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#1201982019-03-05
Sixth mass extinction could destroy life as we know it -- biodiversity expert
Alarming declines in the number of insects, vertebrates and plant species around the world have raised fears that we are in the midst of a sixth major extinction that could cause a collapse of the natural ecosystems we rely upon to survive.
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#1273692021-02-25
Sloths Endangered? Current Status of 6 Sloth Species
Two of the six species of sloths rate high on the list of endangered animals. The pygmy three-toed sloth is "Critically Endangered" and the maned three-toed sloth is considered "Vulnerable."
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#1211552019-05-22
Snow crab industry gets $2M to find ways to reduce right whale entanglements
Breakaway gear and ropeless buoys among technology being researched and tested to protect endangered mammals
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#1319272021-11-25
Social media firms can tackle wildlife trade
Wildlife trading on social media is a complex issue – but tech firms can take steps to tackle it, according to new research.
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#1354482022-07-26
Some conservation good news? Yes for tigers, no for sturgeons
According to a new assessment by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), there are about 40% more tigers in the wild than in 2015 — translating to around 5,600 more tigers.
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#1302692021-09-03
South Africa: Ninety Landowners Help Vultures to Reclaim their Karoo Home
The Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) proudly announces the declaration of the first official Vulture Safe Zone (VSZ) in the Karoo, just in time for International Vulture Awareness Day on 4 September. A Vulture Safe Zone is an area in which landowners and communities work collaboratively to implem ...
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#1262282020-12-14
Southeast Asia’s Endangered Primates
There are more than 400 species of primates across the world, and at least 98 species recognised in Southeast Asia. Living primates include humans, monkeys, lemurs and apes. As primates are related, they are genetically similar. Human DNA, is on average, 96 percent identical to the DNA of our mo ...
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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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#1348112022-06-01
Spate of orchid thefts in England puts rare species at risk
A spate of thefts of rare orchids from sites in southern England has concerned scientists, who say endangered species may be at risk. Orchid experts believe that the plants, from locations including in Sussex and Kent, may have been “stolen to order”.
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#1197342019-02-01
Special airlift for baby flamingos in peril in South Africa
A special airlift for thousands of baby flamingos is under way in South Africa as drought has put their breeding ground in peril.A reservoir that hosts one of southern Africa's largest flamingo populations is drying up.
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#1302702021-09-03
Species Extinctions Are Important to Track—But So Are Recoveries
The Sumatran rhino, the smallest, shaggiest, and most endangered of the world’s five rhinoceros species, is found only on the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Borneo.
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#1246852020-03-16
Species Loss Is a Loss for Landscapes
High in the tree canopies of West African rainforests, flashes of bright color, croaks, chuckles, and loud yells mark the presence of the roloway monkey (Cercopithecus roloway). But its call of the wild might soon go permanently quiet – and the same fate potentially awaits thousands of other spe ...
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#1209182019-05-02
Species conservation: some success, many failures
With as many as a million species threatened with extinction due to mankind's destruction of the planet, there have been scant conservation successes in recent years.
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#1233502019-12-09
Species under increasing threat from climate change: IUCN
Already facing the threat of habitat destruction, hundreds of plant and animal species are now under further pressure from manmade climate change, the IUCN said Tuesday in its updated "Red List of Threatened Species".
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#1201272019-02-27
Specieswatch: farmers fight to save Britain's disappearing earthworms
There are three types of earthworm: those that live on the surface, others that feed and dwell in the soil, while a third group makes deep burrows and comes to the surface to feed on dead leaves.
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#1265292020-12-30
Specieswatch: monarch butterfly needs urgent protection
Watching an American indie band is not the most obvious way to commune with a wonder of the natural world but look up Saint Simon by the Shins on YouTube.
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#1257392020-11-17
Species’ habitats shrinking faster
Climate change and global food demand could drive a startling loss of up to 23 per cent of all natural habitat ranges in the next 80 years, according to new findings published in Nature Communications. Let’s read in detail causes for shrinking of habitats and its causes…
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#1296162021-07-22
Speeding ships killing endangered N. Atlantic right whales: study
Most vessels are exceeding speed limits in areas designated to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, of which only around 360 remain, a report said Wednesday.
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#1204542019-03-22
Sri Lanka’s biodiversity on show: Q & A with tourism and wildlife minister John Amaratunga
Sri Lanka will in May host the 18th Conference of Parties (CoP18) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES. While the main agenda will center on wildlife trade policies and proposed updates to protections for various species, the host count ...
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#1286312021-05-14
Study confirms sightings of endangered blue whale in Philippine waters
A solitary whale frequently spotted in the Bohol Sea in the southern Philippines has long had a nickname: Bughaw, or “blue.” Now, thanks to recently published research, the whale also has a confirmed species and subspecies, knowledge that could shift understanding about the distribution of whale ...
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#1319332021-11-25
Suspected dog attack causes 500 critically endangered gulls to abandon nests
One of the season’s most important breeding colonies of a critically endangered native bird has collapsed, and experts believe a dog was to blame.
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#1260762020-12-08
Swift Action Needed to Save Critically Endangered Tasmanian Parrot
There could be fewer than 300 swift parrots left in the wild, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU). Lead researcher Dr. George Olah says this is much lower than previous estimates and shows we need to urgently address major threats like deforestation.
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#1195242019-01-21
Tanzania is finally protecting its “globally unique” endangered rainforest
Tanzania’s government has announced it will protect a tropical forest long recognized for its high biodiversity value and as home to numerous endangered primates and plants.
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#1302272021-09-02
Tanzania: Tawiri All Out to Save Giraffes
THE Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI) has stepped up efforts in saving giraffes in the country. The organization, which is charged with conducting and coordinating wildlife research in the country, has currently procured 12 collars from Germany to be fitted on the Ossicones of the ta ...
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#1226112019-10-10
Tapanuli orangutan makes IUCN SSC list of world's most endangered primates
Pushed by the aggressive encroachment of forests, Indonesia’s endemic great ape, the Tapanuli orangutan, is officially among the world’s most endangered primates as fewer than 800 currently exist in the wild.
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#1294032021-06-21
Tasmanian devils wipe out thousands of penguins on tiny Australian island
An attempt to save the Tasmanian devil by shipping an “insurance population” to a tiny Australian island has come at a “catastrophic” cost to the birdlife there, including the complete elimination of little penguins, according to BirdLife Tasmania.
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#1488Technical Workshp on Wildlife Trade Policies and Economics Incentives
1 - 3 December 2003, Geneva, Switzerland
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#1272802021-02-23
Ten rescued orangutans returned to the wild in Indonesia
Ten orangutans have been released back into the wild in the Indonesian part of Borneo island, with helicopters used to ferry the critically endangered great apes deep into the forest from rehabilitation centres.
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#1297802021-07-29
The 'nest custodians' protecting a toddler-sized bird
They're working to protect the Southern ground hornbill, and the bird's cultural significance, for future generations. It was a dusty afternoon at the end of a long dry season, and Zimbabwean subsistence farmer Sofaya Ndlovu was sitting in the sun outside his home. Fifty metres away,
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#1319722021-11-29
The 3 C’s Vital for Jaguar Conservation: Coordination, Connectivity, and Coexistence
International Jaguar Day on November 29th raises awareness about the increasing threats facing the jaguar and the critical conservation efforts needed to ensure its survival.
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#1285062021-05-07
The African wild dog: Ambassador for the world's largest terrestrial conservation area
The world's largest terrestrial conservation area is located in southern Africa and covers 520,000 square kilometers spanning five countries. A study from the University of Zurich now shows that the endangered African wild dog mostly remains within the boundaries of the Kavango-Zambezi Transfron ...
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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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#1268952021-02-08
The Case for Nature
We have brought the natural world and its diversity to a breaking point. Dinyar Godrej surveys the damage and explores how we need to act to repair it.
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#1342642022-05-04
The Devil’s Hole pupfish has paddled back from the brink in a hellish desert domain
How the Devil’s Hole pupfish has survived for centuries in a spa-like cistern cloistered by a barren rock mountain in Death Valley National Park remains a biological mystery.
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#2860COP 11
2012-10-10
The South Asia Regional Vulture Recovery Programme
Over the last 20 years, South Asia has witnessed the precipitous decline of three vulture species: the white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis); the Indian vulture (Gyps indicus); and the slender-billed vulture (Gyps tenuirostris). Once numbering in the tens of millions, the combined population o ...
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#1280702021-04-20
The U.S. reptile most at risk from rising seas is one you likely haven’t heard of
At just 5 centimers, or 2 inches, from nose to tail, the Florida reef gecko is so frail that handling it with bare hands is enough to tear its skin. That makes catching it a tricky task: to do so safely, biologists wiggle their fingers in the leaf litter and look beneath cover — such as sabal pa ...
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#1208842019-04-30
The United States May List Giraffes as an Endangered Species
Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced plans to conduct in-depth review of the popular animal’s threat status
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#1216432019-07-19
The ambitious plan to recover and rewild the feisty, dwarf cow
Although critically endangered, the population of tamaraw has stabilized and grown over the last two decades.
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#1326672022-01-20
The bears and the bees: How honey is helping to save the spectacled bear
A bear cub with distinctive yellow circling about the eyes is caught on camera, deep in the dry forests of the Andes mountain range in Bolivia. Beside it, a glimpse of the shaggy black fur of its mother.
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#1309562021-10-19
The critically endangered Māui dolphin is a conservation priority—uncertainty shouldn't stop action to save it
The world's rarest marine dolphin, Māui, is found only along the west coast of the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. Based on our surveys over the last two summers, during which we collected small tissue samples for DNA analysis, we estimate there are currently only 54 Māui dolphins over one ...
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#1279612021-04-07
The horror safari: why was Francis Bacon so triggered by dead elephants?
When the great painter died, 200 macabre photographs of elephant carcasses were found in his studio. They were by Peter Beard – and they propelled the artist into the heart of darkness
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#1296682021-07-26
The insect apocalypse: ‘Our world will grind to a halt without them’
I have been fascinated by insects all my life. One of my earliest memories is of finding, at the age of five or six, some stripy yellow-and-black caterpillars feeding on weeds in the school playground. I put them in my empty lunchbox, and took them home. Eventually they transformed into handsome ...
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#1198202019-02-07
The killing of large species is pushing them towards extinction, study finds
The vast majority of the world’s largest species are being pushed towards extinction, with the killing of the heftiest animals for meat and body parts the leading cause of decline, according to a new study.
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#1250202020-04-08
The link between virus spillover, wildlife extinction and the environment
As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, a common question is, can infectious diseases be connected to environmental change? Yes, indicates a new study. Exploitation of wildlife by humans through hunting, trade, habitat degradation and urbanization facilitates close contact between wildlife and hum ...
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#1225182019-10-03
The loss of biodiversity, its importance and preservation actions
The UN's Biodiversity chief said in 2018 that we have a few years to protect nature's diversity or else be the first species to document our own extinction. Biodiversity — made up of ecosystems, species and genetic diversity — is in danger globally. Up to one million plants and animals now face ...
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#1249282020-03-30
The next great threat to Brazil’s golden lion tamarin: Yellow fever
In April 2018, workers with the Associação Mico-Leão-Dourado, a Brazilian NGO dedicated to the protection of the golden lion tamarin, found one of the endangered primates, apparently sick and unable to climb trees, lying on the forest floor in Aldeia, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of R ...
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#1343612022-05-11
The population of once an endangered specie, ‘Turkman wild goat’ growing in Pakistan
The population of the Turkman wild goat also known as Sindh ibex has shown significant growth in Pakistan in the last decade due to a blanket ban on hunting and the protection provided by local communities.
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#1200202019-02-19
The six steps urgently needed to save Irish biodiversity
One in four species in Ireland is under threat of extinction – radical action must be taken. The Living Planet Report 2018 reported that there has been an astonishingly steep fall of 60 per cent in biodiversity across the globe over the last 40 years. More than 50 experts from academia, policy, ...
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#1344442022-05-13
The slender-snouted crocodile savior: Q&A with Whitley Award winner Emmanuel Amoah
Baby West African slender-snouted crocodiles come into the world doubly watched over. Females of the species, Mecistops cataphractus, guard their nests on the riverbanks in the Tano River Basin until they hear the hatchlings squeak. Then they uncover them, take the hatchlings gently in their jaw ...
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#1191502018-12-20
The true story of how 96 endangered sea turtle hatchlings survived a New York City beach
July 12 saw highs in the mid-80s in New York City this year — a typically hot, muggy NYC summer day. Perfect beach weather, in other words. It was a Thursday, so there probably wouldn’t have been too big of a crowd, but luckily there were at least a few beachgoers out at West Beach, near the wes ...