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#120009
2019-02-19

In decline globally, rare goose makes surprise visit to wetl ..

GURUGRAM: It’s listed as ‘vulnerable’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) but this species of bird was spotted in Dighal wetlands last week. It was the second confirmed sighting in Delhi-NCR of the lesser white- fronted goose (Ansererythropus), which was first seen in In ...

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#120020
2019-02-19

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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#119961
2019-02-15

Delays in banning wildlife trade put hundreds of species at risk

From parrots to lizards, hundreds of animal species could be at risk of extinction because of a policy process that responds slowly to scientific knowledge, according to a new study in Science.

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#119877
2019-02-11

Over 40 percent of insect species face extinction: study

From butterflies to bees, nearly half of all insect species are threatened with extinction "over the next few decades." Scientists have warned of the devastating impact it could have on the future of humankind.

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#119881
2019-02-11

We Are Eating The Planet's Last 'Megafauna' to Extinction

Humans are in the process of herding the world's largest animals right over the brink of extinction, and the main driving force is our insatiable appetite for meat.It's a dire warning, and it comes from the first analysis to look at how humans have impacted the world's "megafauna".

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#119820
2019-02-07

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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#119844
2019-02-07

Why We Should Care About Parasites — and Their Extinction

Parasite. To most people, the very word is cause for fear or disgust—which is a shame, because most parasites don't actually harm their hosts. In fact their very existence is a sign of a healthy ecosystem, as I discussed on a recent segment of the Green Divas podcast. We also talked about the va ...

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#119845
2019-02-07

Is the Urban Jungle the Answer to Helping Some Endangered Species?

At sunset every day, an almost deafening sound from the sky can be heard in a community just east of Los Angeles. It is the sound of parrots that have become a familiar part of life here.

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#119796
2019-02-06

Newly discovered hummingbird under threat

International wildlife conservation charity World Land Trust (WLT) has launched an urgent appeal to raise £30,000 and save the hillstar’s habitat from being destroyed by mining.

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#119808
2019-02-06

Dingoes could help solve Australia’s extinction crisis — if only people would let them

The continent of Australia has the world’s highest extinction rate; dozens of animal species are critically endangered, and hundreds more are declining. A primary culprit is predation by historically non-native cats and foxes, and killing those animals is central to conservation efforts — but th ...

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#119761
2019-02-05

Our wetlands are worth saving

The theme of World Wetlands Day 2019 on Saturday – Wetlands and Climate Change – was aimed at encouraging people to conserve wetlands to mitigate climate change, said U Thein Aung of the Myanmar Bird and Nature Society. Myanmar has many wetlands, which consist of marshes or swamps, either man-ma ...

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#119762
2019-02-05

Critically endangered grey nurse shark mapped for the first time in landmark study

A study mapping the eastern Australian grey nurse shark population has found it has declined rapidly over the last few decades, with only 400 breeding sharks left, too few to maintain a healthy population.

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#119763
2019-02-05

Nigerian woman saves a leatherback turtle in Lagos

The leatherback turtle is an endangered species that came to lay eggs on the beach when a hoard of young Nigerians saw steamy meat to consume.

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#119734
2019-02-01

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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#119688
2019-01-31

Global endangered mammals conservation needs to be priority

Mammals constitute an important section of global wildlife and biodiversity; and are distributed across all the continents and oceans. However, the situation of the mammals across the globe is not at all promising; and in some cases agonizingly morbid!

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#119690
2019-01-31

How eavesdropping on elephants is keeping them safe

A low rumble reverberates from a rainforest clearing in the Central African Republic. Occasionally, piercing roars and haunting wails emanate from among the trees. These are the calls of forest elephants that inhabit this tropical landscape.

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#119700
2019-01-31

Aussie plants facing extinction

The top 100 Australian plant species at risk of extinction have been identified by Threatened Species Recovery Hub research.University of Queensland researcher Dr. Jennifer Silcock said three quarters of Australia's threatened species were plants.

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#119669
2019-01-29

Scientists name 66 species as potential biodiversity threats to EU

North America’s fox squirrel, the venomous striped eel catfish (SN: 4/29/17, p. 28) and 64 other species are now considered invasive threats to existing species in the European Union, scientists report online on December 12 in Global Change Biology. Emphasis on the word ‘threat.’ None of these o ...

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#119529
2019-01-22

Hawaii's Snail Extinction Crisis: "We're Just Trying to Stop the Bleeding"

George, the last individual of a Hawaiian tree snail species known only as Achatinella apexfulva, died New Year’s Day in a laboratory on Oahu, where he had been a bit of a local celebrity.

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#119514
2019-01-21

Great Plains Bison Were Brought Back From The Brink Of Extinction—A Remarkable, Century-Long Conservation Success Story

Driving north of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, an extraordinary landscape comes into view. Trees disappear and an immense landscape of grass emerges, undulating in the wind like a great, green ocean.

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#119524
2019-01-21

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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#119465
2019-01-17

San Diego’s Frozen Zoo Offers Hope for Endangered Species Around the World

The largest animal cryobank in the world is a rich source of genetic knowledge that may one day be used to bring endangered species back from the brink.

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#119469
2019-01-17

Cellphones are still endangering gorillas, but recycling old ones can help

You probably use it every day and don’t think once about gorillas. In today’s world, it’s almost impossible to get by without a mobile phone, but they’re wreaking havoc for these primates. The critically endangered Grauer’s gorilla has lost 77 percent of its population in the last 20 years, part ...

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#119416
2019-01-16

Watch an endangered eagle take its first flight in rare video

With only an estimated 400 left in the wild, the race is on to save the Philippine eagle—one of the biggest and strongest raptors in the world.

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#119377
2019-01-15

Pak: Magnificent Beasts

Remember Blu? That loveably awkward macaw from “Rio”? As of 2018, the Spix’s macaw, upon which Blu was based, has been declared extinct in wild habitats.

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#119390
2019-01-15

Romeo, once the loneliest the frog in the world, finds a mate!

More than ten years ago, biologists collected Romeo — a Sehuencas water frog — from a stream in Bolivia. They knew that the species was in big trouble and a conservation effort had to be urgently ramped up, but despite numerous subsequent searches, no other specimen had been found.

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#119330
2019-01-11

Losing some species may matter more than losing others

Canada risks losing its polar bears in the North. And many runs of Chinook salmon on the Southern West Coast. And the black ash tree , currently widespread from Manitoba to Newfoundland.

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#119333
2019-01-11

Egypt’s Wildlife Rescue Team Saves Rare Wolf Species From Extinction

As part of the Ministry of Environment’s plan to prevent illegal wildlife trade and save animals from extinction, a group from Alexandria Turtle Rescue team succeeded in saving an endangered Egyptian jackal wolf and returning it to its natural habitat in Wadi El Rayan, Al Ahram reports.

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#119271
2019-01-07

Bluefin tuna are back around the UK and a new study explains why

Bluefin tuna are back in the sea around the U.K. after decades of absence and a new study says that warming seas can explain why.

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#119246
2019-01-04

Endangered species are key to our survival

Last week, India submitted its sixth national report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. The report was a mixed one: While the country is on track to meet most of its national biodiversity targets, the bad news is that the list of animal species from the country under the i ...

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#119257
2019-01-04

Here's All The Incredible Species That Went Extinct In 2018

In a year where arguably more people became aware of the damage humans are doing to the environment by using palm oil and single use plastics we were unable to stop some amazing species becoming extinct.

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#119231
2019-01-03

Giraffes added to endangered species list of animals under threat of extinction

Two subspecies of giraffe have been added to a list of endangered animals under threat of extinction after a rapid decline in their populations. Numbers of the long-necked mammals have gone down by 40% over the last three decades, mostly as a result of human activity in their habitats.

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#119177
2018-12-21

We’re losing monarchs fast—here’s why

The epic 3,000-mile monarch butterfly migration may become a thing of the past. Each fall, monarchs travel from their summer homes in the northern U.S. and Canada to winter habitats in California and Mexico. But the 2018 Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count found that the number of west-coast mona ...

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#119150
2018-12-20

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 ...

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#119118
2018-12-19

Banning trophy hunting imports won’t save the world’s wildlife

Well-meaning celebrities and MPs recently published a letter in the Guardian, calling for a ban on trophy hunting imports into the UK. To the novice conservationist, this surely sounds like a good thing, right? After all, trophy hunting kills animals so how could it possibly be good for conserva ...

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#119050
2018-12-14

Satellite trackers help fight vultures’ extinction in southern Africa

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Every other hour, Sonja Krüger logs onto her website and checks the birds’ status. Pharoah is taking a mud bath in the mountains, Jeremia is on a roost site viewing the Maloti mountain range, and Mollie is scouring the grasslands for a fresh carcass.

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#119052
2018-12-14

What happened next? Was the punk turtle that breathes through its genitals saved from extinction?

Australia’s Mary River turtle went viral after it was named on an endangered species list – and Cate Blanchett even voiced a puppet of it. But was that enough to save it?

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#118987
2018-12-12

Once thought extinct, bizarre horned frog reappears in Ecuador

Unseen for more than a decade, the enigmatic and endangered horned marsupial frog has reappeared in an Ecuadorian forest, to biologists’ delight.

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#118982
2018-12-11

Giraffes just silently went to the endangered list of animals facing extinction

Giraffes have been widely overlooked in conservation practices for a little too long. They just made their entry into the Red List of endangered species.

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#118958
2018-12-10

Giraffes facing threat of extinction, several species considered ‘critically endangered’

The world’s tallest land mammals may be slipping toward extinction, with three of the nine subspecies of giraffes now in serious trouble and considered “critically endangered.”

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#118924
2018-12-07

Friskier frogs: endangered species gets a sex appeal boost

Australian researchers have a new way to increase desire in the northern corroboree frog

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#118935
2018-12-07

Endangered Hawaiian monk seals face new challenge: eels stuck up their noses

Picture of monk seal with eel up its nose shared by Noaa was only latest episode to occur in the past two years, baffling researchers

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#118839
2018-11-08

It's time to take a stand for natur

The World Wildlife Fund has just released its 2018 Living Planet Report. Humans have wiped out 60 percent of animals between 1970 and 2014. The figures contained in the report are just a few symptoms of the dire state the planet is in.

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#118844
2018-11-08

Florida Monarch Butterfly Populations Have Dropped 80 Percent Since 2005

A 37-year survey of monarch populations in North Central Florida shows that caterpillars and butterflies have been declining since 1985 and have dropped by 80 percent since 2005.

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#118822
2018-11-07

Northern white rhino: New hopes for IVF rescue

A new study raises hopes of saving one of the last animals of its kind. A victim of poaching, the northern white rhino population has been reduced to just two females, which are both unable to breed. DNA evidence shows the rhino is more closely related than previously thought to its southern wh ...

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#118809
2018-11-06

Africa: How We Arrived At a $1 Billion Annual Price Tag to Save Africa's Lions

A billion dollars. That's approximately what it would cost, to save the African lion. That's a billion dollars each year, every year into the foreseeable future.

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#118817
2018-11-06

'What extinction looks like': U.S. mountain caribou to be moved to Canada

The six mountain caribou remaining in the lower 48 states will be relocated farther north into British Columbia, a move that ends decades of efforts to reintroduce the large animals into Idaho and Washington state.

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#118818
2018-11-06

New report paints disturbing picture of humanity pushing nature to the brink

The report, which comes out every two years, presents a sobering picture of the impact of human activity on the world’s wildlife, forests, oceans, rivers and climate. It underscores the rapidly closing window for action and the urgent need for the global community to rethink and redefine how we ...

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#118764
2018-11-01

Tiny frog takes giant leap for the world's endangered species

Humans have proven adept at wiping out vast numbers of animals. Can we atone by saving species through captivity breeding?

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#118773
2018-11-01

As Insect Populations Decline, Scientists Are Trying to Understand Why

When Susan Weller traveled to Ecuador to study tiger moths in the 1980s, she found plenty of insects. A decade later, Weller, now director of the University of Nebraska State Museum, returned to conduct follow-up research. But the moths she was looking for were gone.

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