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#1270832021-02-15
Nearly 200 Florida manatees filmed basking in shallow waters with dolphins
Almost 200 threatened Florida manatees have been filmed together basking in shallow waters off the state’s west coast, the remarkable drone footage also showing a pod of playful dolphins swimming through the group.
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#1270972021-02-16
New hope for survival of the orange-bellied parrot
This year's breeding season for the orange-bellied parrot has been the best in Tasmania for decades. Environment Minister Roger Jaensch on Tuesday said there were 544 adult orange-bellied parrots in the state's breeding program, including 254 adult birds and 130 nestlings and fledglings housed a ...
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#1270982021-02-16
Two endangered golden-cheeked gibbons find new home at Sarajevo zoo
After arriving in Sarajevo from Slovenia, the pair — a male and a female — were placed under quarantine and are expected to make their public debut in mid-March.
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#1271222021-02-17
Rewilding: Jaguars return to Argentina’s wetlands 70 years after local extinction
Rewilding efforts are returning jaguars, the largest predator in South America, to areas where the species has been driven to local extinction due to hunting and habitat loss.
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#1271552021-02-17
Aquariums hatch unusual plan to save endangered zebra shark
A leopard can’t change its spots, and a zebra can’t change its stripes. But the zebra shark has long delighted ocean divers and aquarium visitors with its ability to transform the white bands it is born with into spots as it grows. Now, the endangered shark is grabbing attention for another reas ...
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#1272362021-02-22
Dozens of whales strand at notorious New Zealand bay
Rescuers were racing Monday to save dozens of pilot whales that beached on a stretch of New Zealand coast notorious for mass strandings, wildlife officials said.
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#1272712021-02-23
Freshwater biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate, warns new report
One-third of freshwater fish are threatened with extinction, according to the World’s Forgotten Fishes report. According to the report which was published by 16 global conservation organisations, populations of migratory freshwater fish have fallen by 76% since 1970, with freshwater biodiversity ...
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#1272722021-02-23
Freshwater Fish Population Is On The Decline Thanks To Us & Globally They Are Facing Extinction
Around the world, the population of freshwater fish is on the decline and we humans are to be blamed for it.A recent study of almost 2,500 rivers around the world showed that human activity has endangered freshwater fish biodiversity in significant ways in more than half of the researched waterw ...
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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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#1273132021-02-24
China steps up wildlife animal protection by adding 517 new species to protection list
A total of 988 species of wildlife animals, including 517 newly added animals, are now on the amended National List of Protected Wild Animals, which Chinese experts say poses quite a challenge for wild animal conservation efforts.
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#1273322021-02-24
Farmers in developing countries can protect both profits and endangered species
Low-income livestock farmers in developing countries are often faced with a difficult dilemma: protect their animals from endangered predators, or spare the threatened species at the expense of their livestock and livelihood.
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#1273482021-02-25
How 30,000 elephant 'selfies' will help in conservation
Zoo keepers have compiled the world's largest collection of thermal images of elephants. The pictures show elephants in every pose as they play, eat and hang out in their enclosure at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo.
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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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#1274092021-03-01
How Turkey’s endangered mountain gazelle was saved from extinction
Behind a heavily armoured Turkish military vehicle on patrol near the Syrian border, mountain gazelles give chase in a spectacular display, reaching speeds as fast as 80km per hour.
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#1274292021-03-01
One-hit wonder frog makes a comeback in the southern Philippines
In 1993, a lone stream frog was discovered once but never found again in the wild. Herpetologists thought the frog species went extinct before it could be studied. Then, last year, more than a quarter of a century since the frog was seen, two Filipino biologists rediscovered it in one of the lea ...
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#1274412021-03-02
New Breeding Site For World's Most Endangered Seal Discovered In Cyprus
Cartography has us near enough up-to-date on the lay of the land on Earth, but while we can view stretches of land from space, we can still miss out on nuggets of biological phenomena in the finer details.
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#1274422021-03-02
Detection dogs effectively find rare animals and plants, providing important data for science and conservation
The lists of the world’s endangered animals and plants are getting increasingly longer. But to stop this trend, important information is lacking.
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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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#1274872021-03-03
Pig in clover: how the world's smallest wild hog was saved from extinction
The pygmy hog is still endangered but a reintroduction programme in Assam, India, has given it a greater chance of survival
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#1274892021-03-03
Britain’s moths decline by a third in 50 years, study finds
Moths in Britain have declined in abundance by a third over the past 50 years, according to a new study. The declines of 39% in the abundance of larger moth species over southern Britain and a 22% fall across northern Britain add to the picture of calamitous declines in flying insects in the ind ...
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#1274982021-03-03
Cambodia's Royal Turtle lays eggs in captivity for first time
An endangered turtle bred in captivity laid eggs for the first time in Cambodia, conservationists said this week, in a massive win for animal protection in the kingdom.
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#1275542021-03-05
Giant clam shells worth $3.3 million seized in Philippine raid
Philippine authorities have seized illegally harvested giant clam shells worth $3.3 million as smugglers turn to the endangered creatures as a substitute for the illicit ivory trade.
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#1276292021-03-09
Coming Out Of Their Shells: Extinct Wild Giant Tortoises Return To The Galapagos Islands
A group of 191 critically endangered Hood Island giant tortoises was released in the Galapagos Islands to replace the species that went extinct 150 years ago because of whale hunters and pirates.
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#1276302021-03-09
In World First, English Museum Successfully Breeds Endangered Harlequin Toad
The scientists successfully recreated the habitat in which harlequin tadpoles grow up following years of meticulous work. The breeding program will ensure that at least one of these charismatic amphibians—the veragoa stubfoot toad, has a failsafe mechanism for its survival should something happe ...
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#1276312021-03-09
Israeli oil spill hits Lebanon, threatening endangered turtles
The sandy shores of the Tyre nature reserve on the Mediterranean are home to several endangered turtle species. But after an oil spill off the Israeli coast early last month, beaches in southern Lebanon were also washed away by tar deposits.
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#1276942021-03-15
Can cloning save endangered species?
Optimism for endangered species rose with the successful cloning of an endangered black-footed ferret. The precious Elizabeth Ann, born on December 10, 2021, was cloned from the preserved cells of Willa, a fellow black-footed ferret who died in 1988.
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#1276952021-03-15
National Panda Day 2021: How to Celebrate These Endangered Bears
Pandas are some of the most unique and beloved creatures on the planet. You’d be hard-pressed to find someone in the world who didn’t know what a panda bear looked like. Unfortunately, much of the panda’s popularity is due to the fact that they are one of the world’s most endangered animals.
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#1277102021-03-16
Dying of curiosity: Why people shoot harpy eagles
The rancher peers at an enormous bird high in the treetops. Reining in his horse, he squints upward. It’s not moving; maybe it will still be there when he gets back. An hour later, he returns with a gun.
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#1277662021-03-22
Protection of honey bee should be ethical concern.
Albert Einstein once said, " If the bees disappeared off the surface then man would have only four years of life left." Many people who understand the cruelty involved in factory farming and are morally opposed to eating meat find it less obvious that the lowly honeybee should also be of ethical ...
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#1277782021-03-23
Rhino census starts in Nepal
The Nepali government started census of the rhinoceros population on Monday in Chitwan National Park and Parsa National Park in central Nepal.
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#1277792021-03-23
British zoo launches plan to save endangered animals
Conservation scientists at Britain's Chester Zoo unveiled Monday a plan to save the world's rarest species from extinction.Conservationists at the zoo have identified six key targets, including options for future conservation for an additional 150 species, halting or reversing the decline of 200 ...
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#1278022021-03-23
Open season in Sudan as trophy hunters flock to shoot rare ibex
Sudanese conservationists have accused trophy hunters of exploiting the country’s political transition to hunt the country’s unprotected rare animals.
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#1278242021-03-29
Crocodiles sacrés, les nouveaux résidents du Bioparc Genève
Depuis novembre, l’institution genevoise héberge trois spécimens. Taille, durée de vie et régime alimentaire: présentation d’une espèce qu’il faut protéger.
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#1278302021-03-29
African elephants listed as critically endangered amid rise in ivory demand
Following population declines over several decades due to poaching for ivory and loss of habitat, the African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is now listed as Critically Endangered and the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened.
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#1278552021-04-01
Croatia acts to save its iconic Istrian goat
With wavy horns and a sturdy build, the Istrian goat stands proudly on Croatia's national flag. But in the pastures where the white-furred animal hails from, the breed is almost nowhere to be seen.
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#1278602021-04-01
Do you know the names of these rare birds found in China?
China is home to a variety of animal and plant species, both common and rare. Let's take a look of some of the precious bird species found in the country.
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#1278822021-04-05
Endangered Loggerhead Turtle Rescued
A Loggerhead Turtle was found caught in a fishing net at Al Qana in Abu Dhabi and has been nursed back to health.The turtle was saved by the Environmental Agency in Abu Dhabi and The National Aquarium, the largest aquarium in the Middle East, and is a breed of turtle not commonly found in the UA ...
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#1278932021-04-05
At least 22 leopards poached in Odisha in a year, say forest officials
The Odisha Forest Department and the Special Task Force (STF) of the state police have seized as many as 20 leopard skins in one year from 10 districts. This indicates how rampantly big cats are poached in the state.
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#1279122021-04-06
What can we learn from vanishing wildlife species: The case of the Pyrenean Ibex
Likely the first extinction event of the 2000s in Europe, the sad history of the Pyrenean Ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica) is a powerful example of the ever-increasing species loss worldwide due to causes related to human activity.
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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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#1279392021-04-07
Chimpanzees: Intelligent, social and violent
Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), also known as chimps, are one of our closest living relatives and members of the great ape family, along with gorillas, orangutans, bonobos and humans. Chimps share 98.7% of their DNA with humans and have a lot of the same traits.
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#1279402021-04-07
Endangered right whales have biggest baby boom since 2015
North Atlantic right whales gave birth over the winter in greater numbers than scientists have seen since 2015, an encouraging sign for researchers who became alarmed three years ago when the critically endangered species produced no known offspring at all.
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#1279412021-04-07
Ringed seals under consideration for listing under Species at Risk Act
Fisheries and Oceans Canada will begin consultations this fall on whether to list ringed seals under the federal Species at Risk Act. The consultations will begin nearly two years after the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, or COSEWIC, declared the animals a species of s ...
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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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#1279982021-04-12
Leatherback turtles under threat as government considers ‘development’ in Little Andamans
A 58-page, undated “vision document” for the “sustainable development” of the Little Andaman Island in the Bay of Bengal was produced by the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, a think tank of the Government of India.
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#1280162021-04-12
Costa Rican Beekeepers Alert About Possible Extinction of All Bees in Less than 15 Years
In a petition addressed to President Carlos Alvarado and to heads of Agriculture, Health and Environment, the Costa Rican Beekeepers Association requests the prohibition of the powerful insecticide Fipronil, because, if not, the poisoning death rate registered during the last twelve months in Co ...
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#1280232021-04-12
Malayan tigers to go extinct if no drastic action is taken
Malayan tigers will go extinct in the next five to 10 years if no drastic action is taken to address its population decline, said Taiping Zoo and Night Safari director Dr Kevin Lazarus.
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#6141Fifth Conference on Cetacean Conservation in South Mediterranean Countries (CSMC5)
13 - 15 April 2021, Online, Monaco