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It's not just trees being removed from the world's rainforests, but staggering numbers of wildlife, which are being killed and sold as "bushmeat," according to a report by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), published in the latest issue of Science.

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An adult deer measuring just 20 inches at the shoulder and weighing no more than 25 pounds has been confirmed through DNA testing as a new species, making it the world's smallest deer, according to a recent study led by the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).

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What's black and brown and striped all over? A new species of rabbit hopping around the forests of Southeast Asia, according to biologists from the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society, reported in the Aug. 19th issue of the journal Nature.

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Genetic research by the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society, American Museum of Natural History, and other organizations has revealed that right whales living in the North Pacific Ocean are actually a unique species. (Molecular Ecology)

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As people learn to live with grizzly bears and wolves that have recolonized areas around southern Yellowstone National Park after a 50-year absence, so too must moose, which apparently have forgotten to recognize predators, according to a study funded by the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). (Science, 2-9-01)

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The orangutan - the only great ape found in Asia - may vanish from the wild within a decade, unless illegal logging of its habitat and poaching can be greatly reduced, according to research funded by the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). (Oryx, 2-01)

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The global phenomenon of bleaching, in which reef-building corals lose their colorful algae and become white during times of stress, may actually allow some corals to adapt to global warming and other environmental change.

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More than 2.2 million wild orchids are being strip-mined each year from a unique region of Africa, fueled by a growing demand to use the plants as food, according to a report by the Wildlife Conservation Society.

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A researcher from the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society has observed homosexual behavior among orangutans in Sumatra, marking the first time scientists have witnessed this activity among wild populations of these critically endangered great apes.

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Though the jaguar -- the New World's only true big cat species -- still persists from Argentina to the southwestern United States, it has lost more than half of its range from a century ago. A new study says that an unprecedented conservation effort by the Wildlife Conservation Society may offer the best hope to conserve jaguars into the next century.