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#1322022021-12-17
Brazil wildfires killed an estimated 17 million animals
Amid the bleakness of 2020, scientists in Brazil concluded a particularly grim conservation study - attempting to count the animals killed by huge wildfires in the Pantanal wetlands.
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#1297252021-07-27
Breeding success: how tattoos and aviaries are helping save the saker falcon
Large and powerful with a wing span of more than a metre, the saker falcon is one of the fastest birds in the world. They soar high in the air before diving at up to 200mph to catch small mammals and birds.
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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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#1329102022-02-03
Brink of extinction: These are the 10 fastest declining species in the world
Wildlife extinction is a global crisis. Poaching often makes the headlines, but habitat loss and environmental pollution are also major killers.
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#1269852021-02-11
Britain's endangered willow tit needs vast area to thrive, research finds
The willow tit, one of Britain’s smallest and most endangered birds, requires a surprisingly large area of wild land to thrive, according to research.
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#1274892021-03-03
Britain’s moths decline by a third in 50 years, study finds
Moths in Britain have declined in abundance by a third over the past 50 years, according to a new study. The declines of 39% in the abundance of larger moth species over southern Britain and a 22% fall across northern Britain add to the picture of calamitous declines in flying insects in the ind ...
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#1277792021-03-23
British zoo launches plan to save endangered animals
Conservation scientists at Britain's Chester Zoo unveiled Monday a plan to save the world's rarest species from extinction.Conservationists at the zoo have identified six key targets, including options for future conservation for an additional 150 species, halting or reversing the decline of 200 ...
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#1237672020-01-16
Brussels wants to stop unfettered growth in beehives
The move forms part of a plan by the region to tackle the recent huge growth in members of the public keeping bees – a trend inspired by concerns about pollution, climate and biodiversity.
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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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#1328402022-02-01
Burning bright? Taking stock in the year of the tiger – in pictures
As people gather to celebrate the lunar year of the tiger, a report by WWF highlights areas where progress has been made in tiger conservation during the past 12 years and examines the threats that remain for the largest of big cats
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#1236252020-01-09
Bushfires have reshaped life on Earth before, and could do it again
The catastrophic bushfires raging across much of Australia have not only taken a huge human and economic toll, but also delivered heavy blows to biodiversity and ecosystem function.
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#1220572019-08-29
CITES: Sharks and ivory leave delegates divided
If there's one thing to take away from this year's CITES endangered wildlife conference, it's that species protection is a high priority — but not everyone agrees with how it should be done.
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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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#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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#1234162019-12-12
California commission lists yellow-legged frog as endangered
The state Fish and Game Commission on Wednesday approved protections for five of six populations of the foothill yellow-legged frog.The Center for Biological Diversity had sought protection for the stream-dwelling amphibians under California's Endangered Species Act.
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#1347502022-05-27
California investigating sick and dying brown pelicans
Wildlife authorities are trying to determine why large numbers of California brown pelicans are being found sick and dying. Hundreds of the pelicans, which are a protected species in the state, have been admitted to wildlife rehabilitation facilities in Southern and Central California since abou ...
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#1274982021-03-03
Cambodia's Royal Turtle lays eggs in captivity for first time
An endangered turtle bred in captivity laid eggs for the first time in Cambodia, conservationists said this week, in a massive win for animal protection in the kingdom.
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#1263982020-12-21
Cambodia's giant life-giving Tonle Sap lake in peril
As night falls over his floating village, fisherman Leng Vann puffs on a cigarette and heaves a sigh for Tonle Sap, the great inland lake that has sustained Cambodia for centuries.
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#1347872022-05-31
Cameroon NGO Creates App to Track Endangered Marine Species
In Cameroon nearly 150 manatees, an endangered aquatic species also known as sea cow, are killed each year by poachers or fisherman, often unintended by the latter. An aid group has created a mobile app to collect data to help reduce manatee deaths. Anne Nzouankeu reports from lake Ossa, Cameroon.
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#1276942021-03-15
Can cloning save endangered species?
Optimism for endangered species rose with the successful cloning of an endangered black-footed ferret. The precious Elizabeth Ann, born on December 10, 2021, was cloned from the preserved cells of Willa, a fellow black-footed ferret who died in 1988.
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#1236722020-01-13
Carrots, sweet potatoes airdropped for Australia’s wallabies as wildfires continue to burn
With fires still blazing in Australia, brush-tailed rock-wallabies are getting by with a little help from public servants. The government of New South Wales is getting ready to drop from the air thousands of kilograms of carrots and sweet potatoes for the endangered and stressed critters.
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#1194692019-01-17
Cellphones are still endangering gorillas, but recycling old ones can help
You probably use it every day and don’t think once about gorillas. In today’s world, it’s almost impossible to get by without a mobile phone, but they’re wreaking havoc for these primates. The critically endangered Grauer’s gorilla has lost 77 percent of its population in the last 20 years, part ...
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#1322492021-12-21
Champions of the Earth: The Ugandan vet protecting people and wildlife
Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka this year’s Champion of the Earth for Science and Innovation, has spent three decades helping to safeguard some of the world’s rarest primates, including endangered mountain gorillas.
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#1279392021-04-07
Chimpanzees: Intelligent, social and violent
Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), also known as chimps, are one of our closest living relatives and members of the great ape family, along with gorillas, orangutans, bonobos and humans. Chimps share 98.7% of their DNA with humans and have a lot of the same traits.
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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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#1256232020-11-09
China boosts measures to protect endangered pangolins
Pangolins live in wet areas in flatland forests, hillsides or at the foot of mountains and insects are their main food. While they have this in common with many other creatures, they stand out in that, while they are mammals, they are covered with scales.
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#1273132021-02-24
China steps up wildlife animal protection by adding 517 new species to protection list
A total of 988 species of wildlife animals, including 517 newly added animals, are now on the amended National List of Protected Wild Animals, which Chinese experts say poses quite a challenge for wild animal conservation efforts.
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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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#1238032020-01-20
Climate change pushing Australia's platypus towards extinction: researchers
Prolonged drought and other effects of climate change are pushing Australia's unique platypus population towards extinction, scientists warned in a study published Monday.
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#1238602020-01-22
Collectors find plenty of bees but far fewer species than in the 1950s
Far fewer bee species are buzzing across Earth today, following a steep decline in bee diversity during the last three decades, according to an analysis of bee collections and observations going back a century.
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#1329732022-02-07
Colombia debates what to do with Pablo Escobar's hippos
Colombia is facing a dilemma over what to do with the hippos whom notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar first brought into the nation. Since his death almost 30 years ago, a growing population of hippos has been taking over the countryside near his former ranch.
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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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#1284302021-05-05
Combatting wildlife trafficking – protecting biodiversity and beyond
For International Airport Review, Silja Fischer, Manager of Wildlife Trafficking Prevention at ACI World, and Crawford Allan, Senior Advisor to TRAFFIC on Wildlife Crime, detail the dangers poised by wildlife trafficking; the role that airports and the aviation industry can play in detecting, an ...
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#1217812019-08-02
Comeback fish: How Europe is saving the iconic sturgeon
When forces align, a species on the brink of extinction can be revived. That’s the lesson learned from bold efforts to save the sturgeon, an iconic species little changed since the time of dinosaurs.
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#1276292021-03-09
Coming Out Of Their Shells: Extinct Wild Giant Tortoises Return To The Galapagos Islands
A group of 191 critically endangered Hood Island giant tortoises was released in the Galapagos Islands to replace the species that went extinct 150 years ago because of whale hunters and pirates.
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#1324322022-01-12
Conifer plantation push could threaten red squirrel population, study finds
Conifer plantations, which are being expanded around the UK to combat the climate crisis and foster biodiversity, are in danger of hurting one of the key species they were thought to protect: red squirrels.
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#1219752019-08-21
Connected forest networks on oil palm plantations key to protecting endangered species
Connected areas of high-quality forest running through oil palm plantations could help support increased levels of biodiversity, new research suggests.
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#1321712021-12-14
Conservation documents for half of all critically endangered species don’t mention climate change
Australian Conservation Foundation report found that climate change was not mentioned for 178 out of 334 critically endangered species and habitats.
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#1213982019-06-26
Conservation efforts for giant South American river turtles have protected 147,000 females
y analyzing records in countries of the Amazon and Orinoco basins -- which include Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador -- researchers categorized 85 past and present initiatives or projects that work to preserve the South American River Turtle, or charapa (Podocnemis expansa), ...
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#1233882019-12-11
Conservation efforts save 10 species from extinction
Conservation efforts have saved ten species from extinction, including a flightless bird, a parakeet and a trout cod, announced International Union for Conservation of Nature on Wednesday.
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#1322452021-12-21
Conservation groups to sue EPA over manatee deaths
Three conservation groups have filed formal notice of their intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency if it doesn't take steps to protect manatees from water pollution in Florida
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#1216252019-07-18
Conservation in focus as survey shows drop in Malaysia orangutans
Survey in Sabah highlights importance of wildlife corridors and commitments to sustainable palm oil and timber.
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#1238472020-01-21
Conservation scientists are grieving after the bushfires—but we must not give up
That a billion animals may die as a result of this summer's fires has horrified the world. For many conservation biologists and land managers, however, the unprecedented extent and ferocity of the fires has incinerated much more than koalas and their kin.
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#1223172019-09-23
Conservationists raise concerns on biodiversity conflicts, wildlife extinction
Conservationists have called on Nigerians to shun activities that could escalate the extinction of wildlife and biodiversity from their ecosystem as well as threaten human existence.
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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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#1251992020-04-21
Coronavirus lockdown boosts numbers of Thailand's rare sea turtles
Thailand has discovered the largest number of nests of rare leatherback sea turtles in two decades on beaches bereft of tourists because of the coronavirus pandemic, environmentalists say.
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#1248722020-03-25
Coronavirus: Calls to protect great apes from threat of infection
Conservation experts are calling for urgent action to protect our closest living relatives, the great apes, from the threat of coronavirus. New measures are needed to reduce the risk of wild gorillas, chimps and orangutans encountering the virus, scientists warn in a letter in Nature. Habitat lo ...
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#1253222020-04-29
Coronavirus: Fears for future of endangered chimps in Nigeria
An award-winning conservationist says she fears for the future of some of the world's most endangered chimps. Devastated by hunting and deforestation, they now face a threat from coronavirus, says Rachel Ashegbofe Ikemeh, project director of The South-West/Niger Delta Forest Project.
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#1246862020-03-16
Costa Rica caterpillar decline spells trouble for ecosystems
Scientists have uncovered alarming declines in caterpillar diversity and their parasites across 22 years of monitoring in a protected forest in Costa Rica. In their study, published in Scientific Reports, they also reveal a clear link between extreme weather events and insect declines, with pote ...
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#1280162021-04-12
Costa Rican Beekeepers Alert About Possible Extinction of All Bees in Less than 15 Years
In a petition addressed to President Carlos Alvarado and to heads of Agriculture, Health and Environment, the Costa Rican Beekeepers Association requests the prohibition of the powerful insecticide Fipronil, because, if not, the poisoning death rate registered during the last twelve months in Co ...