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#1353792022-07-20
Australian environmental report finally recognizes Indigenous knowledge
In Australia, more than 100 animal species have gone extinct or been placed on endangered lists, ecosystems are plagued by invasive species, temperatures and sea levels rise, marine heatwaves have caused coral bleaching, while devastating floods and wildfires have ravaged the country.
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#1354012022-07-20
More than half of rare species need intensive, hands-on help to ward off extinction
International talks to stem the extinction crisis have focused chiefly on how much habitat to protect. But for many of the most endangered animals, survival is going to take more than breathing room.
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#1353512022-07-15
Global warming causes northward shift in southern limit of seagrass Zostera marina
Global warming has caused an increase of the average upper ocean temperature by 0.07°C per decade. These temperature increases affect marine species and ecosystems in many ways, including enhanced mortality of key habitat-forming species such as seagrass, changes in species distributions, and a ...
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#1353562022-07-15
Tiny limbs and long bodies: Coordinating lizard locomotion
Snakes and lizards have distinct body movement patterns. Lizards bend from side to side as they retract their legs to walk or run. Snakes, on the other hand, slither and undulate, like a wave that travels down the body. However, there are species of lizards that have long, snakelike bodies, and ...
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#1352612022-07-11
Illegal Trade in Wild Species Could Be $199 Billion Market: Report
Main article: Blinded by greed, human beings have literally dug their graves as their indiscriminate consumption gravely impacted the natural ecosystem over the years.
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#1352652022-07-11
15 Issues That Could Greatly Impact Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Researchers have listed fifteen areas of concern, emphasizing the need to tackle these issues. Examples include the mining of lithium from the deep sea, exploitation of species found in deeper waters, and the unforeseen effects of wildfires across different ecosystems.
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#1352672022-07-11
Biodiversity: Wild species can help feed the world
Biodiversity experts are calling for the preservation of often endangered wild species, which could provide food and income for billions worldwide.
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#1352742022-07-11
Colorful new corals bedeck the busy waters off Hong Kong, study shows
In the eastern waters off Hong Kong, a group of scientists searching for coral-eating nudibranchs stumbled upon a colorful surprise: three new species of sun corals. These orange, purple and green corals belong to the genus Tubastraea, bringing the known members of this coral group from seven sp ...
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#1352482022-07-06
Connecting the spots: First comprehensive review of national jaguar protection laws
Conservationists have conducted the first comprehensive review of national laws across the range of the jaguar (Panthera onca) to show opportunities for strengthening legal protections of the largest cat species found in the Americas.
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#1352582022-07-06
African Wild Dogs Lose Pups to Climate Adaptation ‘Trap
The endangered wild dog has shifted its breeding season by 22 days, resulting in fewer pups living through their first year
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#1352592022-07-06
A three-legged tortoise fitted with rollers could help save his endangered species
A three-legged tortoise rescued from smugglers has found a new lease of life at Chester Zoo, where he could help save his endangered species.
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#1351912022-07-05
Biodiversity In Crisis: One Species Is Dying Out Every 10 Minutes
Biodiversity faces its biggest threat. Can humans offer salvation instead of a death sentence? The planet is facing its sixth mass extinction, the first in 65 million years. And biodiversity is in peril.
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#1352002022-07-05
Habitat loss, climate change send hyacinth macaw reeling back into endangered status
Less than a decade since conservation actions helped pull the hyacinth macaw out of Brazil’s endangered species list, the iconic cobalt-blue bird is back in the red, driven there by the loss of its habitat and a changing climate.
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#1352142022-07-05
Freeze-dried mice: How a new technique could help conservation
Japanese scientists have successfully produced cloned mice using freeze-dried cells in a technique they believe could one day help conserve species and overcome challenges with current biobanking methods.
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#1351862022-07-04
Latest threat to Forests in North America: Invasive Asian jumping worms
For most gardeners, an earthworm is great for the soil, however, there is an invasive earthworm in North America that is quite literally, destructive.
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#1351482022-06-30
Red wolf genes found in coyote hybrids may be the key to preserving the endangered species
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. reports a high percentage of red wolf genes in the genomes of coyote hybrids living in some parts of southwest Louisiana and eastern Texas.
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#1351512022-06-30
Even temporarily overshooting 2°C would cause permanent damage to Earth's species
The history of climate change is one of people slowly coming to terms with the truth. None but a small minority still question whether it's real and caused by humans. Now most grapple with the reality of trying to slow down catastrophic warming, and the difference between solutions and false hope.
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#1351532022-06-30
Wildfires may have sparked ecosystem collapse during Earth's worst mass extinction
Researchers at University College Cork (UCC) and the Swedish Museum of Natural History examined the end-Permian mass extinction (252 million years ago) that eliminated almost every species on Earth, with entire ecosystems collapsing.
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#1351632022-06-30
Parrots of the Caribbean: Birding tourism offers hope for threatened species
Four species of parrots endemic to Caribbean islands in the Lesser Antilles — St. Vincent, St. Lucia and Dominica — are clinging to existence amid a volley of hurricanes and volcanic eruptions that have decimated their populations and habitats.
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#1351222022-06-29
Animals we’ve lost: the 15 carp species that disappeared from a single lake
Just two species of the freshwater fish still exist in the ancient waters of Lake Lanao in the Philippines after predatory fish were accidentally introduced
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#1351282022-06-29
Underground carnivore: The first species of pitcher plant to dine on subterranean prey
What we thought we knew about carnivorous plants was swiftly called into question after scientists discovered a new species in the Indonesian province of North Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo.
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#1351332022-06-29
Confirmed new fungus has mysterious origins
CABI has confirmed a new species of fungus after the BBC Springwatch show called on Dr. Harry Evans' expertise when the mysterious specimen was first discovered in a Victorian gunpowder store at Castle Espie wetland center in Northern Ireland.
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#1350822022-06-28
Researchers Create ‘Species Stock Market’ to Help Protect Biodiversity
European researchers have come up with a system to help determine the value of a species to help protect threatened species. They also hope the system will help them see how human activities affect biodiversity.
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#1350962022-06-28
Bacteria species found in glacial ice could pose disease risk as glaciers melt from global warming
A team of researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has found nearly 1,000 species of bacteria in snow and ice samples collected from Tibetan glaciers. In their paper published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, the group describes collecting and studying the bacteria and their concerns a ...
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#1350262022-06-22
U.N. biodiversity talks in Nairobi push for conservation by 2030
U.N. negotiators began talks Tuesday in Nairobi toward reaching a new global pact for protecting nature and wildlife, after a previous round of talks in March failed to make progress. With scientists warning that an estimated 1 million species are at risk of extinction, the United Nations is ask ...
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#1350492022-06-22
Kenyan forum setting stage for reinvigorated global biodiversity conservation agenda
The fourth open-ended working group on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework underway in the Kenyan capital Nairobi is expected to pave the way for a new era of enhanced protection of species to realize sustainability development.
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#1350502022-06-22
Tree species diversity under pressure
In a new global study of more than 46,000 species of trees, an international team of researchers has shown that many tree species are under substantial pressure and poorly protected. The research team, headed by Aarhus University, has also studied how this situation can be improved by means of a ...
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#1350172022-06-21
'Biodiversity loss is humanity's greatest threat'
Talks are currently underway in Kenya on a new international treaty to tackle dramatic species loss. What exactly is at stake? Here's what you need to know.
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#1350182022-06-21
Towards a new global commitment to save Biodiversity
Nature is at a tipping point. Over the last century, human activities have destroyed nature at an alarming rate. The 2019 Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services 2019 report highlighted that around one million animal and plant species are at risk of extinction, underlinin ...
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#1349662022-06-14
Frog hotels: scientists build creative urban shelters to draw species back to Australian cities
Tadpoling is a thing of the past in many suburban creeks, as humans encroach on frogs’ territory. But there is a way to lure them back – frog hotels.
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#1349172022-06-08
World Ocean Day: A look at 8 critically endangered marine species
June 8 is World Ocean Day – an annual global event to recognise the major role oceans play in our lives and the challenges faced in preserving this precious environment.
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#1349312022-06-08
Experts urge saving biodiversity from extinction
Global warming and climate change are causing many species of animals and plants to slowly die out. This gradual extinction would pose threat to food supplies, said speakers in a seminar on 'biodiversity' at Women University Multan (WUM) on Tuesday.
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#1349422022-06-08
Alien species are moving across oceans faster, accelerated by climate change
Oceans and coastlines have been subjected to human use for centuries. But the effects of human activity on the oceans are now more extensive, with the resulting changes happening more rapidly than ever before.
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#1349452022-06-08
Mosquito species from Papua New Guinea, lost for 90 years, found in Australia
There are already plenty of mosquitoes in Australia. They bring pest and public health risks to many parts of the country. Now a new species of mosquito, Aedes shehzadae, has been discovered 90 years after the first (and only other observation) of it in Papua New Guinea—and it's thanks to citize ...
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#1349462022-06-08
Chinese pond heron spotted in Nepal for first time
The list of bird species found in Nepal has now grown to 891, after a bird never before seen in the country was spotted at a national park in the south.
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#1348792022-06-07
Study into climate effects on Atlantic salmon
New research is examining the impact of climate change on migratory Atlantic salmon. Scientists in Scotland and Canada are working on the study
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#1348882022-06-07
Acid-spraying ant poses major threat to biodiversity in Queensland
An invasive species of acid-spraying ant is spreading throughout Australia, causing concern it could wipe out small native species and make homes impossible to sell.
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#1348972022-06-07
Kangaroos in the street and a suitcase of iguanas: India’s exotic pet problem
From the red-eared slider turtle, cockatoo and falcon to the yellow-cheeked gibbon, capuchin monkey and orangutan, nothing is too much for those demanding unusual pets in India.
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#1349022022-06-07
Exploring fungi that forge relationships with plants
About 20 years ago, Bala Chaudhary worked in conservation and habitat restoration in California. Her job was to design plans for creating new habitats for endangered species out of degraded or disturbed land. In her work, she kept coming up against one persistent challenge—reinstating soil micro ...
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#1349042022-06-07
Two new polyalthiopsis species reported from China
Researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have collected and maintained a collection of about 100 plants of Annonaceae, a large pantropical flowering plant family.
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#1349062022-06-07
How animals reach their correct size
Even small differences in how fast animals grow during development can sum up to large differences in their adult body size. Nevertheless, adults of the same species are usually nearly identical in size.
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#1349102022-06-07
A long history of European geckos
Geckos lived in Europe as early as 47 million years ago, say paleontologists who have examined a nearly complete fossil gecko skull from central Germany. This previously unknown species was found in a former coalmining area—Geiseltal—and was described by a research team led by Dr. Andrea Villa o ...
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#1348192022-06-02
Protecting 30% of global lands could benefit biodiversity and climate change: Study
The study released by Science Advances says at least 1,000 species could benefit from protecting 30% of global lands by 2030.
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#1348312022-06-02
Climate Change Could Completely Consume the Siberian Tundra by 2050, Studies Show
As we know, the Arctic tundra won't be around much longer. Climate change is causing the sea levels to rise, and the ice to melt, which is also, in turn, wiping out the plant and animal species that live there. And unfortunately things aren't much different in Siberia.
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#1348362022-06-02
Invasive species: Are they really threatening the Mediterranean Sea and local fisheries?
Invasive species are becoming a global concern. In the last 20 years, the number of non-native species in European waters has increased to almost 1,300. The issue is most acute in the Mediterranean Sea, which is home to 69 per cent of them and although only 10 per cent are categorised as invasive.
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#1348372022-06-02
Coalition scrapped recovery plans for 176 threatened species and habitats in one of its final acts
Recovery plans designed to prevent the extinction of almost 180 threatened species and habitats, including the Tasmanian devil, were scrapped by the Coalition in one of Sussan Ley’s final acts as environment minister.
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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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#1348622022-06-02
Shifting signatures of climate change reshuffle northern species
Analysis of long-term monitoring data for almost 1,500 species in Finland shows that four decades of climate change has led species to shift between the "better" and "worse" parts of their climatic niches, and that these impacts were most pronounced at higher latitudes.
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#1348682022-06-02
Climate change is turning the European Alps from white to green
Snow in the European Alps is melting and invasive plant species are outcompeting native Alpine plants, satellite imagery has shown. Both findings will reinforce climate change, say scientists.
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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”.