Diplomats in North Korea accused of smuggling for the wildlife trade, a rare toad spotted in Ecuador, banded hare-wallabies reintroduced in mainland Australia, and pilot whales strand in Hawaii. Get these stories and more in this week’s two-minute recap of wildlife news! <a href="https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/wildlife-watch-north-korea-illegal-wildlife-trade/" target="_blank">NORTH KOREA TRADE</a> <a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/wallaby-returns-to-mainland-australia-after-110year-absence/news-story/506dbc40ff3426ec1e56b569bf8fa5ce" target="_blank">WALLABY HOMECOMING</a> <a href="https://www.rainforesttrust.org/news/first-carchi-andes-toad-sighting-ecuador-33-years/" target="_blank">RARE TOAD SIGHTING</a> <a href="http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/burmese-star-tortoise-extinction-saved-endangered" target="_blank">STAR ATTRACTION</a> <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mountain-lions-social-networks" target="_blank">CHATTY CATS</a> <a href="http://www.staradvertiser.com/2017/10/13/breaking-news/state-federal-agencies-respond-to-whales-beaching-on-kauai/" target="_blank">HAWAII WHALE STRANDINGS</a> <a href="https://www.popsci.com/worlds-fastest-shark-is-in-trouble" target="_blank">MAKO TAKE</a> <a href="/oceans/invertebrates/70-mile-wide-swarm-of-butterflies-picked-up-by-weather-radar-in-colorado/" target="_blank">BUTTERFLY BLIP</a> <a href="/in-the-field/backyard-wildlife/watch-komodo-dragon-swaggers-its-way-through-a-village/" target="_blank">DRAGON STROLL</a>

Diplomats in North Korea accused of smuggling for the wildlife trade, a rare toad spotted in Ecuador, banded hare-wallabies reintroduced in mainland Australia, and pilot whales strand in Hawaii. Get these stories and more in this week’s two-minute recap of wildlife news! NORTH KOREA TRADEWALLABY HOMECOMINGRARE TOAD SIGHTINGSTAR ATTRACTIONCHATTY CATSHAWAII WHALE STRANDINGSMAKO TAKEBUTTERFLY BLIPDRAGON STROLL

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