Search criteria
Information Types
Subjects
-
Endangered Species (782)
Countries
Date
 |
> | KB | > | Results |
Search Results
The search was executed to find both database records and web content.News Headlines
#1267632021-01-29
Endangered Thames eels to benefit from the latest science
Critically endangered eels in the Thames will benefit from cutting-edge new work that sheds light on how the creatures swim up the river's estuary.
News Headlines
#1267342021-01-27
It’s not too late – yet – to save the Philippine pangolin, study finds
Knowledge of the Philippine pangolin, the only pangolin species in the country, is scant. Sightings of the animal are rarer still. But unlike other pangolin species around the world that teeter on the brink of extinction, a new study suggests that with the appropriate conservation measures, the ...
News Headlines
#1266882021-01-26
Blackbuck population increasing in Nepal
The total population of blackbucks stands somewhere near 50,000 in the world now. At present, Nepal and Pakistan are the only countries that have natural habitats for the endangered species. There are two sub-species of blackbucks in the world. The sub-species found in Nepal is called antelope c ...
News Headlines
#1266502021-01-15
Final search for critically endangered Canterbury beetle turns up nothing
The last trip by researchers to hunt for a beetle threatened by a controversial dairy conversion has been unsuccessful. But they say it may still be too soon to write the species off.
News Headlines
#1266142021-01-14
And then there were two: can northern white rhinos be saved from extinction?
I watch these beautiful animals walk the path toward extinction every day,” keeper James Mwenda tells me. He’s out in the Kenyan bush, swatting flies. The anti-poaching K-9 dogs bark in the background.
News Headlines
#1265542021-01-11
Manta rays and whale sharks now protected by new commercial fishing law in Mozambique
A new commercial fishing law passed in Mozambique enacts protections for several threatened species, including whale sharks, manta rays, and all mobula species. The new legislation went into effect on January 8th. This victory comes after 20 years of research and lobbying efforts by the Marine M ...
News Headlines
#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.
News Headlines
#1264622020-12-23
Five endangered species are stable in Seychelles, but conservations want more comprehensive studies
The status of five endemic species that have been classified as endangered in Seychelles is stable, but conservationists want a more comprehensive study to better protect these species.
News Headlines
#1264042020-12-22
New Zealand village turns off street lights to stop birds crash-landing on to roads
In an attempt to save a rare bird species, a New Zealand village is trialling an innovative strategy: it is switching off all its street lights to stop baby birds becoming confused and crash landing on to the road.
News Headlines
#1264272020-12-22
World’s most endangered turtle finds new hope in Vietnam
The Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in collaboration with the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Indo-Myanmar Conservation (IMC) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have made dramatic progress to possibly prevent the extinction of the Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle
News Headlines
#1263972020-12-21
Why Monarch Butterflies Aren’t Getting Endangered Species Status
Monarch butterflies will not be added to the federal endangered species list this year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Tuesday. The agency found that the butterfly qualifies for the status but, for now, the species is precluded from protections and will be reconsidered annually ...
News Headlines
#1263982020-12-21
Cambodia's giant life-giving Tonle Sap lake in peril
As night falls over his floating village, fisherman Leng Vann puffs on a cigarette and heaves a sigh for Tonle Sap, the great inland lake that has sustained Cambodia for centuries.
News Headlines
#1263142020-12-17
31 species extinct, all freshwater dolphins threatened — IUCN releases updated Red List
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the global authority on the status of biological diversity of species, has released an updated Red List of Threatened Species this month. The new list documents an additional 31 species as extinct in the wild including species of fishes, ...
News Headlines
#1262912020-12-16
Zoos Victoria trials 'guardian dogs' to help protect endangered bandicoots from foxes
For about a year, McKinnon and Quinta have been watching a flock of sheep in a nature reserve in western Victoria.But the two Maremma dogs aren’t really there to look after 146 sheep.
News Headlines
#1262132020-12-14
‘Moving a giraffe is a delicate process’: rising waters threaten Kenya's wildlife
Marooned giraffes, fleeing flamingoes and stranded impalas: in recent years the rising water levels in east Africa’s Rift Valley lakes have become the norm, displacing people, threatening wildlife and submerging schools and hotels.
News Headlines
#1262242020-12-14
Endangered-species decision expected on beloved butterfly
Trump administration officials are expected to say this week whether the monarch butterfly, a colorful and familiar backyard visitor now caught in a global extinction crisis, should receive federal designation as a threatened species.
News Headlines
#1262272020-12-14
European bison sees conservation success, yet 31 other species declared Extinct
The latest International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species update has revealed that 26 species, including the European bison, have experienced a recovery as a result of continued conservation efforts. However, 31 species have been categorised as Extinct.
News Headlines
#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 ...
News Headlines
#1261792020-12-11
More than 300 shark, ray species threatened with extinction, new report finds
Thirty-one animal and fish species have been declared extinct and more than 300 species of sharks and rays are now threatened with extinction, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which published a report Thursday.
News Headlines
#1261542020-12-10
Extinction: Conservation success set against 31 lost species
The European bison has moved a step back from the brink of extinction, according to an update of the official extinction list. Europe's largest land mammal was almost wiped out by hunting and deforestation a century ago, but numbers have now risen to over 6,000 in wild herds across the continent.
News Headlines
#1261082020-12-09
Sexy beasts: animals with 'charisma' get lion's share of EU conservation funds
Money made available for wildlife conservation by the EU is based on a popularity contest, with vertebrates getting nearly 500 times more funding for each species than invertebrates, according to a new report.
News Headlines
#1260722020-12-08
Why the fate of Scotland's salmon depends on its forests
Salmon are in decline around the world, from overfishing, disease and climate change. In Scotland, conservationists believe that forest restoration could be key to their survival.
News Headlines
#1260752020-12-08
Forest ghost' on film: Endangered Caucasian lynx spotted in Turkey's Kars
A Caucasian lynx, a nocturnal and endangered species known for being discreet, was spotted Monday among the Scotch pine forests of Sarıkamış in eastern Kars province.
News Headlines
#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.
News Headlines
#1260262020-12-07
A rope bridge is helping conserve China’s rarest primate species
A critically-endangered gibbon species in China has been thrown a lifeline – literally – with the creation of a simple rope bridge across a 15-metre gap in the forest.
News Headlines
#1259862020-12-03
Namibia to auction 170 wild elephants, saying rising numbers threaten people
Namibia has put 170 “high value” wild elephants up for sale due to drought and an increase in elephant numbers, the southern African country’s environmental ministry has said
News Headlines
#1259872020-12-03
Critically endangered Rothschild Giraffe rescued from ‘disappearing’ Island
The Kenya Wildlife Service and Ruko Community Conservancy have moved one Rothschild’s giraffe from Longicharo Island, on the eastern shores of Lake Baringo.
News Headlines
#1259922020-12-03
Reversing the Biodiversity loss on Earth
Biodiversity is the diversity of life on Earth. It’s such a hallmark of nature that varies with the variability of living species like microorganisms, plants, animals to coral reefs, forests, rainforests, and deserts with their specific existence on Earth.
News Headlines
#1259982020-12-03
Olive ridley turtles return to Odisha beach for nesting
Gahirmatha beach in Kendrapara district is acclaimed as the world’s largest-known nesting ground of these endangered marine species. Apart from Gahirmatha, these aquatic animals turn up at Rushikulya river mouth and Devi river mouth for mass nesting.
News Headlines
#1259992020-12-03
What’s Killing Killer Whales? Pathology Reports on More Than 50 Killer Whales in the Northeast Pacific and Hawaii
Pathology reports on more than 50 killer whales stranded over nearly a decade in the northeast Pacific and Hawaii show that orcas face a variety of mortal threats — many stemming from human interactions.
News Headlines
#1259402020-12-01
Rare & Endangered Indian Pangolin Rescued Near Agra, Released Back Into Its Natural Habitat
A rare and endangered Indian pangolin was rescued by the Wildlife SOS after it was seen wandering across a field in Bichpuri village, around 10 km from Agra city. Being the world’s most trafficked animal, pangolins are under constant threat from poachers and sometimes they even fall victim to ro ...
News Headlines
#1259412020-12-01
Endangered Vancouver Island marmots are making a comeback
Vancouver Island marmots may just be the antidote required for the dystopian times we are living in. If you must be trapped inside during this current winter of discontent, alone at a desk, scrolling through hours of video - best it be watching one of the most endearing animals on the planet.
News Headlines
#1258942020-11-27
Why Mauritius is culling an endangered fruit bat that exists nowhere else
The endangered Mauritius fruit bat is once again the centre of a controversial cull at the hands of its government, much to the alarm of wildlife conservation organisations. Under pressure from both farmers and the public, the government of the Indian Ocean island recently announced a plan to cu ...
News Headlines
#1258982020-11-27
Lost species day: celebrities to champion threatened wildlife
Writers and activists including Emma Thompson, Margaret Atwood and Amitav Ghosh are to speak about their favourite endangered animals as part of a remembrance day for lost species.
News Headlines
#1258162020-11-24
How are jaguars different from leopards? Candid Animal Cam is in the Americas
Camera traps bring you closer to the secretive natural world and are an important conservation tool to study wildlife. This week we’re meeting the most iconic species of the Americas: the jaguar.
News Headlines
#1257922020-11-20
Nice to have known you? Newly discovered langurs are facing extinction
It's not every day that new species of non-human primates are discovered, but now and again they still are, especially in remote locations like the jungles of Myanmar, a Southeast Asian nation formerly known as Burma.
News Headlines
#1257732020-11-19
Endangered animals get entangled in plastics that riddle US oceans – study
Endangered marine mammals and sea turtles are routinely being entangled in or are swallowing pieces of plastic that now riddle the oceans off US coastlines, a new report has found.
News Headlines
#1257602020-11-18
Endangered species: Gunshot detection technology deployed
Analysing recordings of gunshots could help save endangered species around the world by identifying poacher hotspots. New technology has been developed by international conservation charity the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and Google Cloud.
News Headlines
#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…
News Headlines
#1257072020-11-16
A Rare Baby Rhino Has Been Born At Chester Zoo And She Looks Like She’s Loving Life Already
What a cutie! Following a long 15-month pregnancy, Ema Elsa – a black rhino at Chester Zoo – has welcomed a rare baby rhino, and she looks like she’s loving life already. Joining less than 1,000 other eastern black rhinos that live on our planet, the new arrival will live at Chester Zoo with her ...
News Headlines
#1256562020-11-11
Newly discovered primate 'already facing extinction'
A monkey that is new to science has been discovered in the remote forests of Myanmar. The Popa langur, named after its home on Mount Popa, is critically endangered with numbers down to about 200 individuals. Langurs are a group of leaf-eating monkeys that are found across south east Asia.
News Headlines
#1256572020-11-11
Orange-bellied parrot: best year in a decade for critically endangered bird
Scientists are cautiously celebrating the best year in a decade for what may be the world’s most critically endangered parrot after at least 40 birds returned to a breeding site in remote Tasmania.
News Headlines
#1256292020-11-10
Fears for a million livelihoods in Kenya and Tanzania as Mara River fish die out
Fish are being driven to extinction in the Mara River basin, putting the livelihoods of more than a million people in Kenya and Tanzania in jeopardy, according to WWF.
News Headlines
#1256102020-11-09
Zoos should always bear in mind pandas are an endangered species
The China Wildlife Conservation Association announced on Thursday that they had sent an official letter to Everland Resort, a zoo based in the Republic of Korea, requesting that they stop allowing non-professionals to touch the pandas.
News Headlines
#1256112020-11-09
Genetic Evidence Confirms Two New Greater Glider Species
The bushfires in Australia have gotten worse every year, destroying the lives and homes of many species. However, with researchers paying more attention to preserving the nation's wildlife, it led to the DNA confirmation of two new greater glider species.
News Headlines
#1256232020-11-09
China boosts measures to protect endangered pangolins
Pangolins live in wet areas in flatland forests, hillsides or at the foot of mountains and insects are their main food. While they have this in common with many other creatures, they stand out in that, while they are mammals, they are covered with scales.
News Headlines
#1255562020-11-05
Scatalogical science: how poo analysis could help save endangered species
Across the world, conservationists, scientists and volunteers are racing to save thousands of endangered species. And for some, their efforts have not been wasted. A recent report found that conservation programmes have saved several bird and mammal species from extinction in recent decades.
News Headlines
#1255602020-11-05
Video: Vets hail ‘victory’ as jaguar burned in Pantanal fires returns to wild
Ousado the jaguar could hardly walk. Fires had blown through his territory in the Pantanal region of Brazil, scorching the very ground the animal was running upon as he tried to escape. When a team of volunteer veterinarians eventually captured him in Encontro das Águas State Park, all four of h ...
News Headlines
#1255712020-11-05
Why Endangered Species Are Important
According to the World Wildlife Fund, more than 96,500 species in the world today are considered endangered in some way. This is a staggering number by any measure, and even more alarming when one considers how much is already being done to try and bring these amazing plants and animals away fro ...
Meeting
#5984World Migratory Bird Day 2020
10 October 2020, Bonn, Germany