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- Brazil reported Lydia Möcklinghoff died on July 3 in a plane crash near Campo Grande; the cause is under investigation.
- She was a leading German giant-anteater expert who studied the Pantanal since 2009.
- She researched how fire, drought, ranching and land-use changes affect anteater habitat and survival.
- She worked with the Zoological Research Museum Koenig in Bonn and Zoo Dortmund and authored a children’s book and radio podcasts.
