Archive for ‘extinction’
Blue Crab Scarcity Leads To Harvest Cuts In Md.
February 29th, 2008
Harvest cuts could be coming to Maryland if crab counts are as low as expected by biologist.
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New shrew-like mammal in Tanzania, in rare find
February 1st, 2008
A new type of shrew-like creature with a snout similar to an elephant’s trunk has been found in the mountains of Tanzania, the first new species of the mammal found since the 19th century, scientists said.
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Senators fault delay in bear protection
January 30th, 2008
A decision on whether to protect Alaska’s polar bears under the Endangered Species Act might not come before the government opens a major bear habitat to oil leases next week, although staff recommendations are completed, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service chief said Wednesday.
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Polar Bear Controversy
January 28th, 2008
Why is the government considering polar bears for the endangered species list while their population approaches an all-time high? Climate change may be to blame.
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Researchers looking at coral threats
January 24th, 2008
Even coral reefs thought to be pristine are facing challenges, researchers said Thursday launching the International Year of the Reef. The year of the reef is a “campaign to highlight the importance of coral reef ecosystems and to motivate people to protect them,” Conrad Lautenbacher, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said at a briefing.
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Dozens of rare reptiles die in India
January 22nd, 2008
Conservationists and scientists scrambled Tuesday to determine what has killed at least 50 critically endangered crocodile-like reptiles in recent weeks in a river sanctuary in central India.
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Greenpeace clash with whalers
January 12th, 2008
Following a 10-day search in Antarctic waters, the environmental organisation Greenpeace announced that its ship, the Esperanza, had confronted Japan’s whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary. Greenpeace says its mission is to prevent the Japanese government’s slaughter of nearly 1,000…
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Grey seal baby boom
January 12th, 2008
Grey seals returned to the North Sea island in the late 1980s. They are now thriving thanks to a plentiful supply of fish and no natural predators. The Heligoland seal pups are being tagged to track their movements and better understand their behaviour. Scientists think female grey seals return to…
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Illegal fishing endangers species
January 9th, 2008
Environmentalists say the killing of thousands of rare Olive Ridley turtles has become routine and no action is being taken by the government.
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Decision on listing polar bear postponed
January 8th, 2008
Federal officials said Monday that they will need a few more weeks to decide whether polar bears need protection under the Endangered Species Act because of global warming.
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West Africa’s last giraffes
January 8th, 2008
Niger is home to the remaining giraffes in the whole of western Africa. They live in the Kouré region in the south west of the country, away from all natural predators but in direct contact with humans. Locals have become partners in the protection of the endangered animals, taught to see them as an asset to be protected rather than …
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Baby mammoth could shed light on warming
January 5th, 2008
Frozen in much the state it died some 37,500 years ago, a Siberian baby mammoth undergoing tests in Japan could finally explain why the beasts were driven to extinction — and shed light on climate change, scientists said Friday.
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Waking up to climate change
December 27th, 2007
2007 may go down as the year in which the world truly woke up to climate change. Most scientists no longer dispute that we’re in trouble, environment guru Al Gore won the Nobel peace prize, Australia prepared to sign the Kyoto protocol and an international meeting in Bali agreed on an environment roadmap. A summary of a green year.
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21 crocodile-like reptiles die in India
December 12th, 2007
At least 21 endangered crocodile-like reptiles have died mysteriously in a river sanctuary in central India, raising fears that one of India’s last unpolluted waterways has become toxic.
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At risk in Arctic, “polar bears” thrive in Bali
December 9th, 2007
Under threat from a thaw of Arctic sea ice, polar bears seem to be having a population explosion at U.N. climate talks on the tropical island of Bali.
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