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#1244372020-02-28
Entangled right whale 'unable to close her mouth for months'
Researchers have discovered an entangled female North Atlantic right whale off the Massachusetts coast, underscoring calls for less harmful fishing gear. The news comes one day after Ottawa announced new measures to protect the endangered species. About 400 right whales remain, with only 100 bre ...
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#1244172020-02-27
Why coronavirus could help save China's endangered species
The novel coronavirus outbreak in China may end up saving one of the world's most trafficked animals after Beijing announced a total ban on the sale and consumption of the pangolin.
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#1242872020-02-21
How Do We Protect Our Unique Biodiversity From Megafires?
Australia’s season of bushfires shows us just how easily our unique biodiversity and ecosystems could be wiped out. Now is the time for long-term planning for climate change to protect them
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#1242642020-02-20
Giraffe extinct in 7 countries, warn experts
A century ago, more than one million giraffe used to roam across sub-Saharan Africa. But these gentle giants are now extinct in at least seven countries with only 100,000 left in fragmented populations across the continent, wildlife experts warned on Thursday. Their decline by 40 per cent over t ...
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#1242692020-02-20
Bee-savers seek 4,500 signatures for petition to create bee-friendly environment
Friends of the Earth (FoE) Malta has joined 90 organisations from across the EU who together have launched a European Citizens’ Initiative to collect at least one million signatures in a bid for bee-friendly agriculture and a healthy environment.
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#1242442020-02-19
As Planet Burns, One Million Species in World’s Eco-System in Danger of Extinction
When UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressed the 193-member General Assembly last December, he focused on the smoldering climate crisis– pointing out that the last five years have been the hottest ever recorded.
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#1242212020-02-18
“There is no fish in the ocean”: Declining catch worries fishers in southern Karnataka
January 18th, 2020. It is a hot Saturday afternoon in Sasihithlu, a small fishing village in southern Karnataka. At 12:30 PM, the sun is directly above us, glaring through a largely cloudless sky. Surya Salian, 62, gathers his cast net for a final throw. He enters the still blue water until it i ...
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#1242222020-02-18
Southeast Asia’s dugongs may disappear soon
In 2019, two baby dugongs were found alive after they washed ashore in Krabi and Trang provinces, in Thailand, but sadly died not long after they were rescued. The event even caught the attention of Hollywood star, Leonardo DiCaprio who posted about it on social media, drawing much needed attent ...
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#1242232020-02-18
Biodiversity crisis: India’s bird populations ‘declining sharply’, research shows
Hundreds of bird populations in India are collapsing, according to a major new report. Researchers using data collected by more than 15,000 birdwatchers examined trends over a 25-year period, and also over the last five years, and in both cases found numbers had declined overall.
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#1241462020-02-13
After the 'firestorm', hopes rise for mountain pygmy-possum's revival
As Michael Saxon and other staff prepared to inspect the vast burnt tracts of the Kosciuszko National Park for remaining wildlife, they were bracing for the worst. "We were stunned by the intensity of the fire. It looked like firestorm had whipped through it," Mr Saxon said. "We were very pessim ...
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#1241342020-02-11
Three Endangered Indian Species to be Added to Protected Migratory Species List
India is all set to host the Thirteenth Meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP13) to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) in Gandhinagar from February 15 to 22. The theme of the conference is, "migratory species connect the planet and together we welco ...
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#1240702020-02-03
Basking sharks 'hang out' in family groups
Basking sharks travel migratory routes in groups of extended family, a new study led by Scottish scientists has suggested.
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#1240712020-02-03
Groups give notice they will sue to protect beluga whales
Two environmental groups gave formal notice Friday that they will sue to protect endangered Alaska beluga whales from problems caused by oil and gas operations.
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#1240002020-01-29
Mediterranean Shearwater: global project to protect an endangered seabird
Should the decline of Mediterranean Shearwater colonies keep their current rhythm, the reproductive population of this seabird could be reduced by more than 30% over the next fifty years. This seabird, mostly distributed over the western Mediterranean, is listed as vulnerable in the UICN Red lis ...
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#1239062020-01-23
New Brunswick group concerned with salmon numbers in Miramichi River
A conservation group is calling for immediate action to address what it's calling "a dramatic decline" of Atlantic salmon in New Brunswick's Miramichi River.
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#1239112020-01-23
As Australia burns, the smallest species could be lost forever to the flames
When Tanya Latty, an entomologist at the University of Sydney, started studying a species of velvet worm 18 months ago, she thought it was just a side project.
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#1238602020-01-22
Collectors find plenty of bees but far fewer species than in the 1950s
Far fewer bee species are buzzing across Earth today, following a steep decline in bee diversity during the last three decades, according to an analysis of bee collections and observations going back a century.
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#1238722020-01-22
Writers and scientists celebrate UK's 67 most endangered birds
From stories about capercaillies strutting around like “cocksure” hedge fund managers to corn buntings shrieking like old fruit sellers, Britain’s nature writers, artists and scientists have flocked together to create an illustrated book celebrating 67 of the country’s most endangered birds.
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#1238762020-01-22
What Makes An Endangered Species?
In this day and age, it is quite common to hear the term "endangered species". Why not? In the advent of human-caused climate change, there will always be news about animals that, if not completely driven to extinction, are reduced to a limited population.
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#1238372020-01-21
Environment ministry releases standard procedure to deal with anthrax deaths in elephants
On January 19, 2020, a four-year-old elephant suspected to have died due to anthrax was found in Sambalpur in Odisha. According to a news report, a post-mortem was conducted on the carcass before burying it at the spot. Latest guidelines released by the environment ministry however, advise again ...
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#1238472020-01-21
Conservation scientists are grieving after the bushfires—but we must not give up
That a billion animals may die as a result of this summer's fires has horrified the world. For many conservation biologists and land managers, however, the unprecedented extent and ferocity of the fires has incinerated much more than koalas and their kin.
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#1238502020-01-21
How drones could help save our most endangered species
With funding from Cabot Institute for the Environment, BZS and the EPSRC's CASCADE grant, a joint team flew to Cameroon in December to trial the use of drones, sensor technologies and deployment techniques to monitor populations of the Critically Endangered Kordofan giraffe at Bénoué National Park.
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#1238012020-01-20
Australia fires 'devastating habitats' of endangered species
Australia's bushfires and other climate change effects are devastating the habitats of critically endangered species and driving the native platypus towards extinction, according to surveys highlighting the country's vulnerability to rising temperatures.
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#1238022020-01-20
Threatened species hit hard by Australia's bushfires
Australia's bushfires have burned more than half the known habitat of 100 threatened plants and animals, including 32 critically endangered species, the government said Monday.
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#1238032020-01-20
Climate change pushing Australia's platypus towards extinction: researchers
Prolonged drought and other effects of climate change are pushing Australia's unique platypus population towards extinction, scientists warned in a study published Monday.
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#1238042020-01-20
Online campaign to save malnourished lions at Sudan park
Online calls grew Sunday to help save five "malnourished and sick" African lions held at a park in Sudan's capital, with some demanding the creatures be shifted to a better habitat.
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#1238152020-01-20
Australia’s threatened bats need protection from a silent killer: white-nose syndrome
We already know how deadly this summer’s fires have been for mammals, birds, and reptiles across Australia. But beyond this bushfire season, many of those same species – including our bats, which make up around a quarter of all Australian mammal species – are facing another devastating threat to ...
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#1238172020-01-20
6 million hectares of threatened species habitat up in smoke
More than one billion mammals, birds, and reptiles across eastern Australia are estimated to have been affected by the current fire catastrophe.
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#1237862020-01-17
Australia fires: 'Apocalypse' comes to Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island in South Australia has been likened to a Noah's Ark for its unique ecology. But after fierce bushfires tore through the island this week, there are fears it may never fully recover.
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#1237922020-01-17
Humans risk living in an empty world, warns UN biodiversity chief
Ahead of the World Economic Forum, Elizabeth Maruma Mrema urges governments to take definitive action on climate, deforestation and pollution.Humanity will have given up on planet Earth if world leaders cannot reach an agreement this year to stop the mass extinction of wildlife and destruction o ...
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#1237492020-01-16
'Moment of crisis' has come on climate change: Attenborough
he world is facing the "moment of crisis" on climate change and cannot delay action any longer, British naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough warned in an interview broadcast Thursday.
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#1237572020-01-16
Race to save animals on Australia's fire-ravaged 'Galapagos'
On an island famed as Australia's "Galapagos" for its unique and abundant wildlife, rescuers are racing to save rare animals in a bushfire-ravaged landscape.
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#1237612020-01-16
Australia firefighters save world's only rare dinosaur trees
Specialist firefighters have saved the world's last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from wildfires that razed forests west of Sydney, officials said Thursday.
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#1237642020-01-16
Measuring avian extinction rates around the world
A recently published study on the a new method of measuring avian extinction rates has highlighted that conservation projects are working, but also how threats of extinction are accumulating more quickly than previously thought.
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#1237672020-01-16
Brussels wants to stop unfettered growth in beehives
The move forms part of a plan by the region to tackle the recent huge growth in members of the public keeping bees – a trend inspired by concerns about pollution, climate and biodiversity.
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#1237162020-01-15
‘Land of Cats’ a biodiversity powerhouse – for now
Just last month leopards were declared extinct in Laos. They have disappeared from Vietnam and are likely to go extinct in Cambodia. Tigers also have vanished from Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos. Other cat species are not faring much better, falling victim to poachers’ snares and developers’ roads, ...
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#1237332020-01-15
Príncipe's Obô snail population declined by more than 75% in the last 20 years
On the island of Príncipe a forest giant, known locally as the Obô snail, has undergone a population decline of more than 75 percent within the last 20 years and its range has decreased by approximately 40 percent, according to a recent report.
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#1237342020-01-15
Why we don't know how many mountain gorillas live in the wild
A new census—carried out by the Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration (a coalition of governments, non-profits and conservationists) in 2018—shows that the population of mountain gorillas in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is now at 459, up from 400 in 2011. This could br ...
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#1237012020-01-14
Australia's bushfires could drive more than 700 animal species to extinction
The scale and speed of the current bushfire crisis has caught many people off-guard, including biodiversity scientists. People are scrambling to estimate the long-term effects. It is certain that many animal species will be pushed to the brink of extinction, but how many?
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#1236692020-01-13
Australia’s Wildfires Part of a Vicious Cycle of Food & Fire
In Australia, these terms are being used to describe 17.9 million acres of burned land so far. While fires of this magnitude are certainly unprecedented, they’re far from unexpected.
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#1236722020-01-13
Carrots, sweet potatoes airdropped for Australia’s wallabies as wildfires continue to burn
With fires still blazing in Australia, brush-tailed rock-wallabies are getting by with a little help from public servants. The government of New South Wales is getting ready to drop from the air thousands of kilograms of carrots and sweet potatoes for the endangered and stressed critters.
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#1236852020-01-13
'Uncharted territory' as species likely go extinct in bushfires
Species have likely already gone extinct in Australia's catastrophic bushfires and experts warn it may take a decade to find out which ones due to lack of staff and expertise. The nation is in “uncharted territory” as it plots a recovery for native flora and fauna, which will need human interven ...
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#1236872020-01-13
Galapagos tortoise's sexual prowess results in 800 offspring, saving species from extinction
A Galapagos tortoise named Diego may have single-handedly saved his species with his fiery libido. France24 reported that the 100-year-old Don Juan was first brought to the US from his home island of Espanola, Ecuador to take part in a captive breeding programme in the 1960s.
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#1236582020-01-10
Australian animals face extinction threat as bushfire toll mounts
When volunteer Sarah Price found a baby kangaroo frightened but miraculously alive in the pouch of its dying mother surrounded by the embers of Australia's bushfires, it seemed fitting to name him Chance.
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#1236612020-01-10
Australia’s Bushfires: An Extinction Crisis Decades in the Making
Hundreds of blazes could push threatened species closer to extinction. But the roots of Australia’s wildlife crisis are indicative of a much larger problem.
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#1236122020-01-09
The Australian Bushfires Could Alter Biodiversity
Australia is under siege as firefighters try to stop or limit raging bushfires. The consequences of the catastrophic events go beyond human and economic costs as substantial damage has been dealt with by the ecosystem and local biodiversity.
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#1236162020-01-09
Australia bushfires flare as heatwave brings renewed misery
Bushfires flared in southern Australia on Thursday as a heatwave expected to bring renewed misery set in, and officials warned some areas are "just at the beginning" of the devastating crisis.
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#1236252020-01-09
Bushfires have reshaped life on Earth before, and could do it again
The catastrophic bushfires raging across much of Australia have not only taken a huge human and economic toll, but also delivered heavy blows to biodiversity and ecosystem function.
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#1236282020-01-09
A Season in Hell: Bushfires Push at Least 20 Threatened Species Closer to Extinction
Images of desperate, singed koalas in blackened landscapes have come to symbolise the damage to nature this bushfire season. Such imagery has catalysed global concern, but the toll on biodiversity is much more pervasive.
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#1236382020-01-09
Leaked report lays bare environmental devastation of Victorian fires
The ecological devastation of the Victorian bushfires has been laid bare in a leaked report which warns some species are likely to already be extinct – even as authorities brace for many more weeks of fires.