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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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#1213902019-06-25
Rhino release: Endangered animals despatched to Rwanda
"These animals were taken from Africa decades ago to display to the public [in European zoos] and now have a real conservation role in Rwanda," Mark Pilgrim, Chester Zoo's chief executive says proudly.
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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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#1193902019-01-15
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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#1229672019-11-11
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh working to save rare and endangered alpine blue-sow thistle
Conservationists at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh working to ensure the survival of the rare and endangered alpine blue-sow thistle in Scotland are attempting to establish a new population of the species. The beautiful but elusive flower has now been planted along a small gorge at the Water of ...
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#1194652019-01-17
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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#1190502018-12-14
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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#1206772019-04-08
Satellites used to protect endangered sharks
Satellites scanning the oceans are a valuable new tool to protect sharks, according to scientists. A review of evidence suggests endangered sharks can be protected from threats such as illegal fishing, using the technology.
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#1319292021-11-25
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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#1244622020-03-02
Saving endangered species: Now we must focus on ecosystem health
It’s been almost a decade since nations from across the globe convened in Aichi Prefecture of Japan for a meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at which targets were established to halt to the biodiversity crisis.
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#1226062019-10-10
Saving rare hornbills: Philippines launches conservation plan
Philippine Biodiversity Conservation Foundation (PBCF) and the local government of Tawi-Tawi have joined forces on a conservation plan in hope to improve the critically low population of Sulu hornbill.
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#1252992020-04-28
Saving tigers is a marathon, not a sprint
I have done nonstop interviews about the shameful commercial breeding of tigers in the United States in the past few weeks since the Netflix series Tiger King first aired. As someone who’s devoted my entire career to saving this magnificent species in the wild, I find exploitation in the name o ...
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#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.
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#1248442020-03-25
Scientists call for independent review of dam project in orangutan habitat
Critics and supporters of a dam that threatens the only known population of Tapanuli orangutans are at loggerheads over whether to carry out an independent scientific study of the project’s impact.
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#1281612021-04-21
Scientists develop new mapping model to save Africa’s cycad plants from extinction
Cycads, the world’s oldest seed-producing plants, are facing extinction. Africa is home to a variety of cycad species and South Africa is regarded as a global hotspot for cycad diversity.
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#1196692019-01-29
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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#1282962021-04-28
Scientists sound alarm about Australia’s 26 most endangered butterflies
It might sound like an 18th century fashion statement but the “pale imperial hairstreak” is actually an extravagant butterfly. This pale blue (male) or white (female) butterfly was once widespread, found in old growth brigalow woodlands that covered 14m hectares across Queensland and New South W ...
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#1220172019-08-27
Scientists successfully fertilize northern white rhino eggs
Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Researchers have successfully fertilized several northern white rhino eggs with the sperm of the last two bulls, Suni and Saut, both now deceased.
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#1331782022-02-14
Scottish wildcats: Kitten release plan to save critically endangered species
Sixteen wildcats are being paired up to have kittens that will be released into the wild in Scotland next year.
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#1235302019-12-19
Sea turtles continue to swim in troubled waters: report
In myths and carvings, sea turtles are reverent creatures, carrying wisdom and worlds on their backs. In Hindu cosmology, the earth is supported by four elephants on the back of a turtle, while Chinese myths celebrate the tortoise as a celestial beast. Today, sea turtles are endangered and in de ...
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#1341002022-04-18
Second chance: 80 critically endangered spotted tree frogs to be released into Kosciuszko national park
Two years after the 2019-20 summer bushfires nearly wiped out the species, 80 critically endangered spotted tree frogs are jumping back into the wild in NSW.
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#1345432022-05-18
Second endangered cheetah cub dies in Iran: state media
The second of three Asiatic cheetah cubs born in captivity in Iran has died in a blow to conservation efforts for the critically endangered subspecies, state media reported Wednesday.
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#1217062019-07-25
Secretive and colorful dryas monkey isn’t as rare as once thought
In 2014, biologists discovered a population of critically endangered dryas monkeys (Cercopithecus dryas) living 400 kilometers (250 miles) south of their only known range in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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#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.
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#1333632022-02-21
Seychelles conducts census on critically endangered sheath-tailed bat
A census is underway by the Ministry of Environment to determine the current situation of the Seychelles sheath-tailed bat, an endemic species which is on the brink of extinction.
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#1205212019-03-27
Shared responsibility to care for natural world more important than ever
People from across Ontario are declaring solidarity with species at risk and calling for urgent change in the way we affect the natural world that sustains us. Twenty-eight authors, musicians, Indigenous Peoples, businesses and environmental organizations issued a joint statement today emphasizi ...
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#1205592019-03-28
Should cats be culled to stop extinctions?
Scientists are calling for a widespread cull of feral cats and dogs, pigs, goats, and rats and mice to save the endangered species they prey upon.Their eradication on more than 100 islands could save some of the rarest animals on Earth, says an international team.
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#1348482022-06-02
Should we protect nature for its own sake? For its economic value? Because it makes us happy? Yes
As spring phases into summer in North America, with trees flowering and birds migrating, nature seems abundant. In fact, however, the Earth is losing animals, birds, reptiles and other living things so fast that some scientists believe the planet is entering the sixth mass extinction in its history.
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#1251512020-04-17
Sighting of endangered monkeys using rope bridge to cross road gives hope their numbers will expand.
The sight of a monkey climbing a rope bridge to cross a road may not be noteworthy to most people. Most would not have noticed the bridge across Old Upper Thomson Road, which was built by the National Parks Board (NParks) in October 2019 to help animals cross from the vegetation in Thomson Natur ...
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#1201982019-03-05
Sixth mass extinction could destroy life as we know it -- biodiversity expert
Alarming declines in the number of insects, vertebrates and plant species around the world have raised fears that we are in the midst of a sixth major extinction that could cause a collapse of the natural ecosystems we rely upon to survive.
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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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#1211552019-05-22
Snow crab industry gets $2M to find ways to reduce right whale entanglements
Breakaway gear and ropeless buoys among technology being researched and tested to protect endangered mammals
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#1319272021-11-25
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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#1354482022-07-26
Some conservation good news? Yes for tigers, no for sturgeons
According to a new assessment by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), there are about 40% more tigers in the wild than in 2015 — translating to around 5,600 more tigers.
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#1302692021-09-03
South Africa: Ninety Landowners Help Vultures to Reclaim their Karoo Home
The Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) proudly announces the declaration of the first official Vulture Safe Zone (VSZ) in the Karoo, just in time for International Vulture Awareness Day on 4 September. A Vulture Safe Zone is an area in which landowners and communities work collaboratively to implem ...
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#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 ...
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#1242222020-02-18
Southeast Asia’s dugongs may disappear soon
In 2019, two baby dugongs were found alive after they washed ashore in Krabi and Trang provinces, in Thailand, but sadly died not long after they were rescued. The event even caught the attention of Hollywood star, Leonardo DiCaprio who posted about it on social media, drawing much needed attent ...
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#1348112022-06-01
Spate of orchid thefts in England puts rare species at risk
A spate of thefts of rare orchids from sites in southern England has concerned scientists, who say endangered species may be at risk. Orchid experts believe that the plants, from locations including in Sussex and Kent, may have been “stolen to order”.
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#1197342019-02-01
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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#1302702021-09-03
Species Extinctions Are Important to Track—But So Are Recoveries
The Sumatran rhino, the smallest, shaggiest, and most endangered of the world’s five rhinoceros species, is found only on the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Borneo.
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#1246852020-03-16
Species Loss Is a Loss for Landscapes
High in the tree canopies of West African rainforests, flashes of bright color, croaks, chuckles, and loud yells mark the presence of the roloway monkey (Cercopithecus roloway). But its call of the wild might soon go permanently quiet – and the same fate potentially awaits thousands of other spe ...
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#1209182019-05-02
Species conservation: some success, many failures
With as many as a million species threatened with extinction due to mankind's destruction of the planet, there have been scant conservation successes in recent years.
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#1233502019-12-09
Species under increasing threat from climate change: IUCN
Already facing the threat of habitat destruction, hundreds of plant and animal species are now under further pressure from manmade climate change, the IUCN said Tuesday in its updated "Red List of Threatened Species".
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#1201272019-02-27
Specieswatch: farmers fight to save Britain's disappearing earthworms
There are three types of earthworm: those that live on the surface, others that feed and dwell in the soil, while a third group makes deep burrows and comes to the surface to feed on dead leaves.
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#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.
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#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…
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#1296162021-07-22
Speeding ships killing endangered N. Atlantic right whales: study
Most vessels are exceeding speed limits in areas designated to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, of which only around 360 remain, a report said Wednesday.
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#1204542019-03-22
Sri Lanka’s biodiversity on show: Q & A with tourism and wildlife minister John Amaratunga
Sri Lanka will in May host the 18th Conference of Parties (CoP18) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES. While the main agenda will center on wildlife trade policies and proposed updates to protections for various species, the host count ...
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#1286312021-05-14
Study confirms sightings of endangered blue whale in Philippine waters
A solitary whale frequently spotted in the Bohol Sea in the southern Philippines has long had a nickname: Bughaw, or “blue.” Now, thanks to recently published research, the whale also has a confirmed species and subspecies, knowledge that could shift understanding about the distribution of whale ...
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#1319332021-11-25
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.