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#1271552021-02-17
Aquariums hatch unusual plan to save endangered zebra shark
A leopard can’t change its spots, and a zebra can’t change its stripes. But the zebra shark has long delighted ocean divers and aquarium visitors with its ability to transform the white bands it is born with into spots as it grows. Now, the endangered shark is grabbing attention for another reas ...
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#1328172022-01-31
Are Facebook, Snapchat and Tiktok the ‘new eBay’ for endangered wildlife?
You may have come across a petition circling online recently, calling for the end of illegal wildlife sales on social media. It's been shared by celebrities all over the world, earning more than half a million signatures in the process.
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#1239112020-01-23
As Australia burns, the smallest species could be lost forever to the flames
When Tanya Latty, an entomologist at the University of Sydney, started studying a species of velvet worm 18 months ago, she thought it was just a side project.
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#1187732018-11-01
As Insect Populations Decline, Scientists Are Trying to Understand Why
When Susan Weller traveled to Ecuador to study tiger moths in the 1980s, she found plenty of insects. A decade later, Weller, now director of the University of Nebraska State Museum, returned to conduct follow-up research. But the moths she was looking for were gone.
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#1242442020-02-19
As Planet Burns, One Million Species in World’s Eco-System in Danger of Extinction
When UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressed the 193-member General Assembly last December, he focused on the smoldering climate crisis– pointing out that the last five years have been the hottest ever recorded.
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#1209812019-05-08
As U.N. warns of widespread extinction, California is already losing species
A new United Nations report warning of a global extinction crisis identifies three parts of the world in particular danger: South America, Africa and parts of Asia.
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#1278932021-04-05
At least 22 leopards poached in Odisha in a year, say forest officials
The Odisha Forest Department and the Special Task Force (STF) of the state police have seized as many as 20 leopard skins in one year from 10 districts. This indicates how rampantly big cats are poached in the state.
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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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#1197002019-01-31
Aussie plants facing extinction
The top 100 Australian plant species at risk of extinction have been identified by Threatened Species Recovery Hub research.University of Queensland researcher Dr. Jennifer Silcock said three quarters of Australia's threatened species were plants.
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#1236162020-01-09
Australia bushfires flare as heatwave brings renewed misery
Bushfires flared in southern Australia on Thursday as a heatwave expected to bring renewed misery set in, and officials warned some areas are "just at the beginning" of the devastating crisis.
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#1237612020-01-16
Australia firefighters save world's only rare dinosaur trees
Specialist firefighters have saved the world's last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from wildfires that razed forests west of Sydney, officials said Thursday.
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#1238012020-01-20
Australia fires 'devastating habitats' of endangered species
Australia's bushfires and other climate change effects are devastating the habitats of critically endangered species and driving the native platypus towards extinction, according to surveys highlighting the country's vulnerability to rising temperatures.
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#1237862020-01-17
Australia fires: 'Apocalypse' comes to Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island in South Australia has been likened to a Noah's Ark for its unique ecology. But after fierce bushfires tore through the island this week, there are fears it may never fully recover.
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#1237012020-01-14
Australia's bushfires could drive more than 700 animal species to extinction
The scale and speed of the current bushfire crisis has caught many people off-guard, including biodiversity scientists. People are scrambling to estimate the long-term effects. It is certain that many animal species will be pushed to the brink of extinction, but how many?
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#1236582020-01-10
Australian animals face extinction threat as bushfire toll mounts
When volunteer Sarah Price found a baby kangaroo frightened but miraculously alive in the pouch of its dying mother surrounded by the embers of Australia's bushfires, it seemed fitting to name him Chance.
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#1336582022-03-02
Australian capital's faunal emblem listed as endangered species
The faunal emblem of Australia's capital city has been added to the country's threatened species list.
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#1330372022-02-09
Australian conservation group wants koalas to be listed as 'endangered'
One of Australia's leading conservation groups has called on the federal government to change koalas' status from "vulnerable" to "endangered" following research into the extent of their habitat's destruction.
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#1282762021-04-27
Australian fritillary butterflies join unenviable list of those facing extinction
The Australian fritillary looks as ornate as it sounds: a striking black and orange butterfly with a delicate lacework of olive and pink on the undersides of its wings.
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#1236612020-01-10
Australia’s Bushfires: An Extinction Crisis Decades in the Making
Hundreds of blazes could push threatened species closer to extinction. But the roots of Australia’s wildlife crisis are indicative of a much larger problem.
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#1236692020-01-13
Australia’s Wildfires Part of a Vicious Cycle of Food & Fire
In Australia, these terms are being used to describe 17.9 million acres of burned land so far. While fires of this magnitude are certainly unprecedented, they’re far from unexpected.
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#1238152020-01-20
Australia’s threatened bats need protection from a silent killer: white-nose syndrome
We already know how deadly this summer’s fires have been for mammals, birds, and reptiles across Australia. But beyond this bushfire season, many of those same species – including our bats, which make up around a quarter of all Australian mammal species – are facing another devastating threat to ...
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#1201832019-03-04
B.C. beekeepers suffering after grim year for colony die-offs
It was late September when commercial beekeeper Mike Munro was checking on his hives in Delta, and giving the bees some food. It was getting cool in the evenings, but the days were still warm and it was awhile before he would close up the hives for winter.
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#1332442022-02-16
Bald Eagles Are No Longer Endangered in Vermont—Here's How Three Decades of Restoration Helped Save the Species
The bald eagle is one of the more rare birds to spot across North America, as the animal has been on endangered species lists country-wide. Vermont first listed the raptor on its endangered species list back in 1987.
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#1326762022-01-20
Bali beach releases endangered Indonesian turtles back to ocean
A batch of 40 turtle hatchlings waddled towards the sea in Indonesia on Thursday as part of a release on a beach on the country's most popular resort island of Bali. The turtles, of the olive ridley and hawksbill species, were rescued from Bali beaches and a local conservation group has been urg ...
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#1289522021-06-01
Bangladesh arrests suspect believed to have killed 70 tigers
Bangladeshi police have arrested a suspected wildlife poacher believed to have killed at least 70 endangered Bengal tigers in more than two decades, police said.
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#1191182018-12-19
Banning trophy hunting imports won’t save the world’s wildlife
Well-meaning celebrities and MPs recently published a letter in the Guardian, calling for a ban on trophy hunting imports into the UK. To the novice conservationist, this surely sounds like a good thing, right? After all, trophy hunting kills animals so how could it possibly be good for conserva ...
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#1240702020-02-03
Basking sharks 'hang out' in family groups
Basking sharks travel migratory routes in groups of extended family, a new study led by Scottish scientists has suggested.
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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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#1235942020-01-07
Because Insects Are Key to Our Own Survival,' 73 Scientists Unveil Global Roadmap to Battle Bugpocalypse
Highlighting the "strong scientific consensus that the decline of insects, other arthropods, and biodiversity as a whole, is a very real and serious threat that society must urgently address," 73 international scientists on Monday published a roadmap to battle the world's "bugpocalypse."
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#1242692020-02-20
Bee-savers seek 4,500 signatures for petition to create bee-friendly environment
Friends of the Earth (FoE) Malta has joined 90 organisations from across the EU who together have launched a European Citizens’ Initiative to collect at least one million signatures in a bid for bee-friendly agriculture and a healthy environment.
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#1341252022-04-20
Beekeepers in Canada face losses of up to 90 per cent amid spread of parasitic mites
As beekeepers in Canada prepare to open their hives for the spring, some are finding high mortality rates in their hives. At some bee farms in Alberta, the province with the largest beekeeping industry, beekeepers are finding more than 50 per cent of their bees dead.
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#1336052022-03-01
Bees can play soccer – 10 little-known facts about insects
The labyrinthine world of insects is in deep trouble. Scientists have uncovered startling declines in their populations , with the United Nations estimating that half a million species could be lost by the midpoint of this century.
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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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#1212992019-06-13
Bermuda land snail: An animal 'back from the dead'
Thousands of critically endangered snails have been released into the wild after being rescued from the edge of extinction, with a little help from a British zoo.
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#1235922020-01-07
Between fieldwork and advocacy for the protection of wildlife and biodiversity
2020 is slated to be a “super year” for biodiversity with many challenges ahead of us. At the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), we are ready to face such challenges. After celebrating our 50th anniversary in 2019, we look back upon our achievements and look forward to doing more for ...
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#1321842021-12-15
Biden’s FWS Plans to Weaken Protections for Four Endangered Species
President Joe Biden’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is moving to weaken or end Endangered Species Act protections for several species threatened by the climate crisis, including whooping cranes and Key deer.
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#1284982021-05-07
Big cat comeback? Florida strikes bipartisan deal to help endangered panthers
In a political culture where bipartisan legislation is a rare species, lawmakers in one state have come together to agree major new conservation efforts that will help that other endangered animal – the Florida panther.
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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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#1225202019-10-03
Biodiversity collapse in UK continues
More than two-fifths of UK species including animals, birds and butterflies have seen significant declines in recent decades, a major study shows. The State of Nature report, which draws on scientific monitoring since the 1970s, warns there is no let-up in net losses for the UK's wildlife.
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#1242232020-02-18
Biodiversity crisis: India’s bird populations ‘declining sharply’, research shows
Hundreds of bird populations in India are collapsing, according to a major new report. Researchers using data collected by more than 15,000 birdwatchers examined trends over a 25-year period, and also over the last five years, and in both cases found numbers had declined overall.
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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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#1201772019-03-01
Biodiversité. Le Message Politique Des Insectes Doit Résonner Plus Fort
Même un trentenaire peut facilement se rendre compte que beaucoup moins d’insectes s’écrasent sur son pare-brise, aujourd’hui, que sur celui de ses parents quand il était enfant. Alors qu’on les pensait si nombreux et si résistants qu’ils survivraient même à un conflit nucléaire mondial, c’est, ...
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#1202032019-03-05
Bird extinctions 'driven' by global food trade
About 100 bird species are predicted to go extinct based on current farming and forestry practices, according to a new global analysis. This number has increased by 7% over the first ten years of this century alone, say scientists.
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#1247402020-03-18
Birth of wild tapir offers hope for Brazil's endangered ecosystem
Hopes for a recovery of Brazil’s most endangered ecosystem have been given a boost by the first birth of a wild tapir in Rio de Janeiro’s Atlantic Forest for more than a century.
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#1266882021-01-26
Blackbuck population increasing in Nepal
The total population of blackbucks stands somewhere near 50,000 in the world now. At present, Nepal and Pakistan are the only countries that have natural habitats for the endangered species. There are two sub-species of blackbucks in the world. The sub-species found in Nepal is called antelope c ...
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#1267862021-02-01
Blue whales threatened by ship collisions in busy Patagonia waters
Endangered giants face potentially fatal encounters with the 1,000 daily fishing vessels moving through main feeding area off Chile, scientists warn
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#1192712019-01-07
Bluefin tuna are back around the UK and a new study explains why
Bluefin tuna are back in the sea around the U.K. after decades of absence and a new study says that warming seas can explain why.
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#1327602022-01-27
Boracay fruit bats unseen for 2 years
Conservationists have called for the protection of remaining beach forests in Boracay as they fear the loss of an endangered fruit bat species last seen roosting on the island in Malay, Aklan, more than two years ago.
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#1223182019-09-23
Boris Johnson unveils £1.2bn for climate and endangered species
Boris Johnson has unveiled a combined £1.2bn in funding for new efforts to tackle the climate emergency and protect endangered species as he prepares to attend the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York.
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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 ...