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Worms lure two new species of hopping rats out of obscurity

In the Philippines, scientists have identified two new species of shrew-rat, an animal whose limited habitat plays host to remarkable biodiversity. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/two-new-species-hopping-rats-discovered-worms4…

War wrecked an African ecosystem. Ecologists are trying to restore it

Bringing back big predators to Gorongosa, once a wildlife paradise in Mozambique, is just one piece of the puzzle in undoing the damage there. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ecologists-restore-war-wrecked-ecosystem-mozambique4…