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#1297462021-07-28
Trafficking for traditional medicine threatens the Philippine porcupine
In the rapidly shrinking lowland forests of Palawan Island, the Philippine porcupine (Hystrix pumila) can be found under tree buttresses, foraging for fallen root crops and fruits. Endemic to Palawan and neighboring islands, Philippine porcupines can grow up to (66.5 cm or 26.18 inches) long, an ...
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#1297482021-07-28
Treasure of Nature: Wonderland famous for peaks and high biodiversity
Stretching over more than 26,000 hectares in central China's Hunan Province, the main draw of Zhangjiajie is the Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area.
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#1297582021-07-28
Dangerous attraction: Amorous pursuit imperils Cuban croc
Being too coveted a mating partner can have its downside for a species faced with extinction, as the Cuban crocodile has learned.Arduous pursuit by its amorous American counterpart has seen survival of the island species, its numbers already dwindling, further threatened by hybridization.
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#1297592021-07-28
In Spain, Iberian lynx claws back from brink of extinction
At a nature reserve in southern Spain, four baby Iberian lynxes sleep peacefully beside their mother, part of a captive breeding programme that has brought the species back from the brink of extinction.
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#1297772021-07-29
Citizen scientists capture spectacular footage of endangered southern right whales off NSW coast
Citizen scientists have captured spectacular footage of southern right whales and their calves swimming off the south coast of New South Wales.
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#1297782021-07-29
Dead, shrivelled frogs are turning up across eastern Australia. What’s going on?
Over the past few weeks, we’ve received a flurry of emails from concerned people who’ve seen sick and dead frogs across eastern Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
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#1297802021-07-29
The 'nest custodians' protecting a toddler-sized bird
They're working to protect the Southern ground hornbill, and the bird's cultural significance, for future generations. It was a dusty afternoon at the end of a long dry season, and Zimbabwean subsistence farmer Sofaya Ndlovu was sitting in the sun outside his home. Fifty metres away,
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#1297822021-07-29
For species in the red, IUCN’s new Green Status signals conservation wins
The California condor has been teetering on the brink of extinction for decades. When the species was first assessed in 1994 for the IUCN Red List, the global authority on the conservation statuses of species, it was listed as “critically endangered.” Nearly 30 years later, its status has not ch ...
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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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#1298302021-08-09
These are the twelve endangered animals around the world
Of 8,300 known animal species, 8% are extinct and 22% are endangered. These United Nations figures place the planet on the brink of what some scientists now call "the sixth mass extinction." The impact of human action on ecosystems is causing many species to disappear, with irreversible harm to ...
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#1298592021-08-10
Malawi: Lost to the World, Rare Chameleon Is Found in Malawi
The world's rare chameleon, lost to science, has been found clinging to life in a Malawian forest patch. At only 5.5 centimetres' or 2.1 inches) long, the critically endangered Chapman's pygmy chameleon (Rhampholeon chapmanorum) lives in the low-elevated rainforest of the Malawi Hills.
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#1298642021-08-10
Following pandas, Tibetan antelopes off endangered species list in China as population surpasses 300,000
The Chinese government has recently ticked Tibetan antelopes off the endangered species list as the species' population surpassed 300,000 across the country in 2021, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Monday.
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#1298652021-08-10
Photographer captures images of endangered parrotbills
A pair of reed parrotbills with their babies were recently observed in the wetlands of the Naolihe National Nature Reserve in Heilongjiang province.
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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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#1298672021-08-10
Critically endangered orchid found in a backyard in South Cotabato
Two wildlife biologists found a Pahiopedilum haynaldianum, also known as lady’s slipper orchid, in a “local garden in the village adjacent to the forest somewhere in the Mount Busa Key Biodiversity Area.”
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#1299462021-08-13
New Zealand's Sigh of Relief As Iconic Kiwi Bird Bounces Back
ew Zealand birdwatchers were ecstatic to hear the return of the famous kiwi in August, after fearing it had disappeared altogether from some regions. Twelve million kiwi birds once occupied New Zealand but their numbers have rapidly declined in recent years, especially outside of managed sanctua ...
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#1299762021-08-16
Pollinators: First global risk index for species declines and effects on humanity
Disappearing habitats and use of pesticides are driving the loss of pollinator species around the world, posing a threat to "ecosystem services" that provide food and wellbeing to many millions—particularly in the Global South—as well as billions of dollars in crop productivity.
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#1299972021-08-18
Biodiversity: Land Use – Threat to and Opportunity for Bumblebees
Bumblebees largely contribute to the pollination of crops. However, they are threatened by land use changes due to climate change. Long-term simulations made by researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and partners from Italy have now shown that smart land management may stabilize ...
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#1300032021-08-18
'Countless' animals threatened by fires ravaging Europe
Fires in Turkey's southern Mugla and Antalya provinces have caused ‘extensive damage’ to habitats of desert lynx, wild goat, eagle owl and woolly dormouse
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#1300432021-08-19
One airport, 1,300 snakes: San Francisco helps to save endangered species
Across from the San Francisco international airport, and past the bustling highway that hugs it, lies what appears to be an empty lot. But the 180-acre, airport-owned parcel of land, which sits beyond the tarmac, tucked against residential homes, isn’t quite empty. It’s home to roughly 1,300 snakes.
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#1300442021-08-19
Born to be wild: India’s first captive-bred endangered vultures set free
In February, the doors of an aviary in West Bengal’s Buxa tiger reserve were flung open. Eight critically endangered captive-bred white-rumped vultures cautiously emerged and within minutes were mingling with wild vultures, devouring the meat of carcasses left out by a team of researchers from t ...
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#1300582021-08-19
14 African wild dogs, southern Africa’s most endangered carnivore, translocated from SA to Malawi
Fourteen African wild dogs were translocated from South Africa to Malawi recently in what the Wildlife ACT described as a historically significant occasion for the conservation of southern Africa’s most endangered carnivore.
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#1301232021-08-24
Habitat destruction, illegal hunting threat Persian red deer
Maral, along with “Roe deer” and “Persian fallow deer”, are three species of deer in Iran. Recently, the head of the provincial department of environment Hassan Abbasnejad announced the implementation of a plan on the conservation of Persian fallow deer and red deer in Arasbaran forests in the n ...
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#1301242021-08-24
Endangered bettong reintroduced in Australia after more than a century
Brush-tailed bettongs are back. These tiny endangered marsupials have been reintroduced to mainland South Australia after disappearing more than a century ago.
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#1301262021-08-24
Illegal sand mining a threat to the shrinking Chandubi lake
Chandubi lake was formed in 1897 as the result of a major earthquake in the region during which a forest area went down and became a lake. Since then, the lake has evolved to become a critical habitat for flora and fauna.
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#1301282021-08-24
Bumblebee native to Oregon listed as endangered – Portland, Oregon
The US Department of Fish and Wildlife listed insects native to the Pacific Northwest as endangered species under the Endangered Species Act on Monday.
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#1301722021-08-31
More than 30% of tree species worldwide are threatened with extinction, a landmark report warns
At least a third of tree species worldwide are at risk of extinction, a new landmark report warns. “That means there are twice as many globally threatened tree species as threatened mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles combined,” Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), which releas ...
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#1301732021-09-01
Has the wildlife 'Red List' let Africa's big cats down?
Africa's marquee big cats are currently listed as "vulnerable", but with declines in lion numbers close to the threshold for a higher risk category Lions and cheetahs were both reconfirmed as 'vulnerable' in 2014. Credit: AFP Photo Lions and cheetahs are closer to extinction than the authoritati ...
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#1301842021-09-01
Endangered Bengal tiger cub born at Nicaragua zoo
A Bengal tiger cub is being cared for by humans at Nicaragua's National Zoo after its mother was unable to produce the milk necessary to feed the latest little addition to the endangered species, the zoo's director Eduardo Sacasa said Tuesday.
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#1302272021-09-02
Tanzania: Tawiri All Out to Save Giraffes
THE Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI) has stepped up efforts in saving giraffes in the country. The organization, which is charged with conducting and coordinating wildlife research in the country, has currently procured 12 collars from Germany to be fitted on the Ossicones of the ta ...
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#1302282021-09-02
Kenya Steps Up Efforts to Save Wildlife From Extinction
The black rhino, mountain bongo, roan antelope and sable antelope have been classified as critically endangered species in Kenya.
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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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#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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#1302712021-09-03
North Atlantic right whales critically endangered by climate crisis, new study finds
Climate change-induced warming in the Gulf of Maine has resulted in the population of the North Atlantic right whale to plummet, leaving the species critically endangered and conservationists desperate for safeguards, according to a study published this week in the journal Oceanography.
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#1303062021-09-07
Komodo dragon, 2-in-5 shark species lurch towards extinction
Trapped on island habitats made smaller by rising seas, Indonesia's Komodo dragons were listed as endangered on Saturday, in an update of the wildlife Red List that also warned overfishing threatens nearly two-in-five sharks with extinction.
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#1303422021-09-09
The world's largest living lizard is now endangered due to climate change
The world’s largest living lizard species is moving closer to extinction as rising sea levels fueled by climate change threatens its habitat.
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#1303512021-09-09
New ‘green status’ launched to help endangered species
Currently, over a quarter (28%) of species studied by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) - 38,543 out of 138,374 - are threatened with extinction, according to the latest edition of its Red List, published at the World Conservation Congress in Marseille that runs until Friday.
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#617152nd Meeting of the Standing Committee of the CMS (StC52)
21 - 29 September 2021, Online/Virtual
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#1305072021-09-22
Three Pregnant Killer Whales Might Save Their Population From the Brink of Extinction
Aerial drones have been used by scientists to monitor the populations of critically endangered animals such as killer whales. Doctors Holly Fearnbach of SeaLife Response, Rehabilitation, and Research and Doctor John Durban of Southall Environmental Associates of Washington state had discovered t ...
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#1305082021-09-22
Rare Rhino Species Sees Dramatic Population Growth – From Just 100 to 3,700 Today – as Poaching Falls
The populations of several species and subspecies of rhinoceros are increasing, some dramatically, while poaching rates in east Asia have plummeted over the decade, a new report from the International Rhino Foundation (IRF) reveals.
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#1305092021-09-22
Understanding squirrel personalities can help us better protect endangered species
Do animals have personalities? We don’t tend to think that they do, but new research brings more evidence that we’ve been too hasty to assume this.
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#1305492021-09-23
Endangered monkeys thrive amid harmony with human guardians in S China
A team of forest rangers has dedicated years to protecting white-headed langurs, with their conservation efforts helping to ensure a thriving population of the critically endangered species in a nature reserve in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
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#6088World Migratory Bird Day (October)
9 October 2021, Bonn, Germany
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#1307532021-10-13
Bringing them back from brink of extinction
As the largest of all land mammals on Earth, elephants have long captivated our attention. Besides their extraordinary appearance, their intelligence and social behaviour has also made them an intriguing subject for observation.
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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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#1309482021-10-19
COP15 Update in Yunnan, China: The Population of Endangered Species, Green Peafowl, Has Shown Steady Increase
During the meeting, Yang Xiaojun, a researcher from the Bird Group of Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, introduced that, with great efforts, not only has the wild population of the endangered species, green peafowl, shown steady increase, the quality of their habitat has ...
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#1309562021-10-19
The critically endangered Māui dolphin is a conservation priority—uncertainty shouldn't stop action to save it
The world's rarest marine dolphin, Māui, is found only along the west coast of the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. Based on our surveys over the last two summers, during which we collected small tissue samples for DNA analysis, we estimate there are currently only 54 Māui dolphins over one ...
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#1309672021-10-19
In Guinea, an illegal $6b gold ‘bonanza’ threatens endangered chimpanzees
On July 19, Australian mining firm Predictive Discovery posted a breathless press release on its website. “Bonanza”-grade gold had been discovered at its Bankan exploration site in a remote part of eastern Guinea. Drilling samples were indicating that the deposits at the site were massive — 3.65 ...
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#1310722021-10-22
COVID could wreak havoc on gorillas, but they social distance better than we do
Endangered mountain gorillas in Rwanda’s famous Volcanoes National Park could face “population collapse” within 50 years if some of them contract COVID-19, new research suggests.
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#1310742021-10-22
Poaching is altering the genetics of wild animals
Sometime in the distant past, well before humans walked the Earth, the ancestors of modern-day elephants evolved their iconic tusks. Elephants use their bleach-white incisors — they’re technically giant teeth, like ours but longer — to dig, collect food, and protect themselves.