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The first successful embryo transfer in a southern white rhino paves way for using technique to save rarer northern cousinsThe critically endangered northern white rhino could be saved from the brink of extinction after scientists performed the first successful embryo transfer in white rhinos.After the last male northern white rhino, Sudan, died in 2018, the disappearance of the species looked imminent. Just two infertile...

Scientists call for urgent intervention, as bearded pig populations are devastated by the deadly virus on islands such as BorneoPopulations of wild pigs are crashing due to the spread of African swine fever (ASF), threatening the livelihoods of millions who depend on them for food, researchers warn.With a fatality rate of almost 100%, ASF has swept across Asia, Europe and Africa, devastating domestic and...