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#1203562019-03-13
Guns, snares and bulldozers: New map reveals hotspots for harm to wildlife
The biggest killers of wildlife globally are unsustainable hunting and harvesting, and the conversion of huge swathes of natural habitat into farms, housing estates, roads and other industrial activities. There is little doubt that these threats are driving the current mass extinction crisis.
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#1203842019-03-15
These countries are the most dangerous for wildlife
The biggest killers of wildlife globally are unsustainable hunting and harvesting, and the conversion of huge swathes of natural habitat into farms, housing estates, roads and other industrial activities. There is little doubt that these threats are driving the current mass extinction crisis.
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#1203962019-03-15
New maps show where humans are pushing species closer to extinction
Animals around the globe are losing ground to farming and ranching, and their numbers are dwindling at the hands of human hunters. But the question of where to direct precious resources to protect that biodiversity remains vexing.
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#1204042019-03-18
Possible vaquita death accompanies announcement that only 10 are left
On March 13, scientists announced that around 10 vaquitas (Phocoena sinus) are left on Earth, just as the environmental group Sea Shepherd said it had found one of the porpoises that had drowned in a gillnet that was probably set to catch a totoaba fish.
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#1204272019-03-19
Endangered duck species spotted in Inner Mongolia
An endangered and rare duck species has been spotted in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, local authorities said Tuesday. Animal experts found six of the Baer's pochard, four males and two females, at a reservoir in Alxa League during recent field research, according to the region' ...
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#1204542019-03-22
Sri Lanka’s biodiversity on show: Q & A with tourism and wildlife minister John Amaratunga
Sri Lanka will in May host the 18th Conference of Parties (CoP18) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES. While the main agenda will center on wildlife trade policies and proposed updates to protections for various species, the host count ...
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#1204612019-03-22
Many sharks closer to extinction than feared: Red List
Human appetites are pushing makos and other iconic sharks to the brink of extinction, scientists warned in a new assessment of the apex predator's conservation status.
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#1205172019-03-26
Government of Canada takes steps to protect Aquatic Species at Risk
Canada's natural environment and wildlife are at the core of our national identity. Biodiversity is the cornerstone of our way of life - the health of the natural environment supports our culture, our well-being and our economy. Unfortunately, some of the species in our waters, rivers, lakes and ...
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#1205212019-03-27
Shared responsibility to care for natural world more important than ever
People from across Ontario are declaring solidarity with species at risk and calling for urgent change in the way we affect the natural world that sustains us. Twenty-eight authors, musicians, Indigenous Peoples, businesses and environmental organizations issued a joint statement today emphasizi ...
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#1205592019-03-28
Should cats be culled to stop extinctions?
Scientists are calling for a widespread cull of feral cats and dogs, pigs, goats, and rats and mice to save the endangered species they prey upon.Their eradication on more than 100 islands could save some of the rarest animals on Earth, says an international team.
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#1205622019-03-28
Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity
Anthropogenic trade and development have broken down dispersal barriers, facilitating the spread of diseases that threaten Earth’s biodiversity. We present a global, quantitative assessment of the amphibian chytridiomycosis panzootic, one of the most impactful examples of disease spread, and dem ...
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#1205842019-03-29
Deadly fungal disease ‘caused greatest biodiversity loss ever recorded’
An infectious fungal disease has driven mass amphibian die-offs worldwide and is responsible for the greatest loss of biodiversity attributable to a single pathogen ever recorded, a global study has found.
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#1205912019-04-01
Pillars of Sabah 2.0 highlights threatened animal species
The newly revamped Pillars of Sabah 2.0 was launched on Saturday night in conjunction with Earth Hour 2019. This time, another 30 Sabah artists have come together to highlight threatened animal species found in the state and featured animals include the Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica), Sumatran ...
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#1206132019-04-02
Why the diversity of insects is crucial for maintaining crop yields
Many species of flower-visiting insect are in trouble in Britain, according to a new report from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) near Oxford, which drew on almost 750,000 observations of insects between 1980 and 2013. The study used population records of 353 wild bee and hoverfly spec ...
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#1206772019-04-08
Satellites used to protect endangered sharks
Satellites scanning the oceans are a valuable new tool to protect sharks, according to scientists. A review of evidence suggests endangered sharks can be protected from threats such as illegal fishing, using the technology.
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#1206942019-04-09
This deadly fungus is wiping out amphibians around the world
In the 1970s, frogs in remote regions of Australia and Central America began to suddenly disappear. Researchers investigated whether climate change, UV radiation, or pollution caused the disappearance, but they didn’t find a clear explanation until a small team in northern Queensland realized th ...
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#1207712019-04-15
Turtles' absence from Nicaraguan stronghold raises alarm for fu
Every year, from November through March, leatherback sea turtles arrive to the secluded shores of the Río Escalante Chacocente wildlife reserve on Nicaragua’s Pacific coast to lay their eggs.
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#1208572019-04-25
Endangered green turtles now increasing in numbers, study of Pacific coral reefs finds
Protective measures which began in 1970s could be paying off in allowing green turtle populations to rebound, researchers say
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#1208692019-04-29
An epic Pacific survey reveals mixed fortunes for green and hawksbill turtles
First the good news: A sweeping survey of the Pacific Basin has found the population of endangered green turtles (Chelonia mydas) there is increasing. However, the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), the other target species of the survey, is still very much critically endangered.
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#1208842019-04-30
The United States May List Giraffes as an Endangered Species
Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced plans to conduct in-depth review of the popular animal’s threat status
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#1209182019-05-02
Species conservation: some success, many failures
With as many as a million species threatened with extinction due to mankind's destruction of the planet, there have been scant conservation successes in recent years.
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#1209662019-05-06
Even more amphibians are endangered than we thought
At least a quarter of the world's approximately 8,000 known species of amphibian are recognized as threatened and at risk of extinction.
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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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#1209902019-05-08
In Ethiopia, a community leans on customs to save an antelope from extinction
SENKELE, Ethiopia — In the tall-grass woodland of the Great Rift Valley in southern Ethiopia lies the Senkele Swayne’s Hartebeest Sanctuary. The area has long been a home to the Swayne’s Hartebeest, an endemic subspecies of antelope known locally as Qorkey.
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#1209962019-05-09
Hedgehogs threatened by loss of habitat and food in Europe
The mammal has come under threat as humans destroy its habitat and kill off massive numbers of insects and invertebrates.
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#1211552019-05-22
Snow crab industry gets $2M to find ways to reduce right whale entanglements
Breakaway gear and ropeless buoys among technology being researched and tested to protect endangered mammals
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#1211712019-05-23
For India’s imperiled apes, thinking locally matters
Grassroots efforts are key to protecting eastern and western hoolock gibbons.
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#1211722019-05-23
Endangered crested ibis returned to South Korean wild 40 years after extinction
SEOUL - An endangered bird was reintroduced to the wild by South Korean authorities Wednesday, four decades after it went extinct on the peninsula.
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#1211962019-05-24
'Elusive and cryptic' lizard may be first Australian mainland reptile declared extinct
A newly reclassified species of lizard that is native to areas now paved by Melbourne’s suburbs could become the first reptile on mainland Australia to be declared extinct.
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#1212812019-06-12
Framework predicts endangered species' pathogen risk
Four years ago, more than 200,000 endangered saiga antelope dropped dead on the remote steppe grassland of Central Asia in the species' worst recorded mass mortality event.
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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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#58748th International Barcode of Life (iBOL) Conference 2019
17 - 20 June 2019, Trondhein, Norway
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#1213552019-06-20
Pakistan struggles to save pangolins from poachers
Despite efforts of local conservationists, demand from China for scales, meat and traditional medicine has made the endangered pangolin the world's most trafficked animal.
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#1213822019-06-25
Poachers’ Poison Kills 530 Endangered Vultures in Botswana
Circling vultures bring attention to poachers, so the scavengers were likely poisoned by illegal hunters hoping to evade detection
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#1213902019-06-25
Rhino release: Endangered animals despatched to Rwanda
"These animals were taken from Africa decades ago to display to the public [in European zoos] and now have a real conservation role in Rwanda," Mark Pilgrim, Chester Zoo's chief executive says proudly.
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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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#1215242019-07-10
Unprecedented display of concern and 'consolation' toward an unknown monkey offers hope for endangered macaques
A wild group of endangered Barbary macaques have been observed, for the first time, "consoling" and adopting an injured juvenile from a neighbouring group.
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#1215482019-07-11
Endangered rhino numbers ‘soar by 1,000%’ in Tanzania after crackdown on poaching gangs
President claims credit as elephant populations rise by nearly half in five years but British experts are wary
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#1215762019-07-15
How helping people could protect endangered species
People and animals - like Rwanda's mountain gorillas - are under increasing pressure as the climate changes.
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#1215772019-07-15
Masai giraffes declared endangered
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the global authority on the conservation status of wild animals and plants, announced Thursday that Masai giraffes, a subspecies spread throughout Kenya and Tanzania, are now endangered, primarily because of poaching and changes in land use.
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#1215932019-07-16
One of the Largest Subspecies of Giraffes Is Declared Endangered
Once the largest of nine subspecies, Masai giraffe numbers have dropped by an estimated 50 percent in the last 30 years
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#1216242019-07-18
We're pushing 28,000 species closer to extinction
Seven primate species, two families of rays and thousands more animals, plants and fungi have moved closer to extinction, according to a global analysis
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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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#1216422019-07-19
Long-term plan to protect Asian elephants
A new research centre is being set up to study the endangered animals’ habitat, behaviour and genetics
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#1216432019-07-19
The ambitious plan to recover and rewild the feisty, dwarf cow
Although critically endangered, the population of tamaraw has stabilized and grown over the last two decades.
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#1216542019-07-22
How this rare, good-luck fish is thriving in Bhutan
Despite severe population declines elsewhere, the golden mahseer is flourishing—thanks to the king’s protection.
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#1216582019-07-22
Ocean snail is first animal to be officially endangered by deep-sea mining
Valuable metals and minerals pepper the creature's habitat, drawing commercial interest to the sea floor.
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#1216842019-07-24
Rewilding in Argentina: the giant river otter returns to Iberá park
The first attempt to reintroduce an extinct mammal in Argentina brings hope for restored ecosystems and increased ecotourism opportunities based on wildlife watching.
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#1216932019-07-25
EU acts to protect future of bird facing extinction in UK
European commission moves to halt loss of habitat for migrating turtle doves
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#1217062019-07-25
Secretive and colorful dryas monkey isn’t as rare as once thought
In 2014, biologists discovered a population of critically endangered dryas monkeys (Cercopithecus dryas) living 400 kilometers (250 miles) south of their only known range in the Democratic Republic of Congo.