A group of scientists, which was placing camera traps in the dense jungles of the Borneo island, was amazed to rediscover a large, gray monkey so rare it was believed by many to be extinct.

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The largest supermarket chain in Singapore has announced it will stop selling shark fin products starting April. About a month ago few restaurants and hotels in China also announced they will no longer be serving shark fin soup.

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Starting January first, few of Chinese luxury hotels and popular restaurants will no longer be serving shark fin soup to help keep the species from becoming extinct.

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Not far form the city of Melbourne, Australia, new dolphin species has been found. The dolphins were found in Port Phillip Bay, and the Gippsland Lakes and in waters as far afield as Tasmania and South Australia and will be named Tursiops australis.

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The bill which was approved by the state Assembly earlier this year, would take effect on January 1, 2013. This ban will protect the shark populations from over-fishing. California, that is home for a large  Chinese-Americans population, is one of the biggest markets for shark fins outside Asia.

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10 new frog species  have been found in India’s Western Ghats which  lies along India’s west coast. The rich wildlife in this area  is imperiled by rising human impacts.

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A healthy population of the rare snow leopards has been spotted in mountainous northeastern Afghanistan and the Wildlife Conservation Society said the endangered animals have been documented by camera traps at 16 different locations along the Wakhan Corridor.

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Last Tuesday, The  Agriculture Minister Larry Cartwright approved a new law which  banns shark fishing in the Bahamas  waters and prohibited the sale, import and export of shark products.

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The endangered Sambas Stream Toad, or Bornean Rainbow Toad (Ansonia latidisca) was last seen in 1924. Last week, a group of researchers spotted it in Borneo.

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Over the last 3 years there is a significant rise in rhinoceros population after it was  decreased during the fights between government troops and Maoists rebels. These fights had left the forests unguarded hunting activity was facing little resistance.

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