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#132093
2021-12-08

This urban forest in Kolkata is a haven for bird watchers

More than five years ago, HIDCO had set up the Pakhibitan at Eco Park with the help of an NGO. Now, the park, which has two water bodies and mature indigenous trees of several species, has developed a beautiful ecosystem and turned into a safe haven for several species of birds, insects, mammals ...

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#132101
2021-12-08

Tourist selfies risk passing deadly viruses onto critically endangered orangutans

COVID-19 not only affects humans; our closest relatives, the great apes, are also at risk. A team of experts, including Oxford Brookes University researchers say that jungle trekkers could be risking the lives of Critically Endangered species of orangutans, by passing on human viruses like COVID-19.

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#132102
2021-12-08

Satellite and citizen data create precise range maps for at-risk bird species

Using satellite data and hundreds of thousands of crowd-sourced field observations, scientists have developed a more precise method for mapping the locations of habitats critical for the survival of more than 1,300 Central and South American forest bird species at high risk of extinction.

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#132073
2021-12-07

Endangered Caspian seal habitat awarded important marine mammal area status

Special status has been awarded to the habitat of a species of seal left endangered due to human activity.

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#132076
2021-12-07

Coral reefs of western Indian Ocean at risk of collapse: study

Rising sea temperatures and overfishing threaten coral reefs in the western Indian Ocean with complete collapse in the next 50 years, according to a groundbreaking study of these marine ecosystems.

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#132078
2021-12-07

Protecting Slender Loris in India

The small nocturnal slender loris of India’s rainforests is an endangered species. Hunted for fabled superstitious properties its habitat is also dwindling. Conservationists are trying to safeguard the tree dweller.

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#132075
2021-12-07

China advances construction of giant panda national park

National Forestry and Grassland Administration is pushing to hasten the construction of a Giant Panda National Park in a bid to better protect the endangered species.

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#132084
2021-12-07

Thousands of turtles lay eggs on Nicaraguan coast

Thousands of sea turtles laid their eggs on Nicaragua's coast over the weekend under the watchful eye of the army, which protects the nests from possible predators -- including humans.

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#132053
2021-12-06

Ensuring long-term sustainability: Biodiversity protection imperative for survival of humankind

While the efforts to combat the climate crisis are gathering traction slowly, the pace isn’t nearly fast enough as our ecosystems are collapsing and species are becoming extinct at an unprecedented rate.

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#132060
2021-12-06

Honeybees Survived for Weeks Under Volcano Ash After Canary Islands Eruption

For roughly 50 days, thousands of honeybees sealed themselves in their hives, away from deadly gas, and feasted on honey. “It is a very empowering story,” one entomologist said.

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#132069
2021-12-06

How Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ became a biodiversity nightmare

Animals brought illegally to Colombia by the drug kingpin have been allowed to roam free and are now disrupting the fragile ecosystem.

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#132031
2021-12-03

A ferocious marine reptile with gnarly teeth for crushing prey was discovered in Colombia

The partial skull of an ichthyosaur, an extinct marine reptile, that looked like a swordfish was unearthed in Loma Pedro Luis, Villa de Leyva, in Boyacá, Colombia in the 1970s, according to a study published in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. However, at the time, the specimen was incor ...

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#132033
2021-12-03

Colombia seizes hundreds of arachnids being illegally smuggled to Europe

More than 11,000 specimens have been seized during 2021 so far, officials said.

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#132018
2021-12-02

Biodiversity Loss: 32 Medicinal Plants are on the verge of Extinction, as per a survey

Medicinal plants are used in the treatment of cancer, respiratory and cardiac diseases, ulcers, liver and kidney infections, and other diseases. A report will be submitted to the Haryana state government soon in order for further action to be taken to protect these plants.

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#131985
2021-11-30

Nearly three dozen white rhino from SA flown safely to Rwanda

In a mammoth effort, 30 rhino have been moved from SA to Rwanda in the biggest-ever single translocation of the species.

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#131992
2021-11-30

We reconstructed birdsong soundscapes from over 200,000 places: and they’re getting quieter

Imagine going to hear your favourite orchestral piece played in a world-class venue – and only the woodwind and brass sections turning up.

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#131994
2021-11-30

Fight against crime takes center stage at Asia Environmental Enforcement Awards

Environmental protectors and entities from Asia were today recognized for their work on prevention of environmental crime at the sixth edition of the Asia Environmental Enforcement Awards, organized virtually by UNEP, UNDP, UNODC, INTERPOL, the World Customs Organization and CITES.

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#131997
2021-11-30

10 facts about the manul, the GRUMPIEST wild cat in Russia

This fluffy, playful cat with a very expressive gaze is just begging to be cuddled! But it absolutely can’t stand humans. And it has its reasons.

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#131998
2021-11-30

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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#132000
2021-11-30

A star in subtropical Japan: a new species of parasitoid wasp constructs unique cocoon masses hanging on 1-meter-long strings

A unique "star" was discovered from the Ryukyu Islands, a biodiversity hot spot in subtropical Japan: a star-shaped structure that turned out to be the cocoon mass of a new species of parasitoid wasp.

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#132001
2021-11-30

Behind the Science: How Do We Know How Many Shark Species Are at Risk?

This September a team of dozens of scientists announced grim news: Around one third of the world’s 1,199 known sharks and related species, they assessed, are now threatened with extinction.

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#132003
2021-11-30

Hidden biodiversity in microarthropods (Acari, Oribatida, Eremaeoidea, Caleremaeus)

A challenge for taxonomists all over the world and across all taxonomic groups is recognizing and delimiting species, and cryptic species are even more challenging. However, an accurate identification is fundamental for all biological studies from ecology to conversation biology.

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#131967
2021-11-29

Environmental DNA sequencing will enable scientists to explore Amazon piscine diversity without catching fish

A scientific expedition in the Javari River basin on the border between Brazil, Colombia and Peru has shown use of environmental DNA sequencing to be feasible to investigate fish diversity in the Amazon. The eDNA method consists of extracting molecules of DNA present in water samples and identif ...

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#131968
2021-11-29

Meat-eating 'vulture bees' sport acidic guts

A little-known species of tropical bee has evolved an extra tooth for biting flesh and a gut that more closely resembles that of vultures rather than other bees.

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#131972
2021-11-29

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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#131977
2021-11-29

Plants and animals of Noongar Nation break new ground in Indigenous knowledge tool

The Noongar Boodjar plant and animal encyclopaedia will link Indigenous species names with western scientific (both Latin and Common) names, as well as ancestral ecological and cultural knowledge chosen to be shared by local communities across more than 90 plant and animal species.

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#131952
2021-11-26

Return From Extinction

The prospect of "reviving" an extinct species – or a, genetic hybrid version of it – is moving closer to reality thanks to the sophistication of genome engineering technologies coupled with our ability to extract and sequence archaic DNA samples.

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#131954
2021-11-26

8 Species Driven Toward Extinction by Cats

It has been thousands of years since the first cats were domesticated, but we still don’t seem to have much control over them. Many people let their cats come and go as they please, perhaps forgetting — or not caring — that domestic cats kill billions of birds and mammals each year.

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#131955
2021-11-26

Vaquitas: What are the ‘smiling pandas’ of the sea and why are they going extinct?

Vaquitas are the world’s rarest marine mammal, and there’s a sad probability they’ll disappear in our lifetime, according to conservation groups.

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#131958
2021-11-26

Australia faces wave of native extinctions without urgent action on invasive species, CSIRO reports

Research shows introduced pest plants and animals are costing the country $25bn a year.

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#131961
2021-11-26

New legislation aims to protect wintering birds on major freshwater lake

A new legislation to protect migratory birds, especially Siberian cranes, on China's largest freshwater lake of Poyang, will take effect on January 1.

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#131962
2021-11-26

About 620 Million Birds Have Quietly Vanished in Europe for the Last 40 Years

Recent study has discovered one in every six birds has quietly gone across Europe since the 1980s. The causes varied and numerous, including habitat loss, massive decline in insect species, pollution, and disease all of the usual suspects contributing the larger mass extinction event we're exper ...

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#131927
2021-11-25

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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#131928
2021-11-25

Vaquitas Could Soon Be Extinct. Mexico Will Largely Determine Their Fate.

Amid a worldwide biodiversity disaster, with an estimated million species threatened with extinction, the story of the vaquita reveals how even apparent options — on this case, placing a cease to unlawful fishing — require political will, enforcement and deep engagement with native communities t ...

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#131929
2021-11-25

Saving Australia’s rarest tree after Black Summer catastrophe

It’s such a rare species there are only two known trees left, one mature and one juvenile tree growing in the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra.

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#131930
2021-11-25

Nearly 24 Species of Wildlife Are About to Be Declared Extinct

It’s a day of reckoning for the ivory-billed woodpecker and roughly two dozen other species of wildlife that are about to be declared extinct in a proposal issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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#131932
2021-11-25

5 Vulnerable Animal Species That May Surprise You

These animals aren’t quite on the endangered species list, but if we’re not careful, they soon could be.

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#131933
2021-11-25

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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#131934
2021-11-25

Atlantic fishing nations agree to ban catches of mako, world’s fastest sharks

Conservationists hail move as ‘critical breakthrough’ to protect endangered shortfin mako, prized for meat, fins and sportfishing.

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#131935
2021-11-25

Endangered deer's prion gene could protect it from chronic wasting disease

According to a University of Illinois-led study, Père David's deer has gene variants that may naturally protect the animals from the ravages of CWD.

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#131936
2021-11-25

Two critically endangered California condors produce chicks by ‘virgin birth’

This is the first case of asexual reproduction ever discovered in birds when breeding males were available.

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#131937
2021-11-25

Protecting the Pacific's endangered marine species using artificial intelligence

Using artificial intelligence, scientists are making progress toward protecting endangered species that are not meant to be caught.

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#131938
2021-11-25

First Endangered Tiger Footprints in 50 Years Found in Northeast Siberia

Amur tiger footprints have been discovered in the northeast Siberian republic of Sakha for the first time in 50 years, a signal that the endangered species’ population is recovering, the state-run TASS news agency reported Tuesday.

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#131939
2021-11-25

Law Students Work to Protect Dwindling Bumblebees

Once the most commonly spotted bee in the United States, the American bumblebee has nearly disappeared from 16 states. But thanks to some law students and their professor, the important pollinator may earn protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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#131940
2021-11-25

Farmers tempt endangered cranes back – by growing their favourite food

In Cambodia’s fertile Mekong delta, rice farmers are switching to the varieties loved by the world’s tallest flying bird to help stop its decline.

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#131898
2021-11-24

New Book Showcases Applications of Location Intelligence for Conservation Initiatives

The new book illustrates the use of GIS in rigorous scientific research to help chronicle and preserve life on Earth, highlighting a global mobilization to identify and map species at risk.

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#131916
2021-11-24

The Guardian view on urban rewilding: when nature takes over

The news that Derby has approved what promises to be Britain’s largest urban rewilding project so far is very welcome. The 320-acre Allestree Park will, subject to detailed consultation, be given over to a range of habitats and perhaps even see the reintroduction of species such as dormice and r ...

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#131889
2021-11-24

Europe's butterflies are vanishing as small farms disappear

Industrial farms and abandoned ones are both bad for butterflies. Researchers in Spain are trying to combat the trend, one "micro-reserve" at a time.

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#131877
2021-11-24

Investors must assess biodiversity risk: ACSI

The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors is urging its members to assess the financial risk posed by biodiversity loss and push companies to do more to protect the environment from deforestation, ecosystem extinction and pollution of the oceans and freshwater resources. New research b ...

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#131879
2021-11-24

Studying the causes of biodiversity loss is a logistical Herculean task

The question of the causes of species extinction confronts science with complex tasks. Dr. Sarah Redlich from the Biocentre discusses the challenge of creating a study design. Research groups all over the world are trying to disentangle the causes of biodiversity loss. One thing is clear: there ...

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