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#1311462021-10-25
New population estimate for right whales at its lowest in 20 years
A new estimate of the number of endangered North Atlantic right whales left on the planet puts the population at 336, the lowest in nearly 20 years.
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#1311542021-10-26
Guardians of the northern white rhino: The world’s most endangered species
With no male northern white rhinos left on the planet, these photos are a love letter to the armed guards protecting the last two remaining females, Fatu and Najin.
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#1311562021-10-26
First endangered baby Grevy's zebra born in S'pore zoo, named Izara
It's time for Singapore's beloved panda cub to share the spotlight with another black and white mammal at the Singapore Zoo — a baby Grevy's zebra.
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#1313032021-10-29
Critically endangered condor chicks are species' 1st known 'virgin births'
Scientists have reported the first known "virgin births" in California condors — two chicks that hatched without any males involved in fertilizing the eggs.
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#1317052021-11-16
Over 1M species face threat of extinction: Global biodiversity body
More than one million species face the threat of extinction, a global biodiversity body said on Monday. The Geneva-based International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is the only international observer organization in the UN General Assembly with expertise in the environment, particularl ...
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#1317142021-11-16
House sparrow population in Europe drops by 247m
There are 247m million fewer house sparrows in Europe than there were in 1980, and other once ubiquitous bird species have suffered huge declines, according to a new study.
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#1317902021-11-18
Gabon is last bastion of endangered African forest elephants
Loss of habitat and poaching have made African forest elephants a critically endangered species. Yet the dense forests of sparsely populated Gabon in the Congo River Basin remain a “last stronghold” of the magnificent creatures, according to new research that concluded the population is much hig ...
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#1318282021-11-19
Endangered Yangtze finless porpoises spotted frequently in E China
Yangtze finless porpoises have been spotted frequently in the Nanjing section of the Yangtze River in east China's Jiangsu Province recently. Many residents in the city as Jiangsu's provincial capital have seen the scene of the beautiful creatures playing or leaping out of water.
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#1318612021-11-19
Europe's butterflies are vanishing as small farms disappear
Each week for the last 25 summers, biologist Constantí Stefanescu has walked a line through a series of fields in Catalonia, counting butterflies. On a sun-beaten day last July, near where the Pyrenees Mountains slip into the Mediterranean Sea, he stepped into what had once been the most butterf ...
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#613614th Meeting of the ACCOBAMS Scientific Committee and Celebration of the ACCOBAMS 25th Anniversary
22 - 26 November 2021, Istabul and, Monaco
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#1318892021-11-24
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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#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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#1319282021-11-25
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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#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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#1319302021-11-25
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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#1319322021-11-25
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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#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.
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#1319342021-11-25
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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#1319352021-11-25
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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#1319362021-11-25
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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#1319372021-11-25
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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#1319382021-11-25
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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#1319392021-11-25
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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#1319402021-11-25
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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#1319552021-11-26
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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#1319622021-11-26
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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#1319722021-11-29
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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#1319852021-11-30
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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#1319922021-11-30
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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#1319942021-11-30
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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#1319972021-11-30
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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#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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#1320002021-11-30
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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#1320012021-11-30
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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#1320182021-12-02
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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#1320332021-12-03
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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#1320602021-12-06
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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#1320732021-12-07
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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#1320762021-12-07
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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#1320782021-12-07
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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#1320752021-12-07
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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#1320842021-12-07
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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#1320922021-12-08
Eight wolves were found poisoned in Oregon. Police are asking for the public’s help
Conservation groups call the deaths ‘shocking and heartbreaking’ and have offered a $43,000 reward for any information
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#1321012021-12-08
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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#1321252021-12-09
Deep-sea mining may push hundreds of species to extinction, researchers warn
New research sees two-thirds of mollusc types only found living by hydrothermal vents added to IUCN’s red list of endangered species
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#1321162021-12-09
Batman loach returns: fish feared extinct found in Turkey
Scientists working on the Search For The Lost Fishes project have spotted the freshwater Batman River loach, which has not been seen since 1974.
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#1321082021-12-09
In wildlife traffickers, the internet finds a cancel target everyone agrees on
But as more tech companies join the cause, and algorithms to weed out trafficking keywords grow more sophisticated, traffickers are becoming savvier and evolving new ways to keep operating in the internet’s vast gray zone.
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#1321102021-12-09
U.K. conglomerate Jardines ‘caught red-handed’ clearing orangutan habitat in Sumatra
A U.K. conglomerate’s Indonesian subsidiary is deforesting the only known habitat of the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan, despite promising to stop doing so, satellite imagery indicates.
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#1321412021-12-10
Most endangered cat in Americas found living on outskirts of Chilean capital
Elusive Andean cat, thought to exist only in extremely remote rocky outcrops, caught on camera close to Santiago city
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#1321522021-12-13
Key wintering areas identified for Europe's Greater Spotted Eagles
With fewer than a thousand breeding pairs in Europe and a tiny remnant population in the European Union, Greater Spotted Eagle is listed as Critically Endangered.