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#1340612022-04-13
Beyond the honeybee: How many bee species does a meadow need?
A meadow's lush array of flowers needs a full phalanx of bees to pollinate them—far more than just the honeybees and bumblebees that most people are familiar with, according to a new study by a team of researchers including University of Maryland entomologist Michael Roswell.
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#1340642022-04-13
Endangered pangolins get fresh chance in S.African clinic
The hospital room is air-cooled to feel like a pangolin's burrow. The patient, Lumbi, is syringe-fed with a protein-packed smoothie, given a daily dose of medicine and has his vital signs checked.
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#1339962022-04-12
Summer migratory bird species arrive in Nepal to lay eggs
According to an expert, several bird species migrate to Nepal every summer as the country has favourable climatic conditions and good environment for raising fledglings.
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#1339972022-04-12
Bird paradise of Iran in favorable condition
Located in the northwestern province of West Azarbaijan, Kani Barazan, was once recorded as the first bird-sighting site in the country and birdwatchers call it Iran’s bird paradise.
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#1339992022-04-12
Global biodiversity is in crisis, but how bad is it? It’s complicated
Biodiversity. When you hear this word, what do you picture? Iconic animals like African elephants, gray wolves and humpback whales? Or multicolored coral species that make up a reef system? Or bacteria and microbes that regulate nutrients in the soil, or oxygen-releasing phytoplankton that live ...
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#1340012022-04-12
Saint Helena - A Bastion of Biodiversity
The small island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic is home to unique fauna and flora. Many of the more than 400 species living here are found nowhere else in the world.
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#1340062022-04-12
Wildlife Protection Amendment Bill 2021 misses the target despite good intentions
The Wildlife Protection Amendment Bill, 2021 introduces a regulatory framework for ‘invasive alien species’ in the Indian environmental legislative regime. However, despite being a well-intended step, the scope of the provision remains narrow and inadequate for managing the menace of invasive sp ...
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#1340172022-04-12
'Extinct' orchid discovered hiding in plain sight
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, together with a team of scientists, have released a new scientific paper showing that the previously presumed extinct species called Prasophyllum morganii, commonly known as mignonette leek orchid, has in fact been hiding in plain sight.
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#1340202022-04-12
Science-based policy-making: New recommendations for forest pests and diseases management
Over the last century, emerging diseases have progressively been recognized by the scientific community as the main threat to forest ecosystems. With increasing international trade and globalization, the introduction of non-native species into new environments has exacerbated the problems of eme ...
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#1339592022-04-11
Six new wētā species found in New Zealand, as their habitat slowly disappears
Six new alpine species of New Zealand’s most unusual and beloved insect – the wētā – have been discovered, but it is a bittersweet victory, with another piece of research describing the threat global heating poses for their snowy mountain habitat.
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#1339612022-04-11
Country diary: A race against time for this thick broth of frogspawn
Things change fast this time of year. One moment it feels like summer, the next like deepest winter. New migrants arrive every day.
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#1339762022-04-11
Spruce trees' reconquest of Sweden after the last Ice Age took 10,000 years
A new study from scientists at Uppsala University shows that it took more than 10 millennia from when the first spruces returned to Sweden after the glacial stage of the last Ice Age until the species became widespread.
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#1339802022-04-11
Extinct or just missing? The curious case of the native blue-grey mouse
From all accounts, Australia's blue-gray mouse was a charming little creature. The famous British zoologist Oldfield Thomas of London's Natural History Museum first described the species in 1910 and named it Pseudomys glaucus.
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#1339812022-04-11
The discovery of two giant dinosaur species solves the mystery of missing apex predators in North America and Asia
The top predator of the Jurassic and Cretaceous landscapes was usually a species of meat-eating dinosaur. These predators walked on two legs, had powerful jaws lined with sharp teeth and included species from groups known as tyrannosaurs, spinosaurs and carcharodontosaurs.
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#1339182022-04-06
Much of Scottish crab and lobster is ‘fish to avoid’, says sustainable seafood guide
Crab and lobster have been classed as “fish to avoid” by the Marine Conservation Society in its new UK guide to sustainable seafood, due to concern over whales getting entangled in Scottish fishing gear.
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#1339262022-04-06
Invasive Species Threaten the Biodiversity of the Adriatic Sea
The arrival of nearly 50 invasive species into the Adriatic Sea over the course of the previous three decades confirms new conditions developing in this Mediterranean sub-basin, but also represents a danger to its biodiversity. Fortunately, there are still ways in which such a threat could be mi ...
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#1339272022-04-06
Protected Tropical Forest Sees Major Bird Declines Over 40 Years — ScienceDaily
Deep in a Panamanian rain forest, bird populations have been quietly declining for 44 years. A new University of Illinois-led study shows a whopping 70% of understory bird species declined in the forest between 1977 and 2020. And the vast majority of those are down by half or more.
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#1339292022-04-06
‘Resilient’ leatherback turtles can survive fishing rope entanglements. Mostly
Leatherback turtles are highly vulnerable to getting entangled in lobster pot fishing gear off the coast of Massachusetts. A new study now shows that they can largely survive these entanglements — if they’re reached by rescuers in time, and their injuries are treatable.
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#1339352022-04-06
‘It’s a thorny issue.’ Why a fight over DNA data imperils a global conservation pact
For conservation biologists, the highest item on the global agenda this year is persuading the world’s nations to agree on new targets for saving nature. National leaders are scheduled to meet in China later this year to finalize a new strategic plan for the Convention on Biological Diversity (C ...
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#1339502022-04-06
What's in store for Europe's tree species?
Scientists supported by the EU-funded FORGENIUS project have presented a new data set showing current and potential future distributions of European tree species. Called EU-Trees4F, the data set provides a detailed model on how the ranges of 67 tree species will change between now and 2095.
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#1339552022-04-06
Vegetarian birds more sociable than insect eaters
Weaver birds that eat seeds flock together and nest in colonies more commonly than those species that eat insects, suggests new research by an international team of scientists led by the Milner Center for Evolution at the University of Bath.
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#1339112022-04-01
Butterfly survival reduced by warmer and longer autumns
Pupae of the green-veined white butterfly use more energy if autumn is long and warm, which leaves them too weak to emerge as butterflies in spring - and the results might apply to other butterfly species too.
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#1338782022-03-31
Watch out for invasive jumping worms this garden season
Invasive jumping worms are something to be on the lookout for this spring and summer. This group of invasive species native to East-Central Asia that recently popped up in Ontario might make you squirm if you see them thrashing around when they are disturbed.
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#1338812022-03-31
Rare birth of endangered Sumatran rhino sparks hope for conservation efforts
A rare Sumatran rhino was born at an Indonesian sanctuary in a win for the extremely endangered species, environmental officials said.
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#1338922022-03-31
Zebra mbuna fish and stingrays can add and subtract
Zebra mbuna (a species of cichlid fish) and stingrays can add and subtract one from the numbers one to five, according to a study published in Scientific Reports.
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#1338272022-03-29
Extra round of U.N. biodiversity talks fixed for June
GENEVA, March 29 (Reuters) - Negotiators at U.N. biodiversity talks on Tuesday agreed to meet again in Kenya between June 21-26 for another round of negotiations aimed at finalising a global pact to halt and reverse species losses.
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#1338032022-03-14
Final talks on U.N. biodiversity pact open in shadow of Ukraine
Hundreds of negotiators arrived in the Swiss city of Geneva on Monday for final U.N. talks on an ambitious pact that aims to halt and reverse the loss of habitats for endangered species ahead of a summit in China later this year.
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#1338082022-03-14
Nations convene in Geneva for UN biodiversity summit
The assessment warned that up to one million species face extinction, many within decades and called for transformational change to address the crisis
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#1337322022-03-07
Those birds that crashed and died? It wasn't fumes
You've probably seen the video—or at least heard some chirpings about it. Footage from a security camera in Cuauhtémoc, a city in Chihuahua, Mexico, shows a massive flock of migratory birds swooping down like a cloud of black smoke and crashing onto pavement and the roof of a house.
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#1337332022-03-07
Extinction crisis: Native mammals are disappearing in Northern Australia, but few people are watching
At the time Australia was colonized by Europeans, an estimated 180 mammal species lived in the continent's northern savannas. The landscape teemed with animals, from microbats to rock-wallabies and northern quolls. Many of these mammals were found nowhere else on Earth.
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#1337372022-03-07
Africa: Biodiversity - Elephants of Africa
The African savanna elephant is the world's largest land animal. Adult elephants weigh up to 7,500 kilograms and stand almost four meters tall at the shoulder.
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#1337382022-03-07
Goa: Novel fishing exercise reveals rich fish biodiversity of Chicalim bay
In an interesting exercise to showcase the fish biodiversity in Chicalim bay,participants caught and counted 47 fish species and 16 shrimp species.
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#1337392022-03-07
The services nature provides are at risk in a hot world
Climate change is unravelling ecosystems and has caused widespread local population extinctions among plants and animals, according to a new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the effects of global warming, species adaptation and their vulnerability.
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#1337602022-03-07
New model links mate selection to species survival
In a new paper published in Ecology Letters, Michigan State University evolutionary biologist Janette Boughman shows that the process of choosing a mate could be very important to the survival of the species.
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#1337142022-03-04
Rapid evolution fuels transcriptional plasticity in fish species to cope with ocean acidification
A research team led by Dr Celia SCHUNTER at School of Biological Sciences (area of Ecology and Biodiversity) & The Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), in collaboration with researchers from The University of Adelaide, James Cook University in Australia, IRD Inst ...
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#1337162022-03-04
Wildlife population shrinking towards extinction
TEHRAN – The entire populations of wildlife species are shrinking and the remaining populations will go extinct in the near future unless humans change their practices.
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#6206World Wildlife Day: "Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration"
3 March 2022, Geneva, Switzerland
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#1336732022-03-03
India committed to recovering species to restore ecosystem: Bhupender Yadav
India is committed to recovering species for ecosystem restoration, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Thursday on the occasion of World Wildlife Day.
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#1336742022-03-03
World Wildlife Day: Recovering Key Species for Ecosystem Restoration
The conservation of habitat for key species has a positive impact on the population for many others due to them relying upon and sharing the same habitat type necessary for the long-term survival of the key species in question.
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#1336752022-03-03
World Wildlife Day 2022 Theme Examines Key Species and Ecosystem Restoration
World Wildlife Day is an annual event held by the United Nations to raise awareness and celebrate Earth's animals and plants. World Wildlife Day 2022, on March 3, centers around the theme of "recovering key species for ecosystem restoration." But what exactly does that mean and why is it important?
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#1336762022-03-03
Species Biodiversity Critical To Sustaining Life
Today marks World Wildlife Day and this year’s theme “Recovering Key Species for Ecosystem Restoration” is a reminder that as the planet continues to warm under Climate Change, the biodiversity crisis becomes more imminent.
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#1336782022-03-03
#WorldWildlifeDay: How police are protecting biodiversity for a greener future
The illegal acquisition and consumption of wildlife are among the top global drivers of the decimation of some of the world’s most endangered species and a severe threat to the delicate balance between ecosystems and biodiversity.
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#1336822022-03-03
World Wildlife Day: Remembering Some Extinct Animals With Bizarre Traits That Roamed on Earth Millions of Years Ago!
World Wildlife Day is here, and it is time to celebrate the incredible wild heritage of the Earth. While behavioural studies of the existing wildlife provide insights into conservation, understanding how extinct species thrived millions of years ago is equally important for studying animal evolu ...
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#1336842022-03-03
Alphabet : This World Wildlife Day, the key word is adapt
Conservationists are concerned we're not adequately preparing to protect the wolverines and their habitat which is also home to other species of animals and plants. In 2020, the decision to federally list the wolverine as threatened under the Endangered Species Act was rejected on the basis that ...
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#1337042022-03-03
Grasshoppers show how alpine fauna will be lost as global temperatures rise
New research indicates anthropogenic climate change will result in a quarter of Aotearoa New Zealand's alpine grasshopper species becoming extinct. Species that are already endangered and others that are currently widespread could lose all of their current habitat due to global warming.
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#1337112022-03-03
UN issues 12 stamps illustrating endangered species in Central & South America and the Caribbean
Twelve new, colorful and original stamps are being launched today as part of the United Nations Endangered Species Stamps series. The stamps are issued by the United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) and the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fa ...
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#1336262022-03-02
World Wildlife Day celebrated in Kenya
Two lions are seen at the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, Aug. 30, 2021. The World Wildlife Day, which is marked annually on March 3 to raise the awareness on the world's wild animals and plants, is celebrated under the theme "Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration" this year.
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#1336382022-03-02
Loss of Sumatran rhinos leaves several plant species without a seed disperser
The critically endangered Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) plays a unique role in dispersing seeds in Southeast Asian forests, and its disappearance from these landscapes is already affecting the composition of the forests.