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#1278022021-03-23
Open season in Sudan as trophy hunters flock to shoot rare ibex
Sudanese conservationists have accused trophy hunters of exploiting the country’s political transition to hunt the country’s unprotected rare animals.
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#1277662021-03-22
Protection of honey bee should be ethical concern.
Albert Einstein once said, " If the bees disappeared off the surface then man would have only four years of life left." Many people who understand the cruelty involved in factory farming and are morally opposed to eating meat find it less obvious that the lowly honeybee should also be of ethical ...
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#1277102021-03-16
Dying of curiosity: Why people shoot harpy eagles
The rancher peers at an enormous bird high in the treetops. Reining in his horse, he squints upward. It’s not moving; maybe it will still be there when he gets back. An hour later, he returns with a gun.
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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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#1276952021-03-15
National Panda Day 2021: How to Celebrate These Endangered Bears
Pandas are some of the most unique and beloved creatures on the planet. You’d be hard-pressed to find someone in the world who didn’t know what a panda bear looked like. Unfortunately, much of the panda’s popularity is due to the fact that they are one of the world’s most endangered animals.
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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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#1276302021-03-09
In World First, English Museum Successfully Breeds Endangered Harlequin Toad
The scientists successfully recreated the habitat in which harlequin tadpoles grow up following years of meticulous work. The breeding program will ensure that at least one of these charismatic amphibians—the veragoa stubfoot toad, has a failsafe mechanism for its survival should something happe ...
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#1276312021-03-09
Israeli oil spill hits Lebanon, threatening endangered turtles
The sandy shores of the Tyre nature reserve on the Mediterranean are home to several endangered turtle species. But after an oil spill off the Israeli coast early last month, beaches in southern Lebanon were also washed away by tar deposits.
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#1275542021-03-05
Giant clam shells worth $3.3 million seized in Philippine raid
Philippine authorities have seized illegally harvested giant clam shells worth $3.3 million as smugglers turn to the endangered creatures as a substitute for the illicit ivory trade.
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#1274872021-03-03
Pig in clover: how the world's smallest wild hog was saved from extinction
The pygmy hog is still endangered but a reintroduction programme in Assam, India, has given it a greater chance of survival
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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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#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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#1274412021-03-02
New Breeding Site For World's Most Endangered Seal Discovered In Cyprus
Cartography has us near enough up-to-date on the lay of the land on Earth, but while we can view stretches of land from space, we can still miss out on nuggets of biological phenomena in the finer details.
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#1274422021-03-02
Detection dogs effectively find rare animals and plants, providing important data for science and conservation
The lists of the world’s endangered animals and plants are getting increasingly longer. But to stop this trend, important information is lacking.
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#1274432021-03-02
World wildlife day: Cameroon's rich biodiversity face innumerable threats
Cameroon ranks fifth for fauna diversity and fourth for flora in Africa. But mushrooming bushmeat and international wildlife trade has pushed many species to the brink of extinction.
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#1274092021-03-01
How Turkey’s endangered mountain gazelle was saved from extinction
Behind a heavily armoured Turkish military vehicle on patrol near the Syrian border, mountain gazelles give chase in a spectacular display, reaching speeds as fast as 80km per hour.
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#1274292021-03-01
One-hit wonder frog makes a comeback in the southern Philippines
In 1993, a lone stream frog was discovered once but never found again in the wild. Herpetologists thought the frog species went extinct before it could be studied. Then, last year, more than a quarter of a century since the frog was seen, two Filipino biologists rediscovered it in one of the lea ...
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#1273482021-02-25
How 30,000 elephant 'selfies' will help in conservation
Zoo keepers have compiled the world's largest collection of thermal images of elephants. The pictures show elephants in every pose as they play, eat and hang out in their enclosure at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo.
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#1273692021-02-25
Sloths Endangered? Current Status of 6 Sloth Species
Two of the six species of sloths rate high on the list of endangered animals. The pygmy three-toed sloth is "Critically Endangered" and the maned three-toed sloth is considered "Vulnerable."
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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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#1273322021-02-24
Farmers in developing countries can protect both profits and endangered species
Low-income livestock farmers in developing countries are often faced with a difficult dilemma: protect their animals from endangered predators, or spare the threatened species at the expense of their livestock and livelihood.
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#1272712021-02-23
Freshwater biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate, warns new report
One-third of freshwater fish are threatened with extinction, according to the World’s Forgotten Fishes report. According to the report which was published by 16 global conservation organisations, populations of migratory freshwater fish have fallen by 76% since 1970, with freshwater biodiversity ...
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#1272722021-02-23
Freshwater Fish Population Is On The Decline Thanks To Us & Globally They Are Facing Extinction
Around the world, the population of freshwater fish is on the decline and we humans are to be blamed for it.A recent study of almost 2,500 rivers around the world showed that human activity has endangered freshwater fish biodiversity in significant ways in more than half of the researched waterw ...
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#1272802021-02-23
Ten rescued orangutans returned to the wild in Indonesia
Ten orangutans have been released back into the wild in the Indonesian part of Borneo island, with helicopters used to ferry the critically endangered great apes deep into the forest from rehabilitation centres.
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#1272362021-02-22
Dozens of whales strand at notorious New Zealand bay
Rescuers were racing Monday to save dozens of pilot whales that beached on a stretch of New Zealand coast notorious for mass strandings, wildlife officials said.
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#1271222021-02-17
Rewilding: Jaguars return to Argentina’s wetlands 70 years after local extinction
Rewilding efforts are returning jaguars, the largest predator in South America, to areas where the species has been driven to local extinction due to hunting and habitat loss.
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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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#1270972021-02-16
New hope for survival of the orange-bellied parrot
This year's breeding season for the orange-bellied parrot has been the best in Tasmania for decades. Environment Minister Roger Jaensch on Tuesday said there were 544 adult orange-bellied parrots in the state's breeding program, including 254 adult birds and 130 nestlings and fledglings housed a ...
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#1270982021-02-16
Two endangered golden-cheeked gibbons find new home at Sarajevo zoo
After arriving in Sarajevo from Slovenia, the pair — a male and a female — were placed under quarantine and are expected to make their public debut in mid-March.
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#1270822021-02-15
Wildlife trafficking driving 'severe declines' in traded species, finds study
Wildlife populations decline by an average of 62% in areas where species are traded, pushing some closer to extinction, according to a new report.
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#1270832021-02-15
Nearly 200 Florida manatees filmed basking in shallow waters with dolphins
Almost 200 threatened Florida manatees have been filmed together basking in shallow waters off the state’s west coast, the remarkable drone footage also showing a pod of playful dolphins swimming through the group.
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#1270342021-02-12
'Hedge trimmer' fish facing global extinction
They are the most extraordinary of fish, resembling "hedge trimmers with fins".The sawfish, which is a kind of ray, is also among the most endangered of the fish living in the oceans. Once found along the coastlines of 90 countries, the animals are now presumed extinct in more than half of these ...
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#1270442021-02-12
If Not Saved In Time, The World Will Lose Its Parrots
The world's most admired group of birds, the parrots (Psittaciformes), are also the most threatened. A new study warns that the current protected areas are not sufficient to save these birds from extinction.
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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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#1269572021-02-10
New whale species identified is considered critically endangered
Scientists have uncovered a new species of an endangered baleen whale that was previously misidentified.Found in the Gulf of Mexico, the Rice’s whale, which can grow up to 12.80 metres and weigh up to 27.21 tonnes, was previously thought to be a Bryde’s whale (pronounced “broodus"), before a rec ...
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#1269622021-02-10
Meet 'the girls': the last two northern white rhinos on Earth – in pictures
Najin and Fatu are the only two rhinos of their species in existence. Jack Davison visited Ol Pejeta in Kenya to document a story that transcends tragedy
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#1269642021-02-10
Pablo Escobar's hippos must be culled to halt biodiversity disaster – scientists
Hippos imported illegally into Colombia for Pablo Escobar’s private zoo have gone feral in the lush tropical countryside and must be culled before their invasive presence starts to wipe out indigenous flora and fauna, scientists have warned.
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#1269462021-02-09
Why the platypus is starting to disappear
The platypus has been listed as endangered in South Australia and there has been a recommendation to list it as threatened in Victoria. Now researchers are pushing for nationwide threatened species status.
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#1268952021-02-08
The Case for Nature
We have brought the natural world and its diversity to a breaking point. Dinyar Godrej surveys the damage and explores how we need to act to repair it.
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#1268972021-02-08
India readies blueprint for protecting endangered turtles
Home to four turtle species — olive ridley turtle, green turtle, hawksbill turtle, and leatherback sea turtle, India has finally outlined a blueprint for the protection and conservation of endangered marine turtles found on its coastal zones.
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#1269072021-02-08
Fruit famine is causing elephants to go hungry in Gabon
The behaviour and life cycles of the largest animals on the planet are incredibly important for the healthy functioning of our planet’s life support systems. Unfortunately, many big species now face extinction due to their value in the illegal wildlife trade, vulnerability to habitat degradation ...
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#1268922021-02-04
Pangolins need stricter protection in Ghana
A Pangolin is not an animal that ordinary Ghanaians think about every day. But for the ultra-rich who deem it as a delicacy and those who need its curative and spiritual abilities.
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#1268422021-02-03
Threatened species at risk from Kangaroo Island bushfire in area untouched by 2020 inferno
A fire on Kangaroo Island is threatening a vital refuge for threatened species left untouched by last summer’s bushfires. The blaze is threatening one of the only patches of bushland on the west of the island to have escaped ecological devastation when bushfires burned more than a third of the i ...
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#1268542021-02-03
Counting Elephants From Space: Using Computer Algorithms in Conservation of Endangered Wildlife
Satellite images processed with the help of computer algorithms are a promising new tool for surveying endangered wildlife. For the first time, scientists have successfully used satellite cameras coupled with deep learning to count animals in complex geographical landscapes, taking conservationi ...
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#1268552021-02-03
Discovered Pathogen Kills Endangered Chimps: Is It a Threat to Humans?
On a Friday evening in mid-January, Jackson, a five-year-old chimp living at Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Sierra Leone, alarmed his keepers by ignoring his dinner.
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#1268252021-02-02
Global bee diversity is dropping — and our food systems depend on them
Almost a quarter of the estimated 20,000 bee species on Earth may be in decline, researchers have found. The January study is the first time the well-being of pollinators has been assessed on a global scale, with previous concerns of declining wild pollinator populations based on local or region ...
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#1267842021-02-01
World's smallest reptile fits on your fingertip
The Madagascar chameleon Brookesia nana measures half an inch long, and may be critically endangered.Meet Brookesia nana, an extremely tiny species of chameleon from the rainforests of northern Madagascar.
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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