This issue of Wildlife News Round-Up includes headlines about rebounding panda populations, the lifting of the ban on commercial whaling, and the unearthing of skeletal remains of a dodo. Here's a round-up of the top stories:

• More Wild Pandas Than Thought (National Geographic) — A recent population study of Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) indicates that there may be as many as 3,000 wild pandas in central China's mountainous forests.
• Dodo Skeleton Find in Mauritius (BBC News) — Researchers working in Mauritius have located the skeletal remains of a dodo, a species of bird that disappeared three centuries ago.
• Vast Hawaii Sea Area Now a National Monument (NPR) — The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands have now been granted the status of a national monument and as such will provide protected habitat for numerous endangered species.
• International Panel Backs Return to Whaling (NPR) — The ban on commercial whaling, established in 1986, has been voted down by the International Whaling Commission. NPR examines the implications of this decision.
• Borneo Rhino Photographed for the First Time (WWF) — A motion-sensitive camera has captured the first photograph of the critically endangered borneo rhino.

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