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#1302712021-09-03
North Atlantic right whales critically endangered by climate crisis, new study finds
Climate change-induced warming in the Gulf of Maine has resulted in the population of the North Atlantic right whale to plummet, leaving the species critically endangered and conservationists desperate for safeguards, according to a study published this week in the journal Oceanography.
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#1302272021-09-02
Tanzania: Tawiri All Out to Save Giraffes
THE Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI) has stepped up efforts in saving giraffes in the country. The organization, which is charged with conducting and coordinating wildlife research in the country, has currently procured 12 collars from Germany to be fitted on the Ossicones of the ta ...
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#1302282021-09-02
Kenya Steps Up Efforts to Save Wildlife From Extinction
The black rhino, mountain bongo, roan antelope and sable antelope have been classified as critically endangered species in Kenya.
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#1301732021-09-01
Has the wildlife 'Red List' let Africa's big cats down?
Africa's marquee big cats are currently listed as "vulnerable", but with declines in lion numbers close to the threshold for a higher risk category Lions and cheetahs were both reconfirmed as 'vulnerable' in 2014. Credit: AFP Photo Lions and cheetahs are closer to extinction than the authoritati ...
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#1301842021-09-01
Endangered Bengal tiger cub born at Nicaragua zoo
A Bengal tiger cub is being cared for by humans at Nicaragua's National Zoo after its mother was unable to produce the milk necessary to feed the latest little addition to the endangered species, the zoo's director Eduardo Sacasa said Tuesday.
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#1301722021-08-31
More than 30% of tree species worldwide are threatened with extinction, a landmark report warns
At least a third of tree species worldwide are at risk of extinction, a new landmark report warns. “That means there are twice as many globally threatened tree species as threatened mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles combined,” Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), which releas ...
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#1301232021-08-24
Habitat destruction, illegal hunting threat Persian red deer
Maral, along with “Roe deer” and “Persian fallow deer”, are three species of deer in Iran. Recently, the head of the provincial department of environment Hassan Abbasnejad announced the implementation of a plan on the conservation of Persian fallow deer and red deer in Arasbaran forests in the n ...
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#1301242021-08-24
Endangered bettong reintroduced in Australia after more than a century
Brush-tailed bettongs are back. These tiny endangered marsupials have been reintroduced to mainland South Australia after disappearing more than a century ago.
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#1301262021-08-24
Illegal sand mining a threat to the shrinking Chandubi lake
Chandubi lake was formed in 1897 as the result of a major earthquake in the region during which a forest area went down and became a lake. Since then, the lake has evolved to become a critical habitat for flora and fauna.
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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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#1300432021-08-19
One airport, 1,300 snakes: San Francisco helps to save endangered species
Across from the San Francisco international airport, and past the bustling highway that hugs it, lies what appears to be an empty lot. But the 180-acre, airport-owned parcel of land, which sits beyond the tarmac, tucked against residential homes, isn’t quite empty. It’s home to roughly 1,300 snakes.
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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 ...
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#1300582021-08-19
14 African wild dogs, southern Africa’s most endangered carnivore, translocated from SA to Malawi
Fourteen African wild dogs were translocated from South Africa to Malawi recently in what the Wildlife ACT described as a historically significant occasion for the conservation of southern Africa’s most endangered carnivore.
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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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#1300032021-08-18
'Countless' animals threatened by fires ravaging Europe
Fires in Turkey's southern Mugla and Antalya provinces have caused ‘extensive damage’ to habitats of desert lynx, wild goat, eagle owl and woolly dormouse
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#1299762021-08-16
Pollinators: First global risk index for species declines and effects on humanity
Disappearing habitats and use of pesticides are driving the loss of pollinator species around the world, posing a threat to "ecosystem services" that provide food and wellbeing to many millions—particularly in the Global South—as well as billions of dollars in crop productivity.
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#1299462021-08-13
New Zealand's Sigh of Relief As Iconic Kiwi Bird Bounces Back
ew Zealand birdwatchers were ecstatic to hear the return of the famous kiwi in August, after fearing it had disappeared altogether from some regions. Twelve million kiwi birds once occupied New Zealand but their numbers have rapidly declined in recent years, especially outside of managed sanctua ...
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#1298592021-08-10
Malawi: Lost to the World, Rare Chameleon Is Found in Malawi
The world's rare chameleon, lost to science, has been found clinging to life in a Malawian forest patch. At only 5.5 centimetres' or 2.1 inches) long, the critically endangered Chapman's pygmy chameleon (Rhampholeon chapmanorum) lives in the low-elevated rainforest of the Malawi Hills.
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#1298642021-08-10
Following pandas, Tibetan antelopes off endangered species list in China as population surpasses 300,000
The Chinese government has recently ticked Tibetan antelopes off the endangered species list as the species' population surpassed 300,000 across the country in 2021, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Monday.
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#1298652021-08-10
Photographer captures images of endangered parrotbills
A pair of reed parrotbills with their babies were recently observed in the wetlands of the Naolihe National Nature Reserve in Heilongjiang province.
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#1298662021-08-10
World Lion Day 2021: History and Significance
HOME» NEWS» LIFESTYLE» WORLD LION DAY 2021: HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE 2-MIN READ World Lion Day 2021: History and Significance World Lion Day is celebrated annually on August 10 each year. (Representative image: Shutterstock)World Lion Day is celebrated annually on August 10 each year. (Represent ...
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#1298672021-08-10
Critically endangered orchid found in a backyard in South Cotabato
Two wildlife biologists found a Pahiopedilum haynaldianum, also known as lady’s slipper orchid, in a “local garden in the village adjacent to the forest somewhere in the Mount Busa Key Biodiversity Area.”
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#1298112021-08-09
World's rarest rabbit spotted on Facebook
Everyone loves a picture of a pet rabbit, but when the cuddly creature in the photograph turns out to be a vanishingly rare species on the brink of extinction, it isn't only the bunny huggers who sit up and take notice.
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#1298302021-08-09
These are the twelve endangered animals around the world
Of 8,300 known animal species, 8% are extinct and 22% are endangered. These United Nations figures place the planet on the brink of what some scientists now call "the sixth mass extinction." The impact of human action on ecosystems is causing many species to disappear, with irreversible harm to ...
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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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#1297782021-07-29
Dead, shrivelled frogs are turning up across eastern Australia. What’s going on?
Over the past few weeks, we’ve received a flurry of emails from concerned people who’ve seen sick and dead frogs across eastern Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
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#1297802021-07-29
The 'nest custodians' protecting a toddler-sized bird
They're working to protect the Southern ground hornbill, and the bird's cultural significance, for future generations. It was a dusty afternoon at the end of a long dry season, and Zimbabwean subsistence farmer Sofaya Ndlovu was sitting in the sun outside his home. Fifty metres away,
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#1297822021-07-29
For species in the red, IUCN’s new Green Status signals conservation wins
The California condor has been teetering on the brink of extinction for decades. When the species was first assessed in 1994 for the IUCN Red List, the global authority on the conservation statuses of species, it was listed as “critically endangered.” Nearly 30 years later, its status has not ch ...
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#1297442021-07-28
New IUCN green status launched to help species ‘thrive, not just survive’
A new conservation tool could help put thousands of threatened animal and plant species on the road to recovery, allowing creatures such as the Sumatran rhino and the California condor to flourish once again.
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#1297462021-07-28
Trafficking for traditional medicine threatens the Philippine porcupine
In the rapidly shrinking lowland forests of Palawan Island, the Philippine porcupine (Hystrix pumila) can be found under tree buttresses, foraging for fallen root crops and fruits. Endemic to Palawan and neighboring islands, Philippine porcupines can grow up to (66.5 cm or 26.18 inches) long, an ...
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#1297482021-07-28
Treasure of Nature: Wonderland famous for peaks and high biodiversity
Stretching over more than 26,000 hectares in central China's Hunan Province, the main draw of Zhangjiajie is the Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area.
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#1297582021-07-28
Dangerous attraction: Amorous pursuit imperils Cuban croc
Being too coveted a mating partner can have its downside for a species faced with extinction, as the Cuban crocodile has learned.Arduous pursuit by its amorous American counterpart has seen survival of the island species, its numbers already dwindling, further threatened by hybridization.
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#1297592021-07-28
In Spain, Iberian lynx claws back from brink of extinction
At a nature reserve in southern Spain, four baby Iberian lynxes sleep peacefully beside their mother, part of a captive breeding programme that has brought the species back from the brink of extinction.
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#1297232021-07-27
Pandemic gives breathing room to endangered sea turtles
Nikoletta Sidiropoulou and her colleagues in the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece (Archelon) are huddled together on Marathonisi beach, carefully digging in the sand. Eventually they find what they’re looking for: a turtle nest, containing upwards of 100 eggs. “It’s really exciting,” says ...
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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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#1296682021-07-26
The insect apocalypse: ‘Our world will grind to a halt without them’
I have been fascinated by insects all my life. One of my earliest memories is of finding, at the age of five or six, some stripy yellow-and-black caterpillars feeding on weeds in the school playground. I put them in my empty lunchbox, and took them home. Eventually they transformed into handsome ...
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#1296602021-07-23
Endangered giant clam gets much-needed lift
The Philippines’s true native giant clam species, scientifically called the Tridacna gigas, is about to get a needed lift to get it out of local extinction.
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#1296072021-07-22
Monarch butterflies are beloved—and declining for this sad reason
For the past three decades, monarch butterflies have been dwindling. The iconic bugs face a number of threats in North America, from weed killers to climate change, but it hasn’t been clear which one has been the most damaging.
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#1296152021-07-22
Great Barrier Reef's World Heritage status at risk
After years of climate-worsened damage to its vibrant corals, Australia's vast Great Barrier Reef could this week be added to UNESCO's list of endangered World Heritage sites.
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#1296162021-07-22
Speeding ships killing endangered N. Atlantic right whales: study
Most vessels are exceeding speed limits in areas designated to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, of which only around 360 remain, a report said Wednesday.
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#1295762021-07-21
Gunning down a common owl to save an endangered worked. Are we willing to keep doing it?
For years, biologists and federal officials in the Pacific Northwest have wrung their hands about the decline of the endangered northern spotted owl following the arrival of its more aggressive and adaptable cousin, the barred owl. Now, it appears they have a tool that could turn the tables: a s ...
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#1294912021-07-09
Giant pandas no longer endangered in the wild, China announces
Giant pandas are no longer endangered in the wild, but they are still vulnerable with a population outside captivity of 1,800, Chinese officials have said after years of conservation efforts.
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#1294612021-07-07
Finland rallies to save one of world's most endangered seals
The serene, icy waters of Finland's Lake Saimaa are a boon to fishermen and tourists, but their presence also threatens one of the world's rarest and most endangered seals.
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#1293992021-06-21
Mexico’s bee guardians on mission to save species
Adriana Veliz whispered affectionately as she removed a colony of bees from inside a statue in a Mexican backyard — part of her mission to help save them from extinction. “Relax babies, relax. You’ll be fine,” the 32-year-old veterinarian said as the bees swarmed around her and clung to the whit ...
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#1294032021-06-21
Tasmanian devils wipe out thousands of penguins on tiny Australian island
An attempt to save the Tasmanian devil by shipping an “insurance population” to a tiny Australian island has come at a “catastrophic” cost to the birdlife there, including the complete elimination of little penguins, according to BirdLife Tasmania.
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#1293152021-06-15
First release of African Penguins at De Hoop Nature Reserve in South Africa
The release of 30 juvenile African Penguins into the wild this week represents a big step forward to re-establish a penguin colony on the south coast of South Africa. BirdLife South Africa, CapeNature and SANCCOB have partnered together in this ambitious attempt to help this Endangered species.
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#1291192021-06-07
Endangered bamboo sharks get helping hand in Gulf of Thailand
Rayong Province, Thailand: In the Gulf of Thailand, fisheries researchers use a guideline to scuba dive to the ocean floor where they release baskets full of young bamboo sharks.
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#5964Twenty-fifth meeting of the Plants Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
2 - 4 June 2021, Online, Switzerland
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#1290112021-06-02
Human activity disturbs quiet habitat of black-necked cranes in Arunachal Pradesh
Locally known as Thung Thung Karmu, the black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis) is not simply a bird but an emotion for the inhabitants of Sangti and Zemithang valleys in Arunachal Pradesh in northeast India.
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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.