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      <title>NZ wētāpunga, world's heaviest insect, rated recovering after 11,000 bred and released</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:43:02 +0100</pubDate>
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      <description>A 15-year breeding programme has released 11,000 wētāpunga in New Zealand, and the species' conservation status has been upgraded from "nationally endangered". The results appear in a New Zealand Journal of Zoology report co-authored by Dr Chris Green. (2 outlets: 1 left · 0 centre · 1 right)</description>
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