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A healthy frog has been spotted with a mushroom growing out its side, the first time such a growth on live animal tissue has been seen. Not surprisingly, it stunned scientists (and had us wondering if this is how a real-life The Last of Us begins).

From monitoring a deadly disease in endangered Tasmanian devils in real time, to tracking wildlife recovery after devastating bushfires that claimed the lives of up to three billion animals, AI has the potential to change the world for good.

Drawing on extensive analysis of species populations around the world, a new report from the WWF reveals an average decline of 68 percent in vertebrate species numbers between 1970 and 2016, a decline the authors describe as "catastrophic."

For the first time ever, scientists have managed to slap a camera onto the back of a minke whale as it swam through the icy waters of Antarctica, surprising researchers with its speed and a seemingly voracious appetite.

The World Wide Fund for Nature has teamed up with German advertising agency Jung von Matt to develop a digital document format that prevents users from sending docs to the printer.

The WWF has released a report which details more than 350 new species scientists have discovered in the eastern Himalayas over the past decade, including the world's smallest deer.