Endangered species News
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Scientists have produced detailed maps revealing the areas in the world where bird populations are in decline. The majority of regions are in South America.
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Tehran -
At first glance protecting an endangered cheetah seems straightforward. However the situation in Iran is more complicated than any casual observer could realize.
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Chachapoyas -
Many animal features have evolved in order to enhance survival and reproductive success. In some cases being attractive may bring success in finding a mate, but it may also have adverse effect on survival. Such is the case for a Peruvian hummingbird.
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Fuengirola -
About the size of a hamster at birth, this little guy will reach the approximate size of a rabbit when fully grown. Considered to be an endangered species, the birth of the new baby delighted all involved.
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Criminals and drug users are entering the California National and State parks at night and poaching redwood burls and other knotty growths from the world's tallest trees, some nearly 2,000-years old.
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The slaughter of giraffe Marius at a Copenhagen zoo has prompted interest in just how many healthy animals are actually slaughtered by zoos in Europe and worldwide. It seems numbers are unknown, however scientific thought is that slaughters are necessary
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Madagascar is the world's fourth largest island and is considered a "biological hotspot." Over 90 percent of its wildlife are found nowhere else on the planet. Man's threat to the island's diverse ecosystems, and unusual wildlife is a real concern.
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Washington -
The Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act, currently in committee in the Senate, seeks to leave protection of endangered species up to the Governors of each state and automatically remove protections for animals after five years.
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Chris Knowlton looks forward to facing and becoming intimately involved with a black rhino. He's the lucky winner of an auction that gives him a permit to legally shoot one of the endangered beasts. Now he fears for his life, right in his own backyard.
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In 2009 Norway announced that it was setting out to catalog every species contained within its borders. To date this had led to over 1,000 new species being discovered.
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The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has launched a review of whether it should take North Pacific humpback whales off the endangered species list.
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Only 55 adult Maui's dolphins are known to survive off the coast of New Zealand. A plan has been launched to try and save the few dolphins that are left.
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Six endangered red wolves have been shot in the last month in North Carolina, prompting the federal government to advertise a reward made up of contributions from conservationist organizations.
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Hoyerswerda -
One of seven endangered Cuban crocodiles hatched at the Hoyerswerda Zoo was given the name "Fidel". Apparently his name has caused some problems due to associations with the Communist revolutionary, Fidel Castro, and has had to be changed.
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Natal -
Two new endangered species of the scarab dung beetles have been discovered by scientists in southern Africa. At one time the beetles were famous as the sacred beetle amulets and jewelry of ancient Egypt, similar to the cross worn by Christians of today.
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In ancient Egypt, scarab beetles were revered and considered sacred. They were a symbol of hope and the restoration of life. Their images could be found on amulets, funerary objects and seals. The discovery of two new species are important finds.
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Valencia -
A 2-year-old female giraffe named Jerezana, was en route from Jerez de la Frontera to the Bioparc de Valencia, when a truck crashed into the convoy transporting the animal. She was severely injured in the accident and later had to be put to sleep.
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Customs authorities in Zurich, Switzerland seized a man, apparently a bird specialist, who was smuggling the eggs of protected parrots in his underwear, whilst traveling the world and trading them.
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Berkeley -
Biologists based in California this week announced the discovery of four new species of legless lizards. Nothing unusual about that, you might think. But the discovery wasn't made thousands of miles away. Quite the contrary.
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A new study shows that wild orangutans not only plan their travel routes in advance, but let others know about their trip ahead of time as well.
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Despite being a member of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), Iceland ignored the ban on commercial whaling and has killed two endangered fin whales in just a few days.
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London -
In the 1980's, following a conversation about ecology and beach erosion, Warhol's New York art dealers suggested he make prints of endangered species. He went ahead and called his works "animals in make-up".
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Biodiversity studies carried out on a charitable foundation’s ancient woodlands west of Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands have unearthed a wide range of rare and endangered species, some previously unknown.
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Bangkok -
Representatives of 177 countries gathering in Bangkok for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, (CITES), received support, yesterday, from Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, second in line to the British Crown.
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For the people living up in the Peruvian Andes, the condor is a sacred creature. However they continue to use the endangered species in Yawar festivals, strapping them to the backs of bulls in bull fights, injuring and killing many.
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Prey Lang is the last large primary forest of its kind on the Indochinese peninsula. The rainforest provides food and water for hundreds of thousands of people and endangered species, plus livelihoods for residents, yet it is now in serious danger.
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Through adapted technology such as marine robots and satellite tagging, researchers are tracking and gathering data on endangered cetaceans.
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Saint Petersburg -
The 53-year old woman was arrested after being photographed riding a manatee on Sept. 30. She faces a second-degree misdemeanor charge under the Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act.
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The Old English Sheepdog is now listed as an ‘at risk’ or 'vulnerable' dog breed due to the low numbers that have been born in recent years.
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Hyderabad -
More than 400 additional plant and animal species have joined the list of endangered species, the so-called ‘Red List,’ it was revealed at the UN conference on biodiversity held this week.
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Endangered species Image
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An endangered condor is "celebrated" by Peruvians in the Yawar Festival by being strapped to the back of a bull during a bull fight.
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Jungle animals in Edinburgh
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Jungle animals in Edinburgh
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Jungle animals in Edinburgh
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An endangered condor is "celebrated" by Peruvians in the Yawar Festival by being strapped to the back of a bull during a bull fight.
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Jungle animals in Edinburgh
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Jungle animals in Edinburgh
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Jungle animals in Edinburgh
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NASA
As interest in Earth's changing climate heats up, a tiny dark particle is stepping into the limelight: black carbon. Commonly known as soot, black carbon enters the air when fossil fuels and biofuels, such as coal, wood, and diesel are burned. Black carbon is found worldwide, but its presence and impact are particularly strong in Asia.
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With permission by The Center for Whale Research
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Jungle animals in Edinburgh
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Eva Hejda http://fotos.naturspot.de/
Hairy-nosed wombat
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Press Office, Parc Zoologique de la Boissiere du Dore, Loire-atlantique, France
Two of Major's offspring, Joko and Becky at Parc Zoologique de la Boissiere du Dore, western France
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Ansgar Walk
Polar bear in Wager Bay (Ukkusiksalik National Park, Nunavut, Canada). Bears may require supplemental feeding scientists suggest.
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Barry Peters
Researchers from Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center (NSU-OC) believe the scalloped hammerhead is under threat from a new "look-a-like" species.
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Jungle animals in Edinburgh
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Greg Balogh; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Diminishing habitat and fossil fuel extraction threaten the Spectacled Eider.
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Tucker trying to pick up the scent of whale scat.
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