s for ferrets & a massive...

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2016/07/18

The Great Barrier Reef experiences the worst coral bleaching in history, a runaway lion is recaptured in South Africa, the mysterious coelacanth gets important new protections, a woman in Florida comes face to face with a panther and why is Japan still hunting whales for research purposes? News Sources: MASSIVE IVORY HAUL M&M FIRING DRONES FAKE TURTLE EGGS BOWIE THE KOALA GIANT CLAM POACHING TRAPPED BEAR BRYDE’S WHALE ENCOUNTER

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2:35

Fighting Zika with bats, red apes in trouble & a...

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2016/07/11

A rare primate in Borneo lands up on the IUCN's critically endangered list, Thailand moves to ban tiger breeding in private zoos, how a US town is preventing a Zika outbreak using mosquito-munching bats and a stranded whale calf rescued in Canada. News Sources: BABY BELUGA RESCUE ORANGUTANS IN TROUBLE TIGER BREEDING BAN MOSQUITO MUNCHERS GLOWING, GLOWING, GONE! ELEPHANT CHARGE!

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1:57

7 amazing new species discovered in 2016

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2016/07/04

Scientists estimate that there are still 10 million species on earth waiting to be discovered — and 2016 has already brought us some amazing new finds. We’ve chosen our favourites for this special edition of 2Min roundup! News Sources: GIANT SWIMMING CENTIPEDE DANCING SPIDERS CRYPTOMASTER BEHEMOTH SILVER SNAKE CHAMELEON-LIKE LIZARD PREHISTORIC MONSTER-SIZE CROCODILE ADORABLE OCTOPOD

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2:24

Ancient forest in trouble, a win for sharks &...

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2016/06/27

Hope for an ancient forest as the EU investigates logging plans in Poland, millions of seahorses seized in Peru, why kites are stealing underwear in Scotland and could California outlaw captive orcas? News Sources: SHARK FIN SHIPMENT BAN ENDING ORCA CAPTIVITY SEAHORSES SEIZED PANGOLIN RESCUE LOGGING SCANDAL UNDERWEAR-STEALING KITES TERRIFYING RHINO CHARGE

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First US dolphin sanctuary, a climate-change casualty...

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2016/06/20

A whale stranding in Indonesia prompts a mass rescue operation, hope for one of the world’s rarest birds, captive dolphins in the US set for early retirement in ocean refuge & a close-up look at a mega-mouthed giant! News Sources: MASS WHALE STRANDING NORWAY'S WHALE HUNT DOLPHINS EARN EARLY RETIREMENT TINY RODENT DECLARED EXTINCT HOPE FOR RARE BIRDS VETS FIGHT TO SAVE CALF BASKING SHARK SIGHTING

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