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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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#1307542021-10-13
“Knowledge can save species.”
Walter Jetz and Martin Wikelski explain in an interview why species conservation receives less attention than climate protection
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#1251522020-04-17
‘We have to find a different way of living’: Jane Goodall on the covid-19 crisis
The well-known primatologist speaks to Lounge on the need to protect endangered species, respect nature, and prepare for future outbreaks The well-known primatologist speaks to Lounge on the need to protect endangered species, respect nature, and prepare for future outbreaks.
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#1285872021-05-12
‘There were tears’: Death of newborn tiger cub a painful loss for Toronto Zoo staff
Zookeeper Ryan Hegarty chokes up as he talks about the newborn Amur tiger cub that had to be euthanized this weekend at the Toronto Zoo after becoming ill.
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#1339292022-04-06
‘Resilient’ leatherback turtles can survive fishing rope entanglements. Mostly
Leatherback turtles are highly vulnerable to getting entangled in lobster pot fishing gear off the coast of Massachusetts. A new study now shows that they can largely survive these entanglements — if they’re reached by rescuers in time, and their injuries are treatable.
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#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.
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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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#1229752019-11-13
‘Insect apocalypse’ poses risk to all life on Earth, conservationists warn
The “unnoticed insect apocalypse” should set alarm bells ringing, according to conservationists, who said that without a halt there will be profound consequences for humans and all life on Earth.
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#1245952020-03-10
‘I swapped my gun for binoculars’: India’s hunters turn to conservation
It is Sunday in Kohima, the capital of Nagaland, and like many Naga, Gwasinlo Thong has spent the morning in church. A tall, elegant man in a crisp navy suit, he hands over a bag of guava from his garden as we sit down to talk.
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#1329692022-02-07
‘Giant obstacle course’: call to reroute major shipping lanes to protect blue whales
Scientists and conservation groups are calling for one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes to be rerouted in an effort to protect the world’s largest animal.
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#1342902022-05-05
‘Canaries in the coalmine’: loss of birds signals changing planet
The world’s birds, described as the planet’s “canaries in the coalmine”, are disappearing in large numbers as the colossal impact of humanity on the Earth grows, a global review has found.
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#1233142019-12-06
«البيئة»: إحباط تهريب 40 سلحفاة عند الحدود المصرية - السودانية
جحت وزارة البيئة ، فى إحباط تهريب 40 سلحفاة سودانية تم ضبطها عند الحدود المصريةلسودانية بحوزة اثنين من المهربين قبل دخولها البلاد لتهريبها، بعد ذلك للخارج، وتمتالإجراءات بالتعاون بين إدارة محميات الجنوب والجهات المعنية
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#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.
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#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.
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#1330382022-02-09
Zoo Hires Marvin Gaye Impersonator to Help Endangered Monkeys 'Get It On'
A conservation park in Stafford, England recently hired a Marvin Gaye impersonator to help a population of endangered monkeys "get it on."
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#1347862022-05-31
Year of the Tiger: Illegal trade thrives amid efforts to save wild tigers
In new, covert drone footage, tigers and bears pace inside prison-like cement and corrugated steel cages near a casino complex — a newly built, expanded commercial captive-breeding facility on the banks of the Mekong River in Laos.
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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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#1219432019-08-19
World’s nations gather to tackle wildlife extinction crisis
Giraffes, sharks, glass frogs - and the woolly mammoth - may get boosted protection at summit
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#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
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#1267842021-02-01
World's smallest reptile fits on your fingertip
The Madagascar chameleon Brookesia nana measures half an inch long, and may be critically endangered.Meet Brookesia nana, an extremely tiny species of chameleon from the rainforests of northern Madagascar.
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#1298112021-08-09
World's rarest rabbit spotted on Facebook
Everyone loves a picture of a pet rabbit, but when the cuddly creature in the photograph turns out to be a vanishingly rare species on the brink of extinction, it isn't only the bunny huggers who sit up and take notice.
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#1274432021-03-02
World wildlife day: Cameroon's rich biodiversity face innumerable threats
Cameroon ranks fifth for fauna diversity and fourth for flora in Africa. But mushrooming bushmeat and international wildlife trade has pushed many species to the brink of extinction.
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#1298662021-08-10
World Lion Day 2021: History and Significance
HOME» NEWS» LIFESTYLE» WORLD LION DAY 2021: HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE 2-MIN READ World Lion Day 2021: History and Significance World Lion Day is celebrated annually on August 10 each year. (Representative image: Shutterstock)World Lion Day is celebrated annually on August 10 each year. (Represent ...
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#1225232019-10-04
World Animal Day: Shocking Statistics Show the State of Global Wildlife Trade
Researchers have released shocking statistics which highlight the huge scale of the global wildlife trade in time for World Animal Day—an international day of action to raise awareness for animal rights and welfare.
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#1330132022-02-08
Wolves use trails created by humans for convenient hunting and easier access to prey
Zoom in and explore the northern boreal forests of western Canada on Google Earth and you'll see long straight lines making their way through the forest. These lines are cleared trails through the forest to extract resources, creating roads for forestry and seismic lines searching for undergroun ...
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#1340512022-04-13
Wildlife trafficking thrives on Facebook despite pledge to fight illegal trade
Facebook remains a thriving marketplace for online wildlife trafficking despite the tech giant’s pledge to help combat the illegal trade, according to a new investigation.
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#1270822021-02-15
Wildlife trafficking driving 'severe declines' in traded species, finds study
Wildlife populations decline by an average of 62% in areas where species are traded, pushing some closer to extinction, according to a new report.
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#1219222019-08-16
Wildlife summit to consider global ban on saiga antelope trade
The US and Mongolia are backing a ban on the trade of a critically endangered antelope that has seen its numbers on the central Asian steppes devastated by hunting and disease.
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#1249572020-03-31
Wildlife rescue centres struggle to treat endangered species in coronavirus outbreak
Last Thursday morning Louisa Baillie drove down the five-kilometre dirt track that connects her jungle home in the Amazon rainforest to the main road. At the junction, she parked, hiking the rest of the way into Mera, a town of about 8,000 people.
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#1337162022-03-04
Wildlife population shrinking towards extinction
TEHRAN – The entire populations of wildlife species are shrinking and the remaining populations will go extinct in the near future unless humans change their practices.
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#1289342021-05-31
Wild Tasmanian devils born on mainland Australia for 1st time in 3,000 years
Tasmanian devil joeys have been born in the wild on mainland Australia for the first time in over 3,000 years, according to Aussie Ark. Conservationists say it is a landmark moment in the effort to reintroduce the marsupials to the mainland.
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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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#1269462021-02-09
Why the platypus is starting to disappear
The platypus has been listed as endangered in South Australia and there has been a recommendation to list it as threatened in Victoria. Now researchers are pushing for nationwide threatened species status.
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#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.
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#1206132019-04-02
Why the diversity of insects is crucial for maintaining crop yields
Many species of flower-visiting insect are in trouble in Britain, according to a new report from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) near Oxford, which drew on almost 750,000 observations of insects between 1980 and 2013. The study used population records of 353 wild bee and hoverfly spec ...
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#1319982021-11-30
Why the Saola Is Endangered and What We Can Do
There are no saolas in captivity, and fewer than 100 may remain in the wild.
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#1279272021-04-06
Why has the African elephant been split into two species? – podcast
Recently, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assessed the African elephant as two separate species – the forest elephant and savannah elephant. The move has increased these animals’ ‘red list’ categorisation to endangered for savannah elephants and critically endangere ...
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#1202542019-03-07
Why extinct species seem to be returning from the dead
Like something out of a zombie movie, species that were once thought extinct seem to be rising from the dead. Between February 21 and March 4 2019, three notable rediscoveries were announced – the Fernandina Island Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis phantasticus), which was last seen in 1906; Walla ...
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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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#1198442019-02-07
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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#1230662019-11-19
Why We Must Save the Elephants... or Else
Everyone loves elephants.” We hear it a lot, but do we love them enough to want to ensure their survival on this planet? Not as zoo inmates or residents of elephant sanctuaries, but as free-roaming keystone species in savannas and forests living in family groups?
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#1219762019-08-21
Why Spain has become a nightmare for the endangered turtledove
Thirteen autonomous regions are ignoring Brussels and allowing this symbol of eternal love to be hunted, despite the country’s implication in the species’ dwindling numbers
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#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 ...
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#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 ...
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#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 ...
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#1323592022-01-07
When endangered species recover, humans may need to make room for them – and it’s not always easy
Imagine discovering a sea lion in the middle of the woods, more than a mile inland from the beach. Or coming face to face with one of these curious creatures in a local swimming pool or on your front porch.
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#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.
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#1286492021-05-14
What we’re getting wrong about the threat to bees
Think honey bees are disappearing? Or that the more hives we have the better? This DW Planet A video challenges us to think again.
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#1252002020-04-21
What the lemurs taught me about enduring a pandemic
It is oddly fitting that I am launching my first book during a global pandemic. “Chasing Lemurs: My Journey into the Heart of Madagascar” is about a country at risk. It is about the delicate relationship between humans and animals. It is about resilience and perseverance.
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#1190522018-12-14
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?