NewzMore than 500 endangered blue-tailed skinks have been released on Horsburgh Island within the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. The translocation initiative aims to save the species from extinction after its population was nearly wiped out by predatory snakes.
The captive-bred release represents a critical conservation effort to establish a safe, predator-free population for the endangered skinks away from the invasive threats that devastated their previous habitat.
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