On the latest episode of the Mongabay Newscast, WCS and CSU biologist Joel Berger talks about 'edge species' like yaks and Saiga antelope and argues that they deserve dedicated conservation funding too, and that doing so would have much greater impact per dollar in many cases vs rhinos, lions, and the like. Also, we hear from U of Glasgow researcher Andy Whitworth in Peru and he shares *rare new recordings of a very cool bird*, the endangered Sira curassow,
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