2Min News Roundup (HD)

A vast stretch of pristine ocean in the Antarctic declared the world’s largest marine reserve, a rare seal gets much-needed federal protection, WWF’s new report receives criticism and how giant rats are being used in the fight against the illegal wildlife trade.

The US cracks down on canned lion hunting, tragedy in the DRC’s Kahuzi Biega National Park, a giant fish makes a comeback thanks to community conservation, Brazil’s first elephant sanctuary opens its doors, and a leopard gets a rude awakening.

The world’s biggest travel site takes a stand against cruel wildlife attractions, an endangered condor chick takes flight for the first time in over a century, why mole rats don’t feel pain like we do & a great white shark gets trapped in a dive cage.

Snow leopards spotted in a new location in Kazakhstan, tourists encounter a cassowary roadblock in Australia, scientists discover that jumping spiders sing to woo their mates & is that viral megalodon video a fake?

We say goodbye to a rare frog species, the world’s most trafficked animal thrown a lifeline, komodo dragons battle in Indonesia, a lucky humpback gets a second chance and a look at the shocking scale of tiger farming in China.

Monitor lizards take over a park in Bangkok, scientists discover baby belugas’ deep-diving secrets, colourblind cephalopods, a prancing deer and how skyrocketing demand for an endangered fish is driving the world’s smallest porpoise to extinction.

An endangered big cat shows signs of recovery in Afghanistan, researchers add another animal to the elite list of tool-toting species, mass horseshoe crab deaths baffle scientists, an epic moose battle caught on camera and what’s the deal with California’s new Orca Protection Act?

A new study shows that cuttlefish have number sense, scientists make a surprising giraffe discovery, rescuers rush to save a trapped sunfish, false killer whales show off their hunting prowess in Hawaii and South Africa releases its latest rhino poaching stats.

A continent-wide survey reveals catastrophic declines in Africa’s elephant numbers, hope for the endangered Tasmanian devil, a mouth-breathing Hector’s dolphin stuns scientists, officials in Australia trap a huge crocodile in a dramatic operation, and a leaping leopard lands itself lunch.

A victory against leopard poachers in Mongolia, a dolphin with a rare mutation visits California’s coast, Hawaii’s new no-take zone, kiwi ‘dance’ moves caught on camera and how the legal trade in mammoth ivory could spell disaster for our elephants.