BBC Nature 6 April 2012 Last updated at 11:20

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Rarest ducklings on Earth hatch Eighteen Madagascan pochards hatch in captivity, bringing the world population of this critically endangered duck to just 60, conservationists say. Madagascan pochard ducklings (c) WWT

Grey wolfTracking the pack

To study wild wolves at close quarters, first you have to find the elusive creatures - so how do you track a pack of wolves?

The preserved Yuka mammothWoolly mammoth 'cut by hunters'

Scientists say that cut marks on the body of a woolly mammoth were made by human hunters who "stole" its body from the lions that killed it.

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