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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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#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.
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#1289112021-05-31
It’s Time to Reimagine Our Relationship with Nature
Our natural earth is dying. It is on the brink of collapse. Due to human impacts the planet is losing species – its biodiversity – at a rate so alarming it’s said to be comparable to the 5th mass extinction 65 million years ago, bringing the era of the dinosaurs to an end. Just 15% of the world’ ...
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#1289342021-05-31
Wild Tasmanian devils born on mainland Australia for 1st time in 3,000 years
Tasmanian devil joeys have been born in the wild on mainland Australia for the first time in over 3,000 years, according to Aussie Ark. Conservationists say it is a landmark moment in the effort to reintroduce the marsupials to the mainland.
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#1288032021-05-25
A huge surprise’ as giant river otter feared extinct in Argentina pops up
“It was a huge surprise,” said Sebastián Di Martino, director of conservation at Fundación Rewilding Argentina. “I was incredulous. An incredible feeling of so much happiness. I didn’t know if I should try to follow it or rush back to our station to tell the others.”
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#1287432021-05-20
13 Rare and Endangered Types of Lizards
Lizards appeared on the Earth about 200 million years ago, and there are approximately 5,000 species of lizards on the planet today. Most lizards have long bodies and tails, small heads, short necks, and moveable eyelids. Like many other reptiles, lizards are suffering from a combination of habi ...
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#1286252021-05-14
New tech could help bring threatened species back from the brink
Nearly 1 million species face extinction — and humanity is largely to blame. However, a new tool provides a clear picture of where species are at the greatest risk of extinction — and helps guide conservation actions to protect them.
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#1286312021-05-14
Study confirms sightings of endangered blue whale in Philippine waters
A solitary whale frequently spotted in the Bohol Sea in the southern Philippines has long had a nickname: Bughaw, or “blue.” Now, thanks to recently published research, the whale also has a confirmed species and subspecies, knowledge that could shift understanding about the distribution of whale ...
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#1286322021-05-14
Differently endangered: Why the lions are most vulnerable to Covid
Over the past month, reports have trickled in of lions testing Covid-positive—as many as eight Asiatic lions in Hyderabad zoo (April 29) and two at the Etawah Safari Park in Uttar Pradesh (May 6). According to officials, tests are on at other zoos and the number of cases of Covid among wildlife ...
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#1286492021-05-14
What we’re getting wrong about the threat to bees
Think honey bees are disappearing? Or that the more hives we have the better? This DW Planet A video challenges us to think again.
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#1286522021-05-14
In Zimbabwe they are using deep learning to identify giraffes and understand why their population is declining
The giraffes They are one of the most emblematic animals on the African continent, but their population continues to decline. According to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, from 1980 to now, the giraffe population has decreased from 155,000 animals to 117,000, 30%. There are six subspecies an ...
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#1285862021-05-12
Idaho is going to kill 90% of the state’s wolves. That’s a tragedy – and bad policy
Nothing embodies wildness like wolves, our four-legged shadow, the dogs that long ago refused our campfire and today prefer freedom and risk over the soft sofa and short leash. The dogs that howl more than bark, add music to the land, and – if left alone to work their magic – make entire ecosyst ...
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#1285872021-05-12
‘There were tears’: Death of newborn tiger cub a painful loss for Toronto Zoo staff
Zookeeper Ryan Hegarty chokes up as he talks about the newborn Amur tiger cub that had to be euthanized this weekend at the Toronto Zoo after becoming ill.
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#1285892021-05-12
Liberia Forest Elephants Number 450 or Less
The Elephant Research and Conservation (ELRECO), a conservation project with support from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, has released a research report on Forest Elephants in Liberia putting existing forest elephants between 350 and 450.
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#1285352021-05-11
Nepal’s vultures: Between existence and extinction
On the grounds of a college campus in Nawalparasi, the great brown birds lay as if asleep. Strangely, the vultures were all lying in an almost a perfect circle around an animal carcass.
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#1285362021-05-11
Gorilla among 200 endangered species threatened by conflict-- conservationists
Civil unrest and military exercises pose heightened risks to more than 200 threatened species, including elephant populations and the critically-endangered Eastern gorilla, conservationists warned Wednesday.
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#1285372021-05-11
Types of Lions: 5 Lions That Are Endangered and Extinct
The signature mane, the predatory stealthy movement, the fierce roar-it appears fitting to discover that there is just one species of lion (Panthera leo). However, there are several subspecies, which are different in appearance and other specific traits.
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#1284982021-05-07
Big cat comeback? Florida strikes bipartisan deal to help endangered panthers
In a political culture where bipartisan legislation is a rare species, lawmakers in one state have come together to agree major new conservation efforts that will help that other endangered animal – the Florida panther.
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#1285062021-05-07
The African wild dog: Ambassador for the world's largest terrestrial conservation area
The world's largest terrestrial conservation area is located in southern Africa and covers 520,000 square kilometers spanning five countries. A study from the University of Zurich now shows that the endangered African wild dog mostly remains within the boundaries of the Kavango-Zambezi Transfron ...
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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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#1283472021-04-30
Time is running out for embattled Pacific leatherback sea turtles
Clear-skied, low-wind summer days are rare off the coast of California. But they’re a blessing if you’re a researcher tracking down critically endangered leatherback sea turtles.