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Nature and Wildlife

Soaring over Iran’s Maharloo Lake

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Maharloo Lake, a seasonal wonder nestled in the south of Iran, dries up towards the end of summer, only to be revived by the autumn and winter rains.
Nature and Wildlife

Persian onager: A unique species endangered by human activity

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The Persian onager, one of the four subspecies of the Asiatic wild ass, closely resembles a horse and is native to the deserts of Iran.
Nature and Wildlife

Brown bear spotted in Iran’s Oshtorankuh protected area

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A brown bear has been photographed in the Oshtorankuh Protected Area and Gahar Lake in central Iran, the acting head of the Lorestan Province’s Department of Environment announced on Sunday.
Nature and Wildlife

27 rare falcons saved from trafficking, released into wild in Iran’s Hormozgan

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Iranian police recently intercepted a major wildlife smuggling operation, rescuing 27 rare and valuable falcons hidden in a vehicle.
Nature and Wildlife

Unknown bird spotted in Bandar Kangan, southern Iran

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An unidentified bird in a home in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Kangan has surprised nature lovers.
Nature and Wildlife

Iran’s Hormozgan welcomes Siberian birds

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Over 90 species of aquatic and shore birds from Siberia have arrived in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province with the onset of autumn, ready to spend the winter in the wetlands and coastal habitats of the region.
Nature and Wildlife

Brown bear filmed in Ramsar forests, northern Iran

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A nature enthusiast has captured footage of a brown bear roaming the forests of Ramsar in northern Iran, indicating the well-being of the species in the heart of the Hyrcanian forests, IRNA news agency reported.
Environment

Majesty of the Caspian Red Deer in Northern Alborz, Iran

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The Maral, or Caspian Red Deer, is one of the largest deer species and the largest native deer in Iran. Its habitat is primarily in the Hyrcanian forests in the north and the Alborz mountains of Iran.
Nature and Wildlife

Tiglon dies of lymphoma complications at Mashhad Zoo, northeastern Iran

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A female tiglon, aged approximately 17 and a half years, has died at Mashhad Zoo, northeastern Iran, following a period of illness.
Nature and Wildlife

Iranian wild goats and leopards spotted in northwestern protected area of Kaghazkonan 

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A herd of Iranian wild goats and leopards was spotted by the environmentalists of Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province in the protected area of  Kaghazkonan in northwestern Iran.
Nature and Wildlife

Ranchers in northern Iran move to summer resorts in mountains

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As the weather gets hot in summer, cattle herders and ranchers in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran move to the resorts in higher altitudes.
Nature and Wildlife

Four Persian leopards spotted in Iran’s Naeen 

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Camera traps have recorded a rare image of four leopards in the same frame, the General Department of Environmental Protection of Isfahan province said. 
Nature and Wildlife

Official: Persian yellow deer community fit as fiddle 

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The population of the Persian yellow deer in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran has witnessed a considerable growth thanks to the proper conditions in the protected area, says an environmental official. 
Nature and Wildlife

Iran Environmental protection officers rescue trapped bear

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The environmental protection officers of the central Iranian province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari rescued a bear whose hand was stuck under a rock in the river.
Nature and Wildlife

First black jaguar born in Iran

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The only black jaguar couple kept in a zoo in Iran have given birth to a cub.
Environment

Brown bear, roe deer caught on camera in northern Iran

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Environmental activists have captured the images of a brown bear and roe deer in the hyrcanian forests in the northern province of Gilan.
Tourism

Iran tourism: Chamim wildlife, Khuzestan Province

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“Chamim" is a village in Hamidiyeh, in the southwestern Iranian Khuzestan Province, where visitors find desert sands, river water and forest trees together.
Nature and Wildlife

Two bears wrestling in northern Iran                                                                               

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A wildlife enthusiast has captured images of the playfulness and wrestling of two brown bears in the mountains of Savdkouh, Mazandaran province, in northern Iran.
Nature and Wildlife

Persian leopard spotted in Iran’s Ardebil province

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A leopard has been spotted in a protected area in Iran's Ardebil province.
Nature and Wildlife

First Persian fallow deer born in New Year 

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Just days into the Persian New Year in Iran, the country's wikdlife is blessed with a new member; a Persian fallow dear calf. 
Nature and Wildlife

Brown bear spotted in Iran’s Arasbaran protected area

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A brown bear has been caught on camera in the Arasbaran protected area, also known as Ghareh Dagh, in northwestern Iran bordering the Azerbaijan Republic.
Nature and Wildlife

Rarely-seen Persian leopards show up in Iran’s Mazandaran

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A camera trap equipped with motion sensors has recorded images of two Persian leopards in the northern Iranian city of Savadkouh in Mazandaran Province.
Nature and Wildlife

Villagers in northeast Iran hand out animal feed to local wildlife

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The historical Kalidar village lies 90 kilometers northwest of the town of Neyshabur in the northeastern Iranian province of Razavi Khorasan province, and 20 kilometers east of the town of Chekneh on the slopes of Mount Binalud.
Nature and Wildlife

4 brown bears spotted in Iran’s Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province

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The director general of the Environmental Protection Department of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, in southern Iran, says environmentalists have spotted 4 brown bears around the Dana protected area in Dana city.
Nature and Wildlife

Omid, migratory Siberian crane, hasn’t returned to Iran

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The only survivor of a flock of Siberian cranes, named Omid or hope in Persian, has not returned to Iran this year to its winter refuge, the head of Iran's Environment Protection Organization says.
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