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Climate change threatens survival of endemic species the most

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Nearly half of South Africa’s Protea species on the brink of extinction

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Our wonderful wetlands need protection now

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Grass roots of Ice-Age extinctions

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We’re killing off life, but there is hope

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One million species risk extinction due to humans — draft UN report

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Climate change claims its first mammal extinction

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Editorial: Our moment of reckoning is now

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Fossil teeth reveal new facts about a mass extinction 260 million years ago

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Hunters should stop using lead bullets and help save the vultures

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Why coral reefs are important and why they are dying

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Toughie, the ‘loneliest frog on Earth’, croaks

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Activists hijack Cites and shoot down local solutions

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A fifth of all plant species on earth are close to extinction

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Humans driving sixth mass extinction

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Authorities confirmed the fire had been largely contained by early Monday afternoon, although reports suggest the fire had jumped the road near Tafelberg Drive

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The deputy chief justice said it was not clear if the burglary and a recent shooting were more than criminality, but vowed no one would deter the inquiry

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