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Crucial site for endangered frogs and birds saved

... saved one of the world's most important sites for endangered species. American Bird Conservancy (ABC), Conserv...ining the last significant habitat for one or more endangered species of mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian and plant. It listed the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta si...

Contaminants linked to sturgeon decline in Columbia river

...and for sport on the lower Columbia, are listed as endangered in Canada. Fishing for white sturgeon is regulated by the state, with size limits precluding anglers from taking juvenile fish or large, older fish. ...

Scientist warns of threat to last stronghold of endangered turtle

...y of Exeter, has just got underway to help protect endangered leatherback turtles which nest in Gabon, West Africa. The region is thought to be the animals' last global stronghold, as pacific populations dwindle precariously. It's hoped the project, to tag and track the animals, will uncover their migratory se...

Zebra finches remember songs dad sang

...instance ?but they take a long time to mature, are endangered or are too difficult to work with in laboratories. Vicario, an associate professor of psychology, and Phan, a postdoctoral associate in psychology, study sensorimotor processes involved in the acquisition and production of learned behaviors. Pytte, ...

Rhinos clinging to survival in the heart of Borneo, despite poaching

... the world and they are considered one of the most endangered rhino species because of the intensity of poaching. Sumatran rhinos are only found in widely scattered areas across peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Rhino numbers globally have been devastated because rhino horn carri...

Protecting endangered species helps reduce poverty

Saving endangered species like pandas, gorillas and tigers helps red...WWF's new report provides clear evidence that when endangered species benefit, people also benefit." By examining six projects in Africa, Latin America and Asi...

Bringing the zoos to the zebras

...ith St. Louis Zoo to empower Kenyan communities in endangered Grevy's zebra conservation The Grevy's zebra is the most endangered member of the horse family in the world, with an estimated 2000 left in the wild. More than 70 perce...

Three new species of lemurs identified

...basis for better conservation programmes for these endangered animals. An international team comprising researchers from Madagascar, Germany, France and Switzerland classified individual lemurs on the basis of either their chromosome profile, called a 'karyotype', or the sequence of the mitochondrial cytochrom...

Pitt professor's theory of evolution gets boost from cell research

... the notion of "fixing" the environment to protect endangered species. While it is indeed the environment causing the mutation, the resulting organism is in an altogether different environment by the time the novelty finally escapes its recessive state and expresses itself. "You just can't do a quick fix on th...

New study of the world's smallest elephant

...diversity. Bornean elephants are the world's most endangered member of the elephant family with an estimated 1,100 - 1,500 surviving in the wild. The Cardiff School of Biosciences study led by Professor Michael Bruford and funded by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, will provide the Sab...

UCR environmental scientists propose chemical solution to cleaning California's Salton Sea

...s frequenting an area that is home also to several endangered bird species and visited by millions of waterfowl every year. Massive fish kills are a common occurrence at the Salton Sea, however, because of low dissolved oxygen, high hydrogen sulfide and ammonia concentrations, high temperatures and an increas...

Wild birds help to create human flu vaccine

... birds, some of which are critically threatened or endangered are also being impacted directly by the H5N1 strain of influenza virus. Focusing resources on the hubs and activities where humans, livestock, and wildlife come into close contact is the best hope for successfully preventing the spread of avian flu ...

Seal rookeries could provide a reliable food source for endangered California condors, study finds

A team of scientists is proposing that endangered California condors raised in captivity be released near seal and sea lion rookeries so that the birds can once again feast on the carcasses of marine mammals as their ancestors did centuries ago. The researchers from Stanford University and four oth...

Overfishing may drive endangered seabird to rely upon lower quality food

... overfishing may have driven marbled murrelets, an endangered seabird found along the Pacific coast, to increasi... likely contributed to the seabirds' listing as an endangered species, the researchers said. "The dietary patterns of today's marbled murrelets might be artifact...

Genetic analysis of Asian elephants in India reveals some surprises

...eaching implications in conservation plans for the endangered elephants as well as other species on the Subconti...nized by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) as an endangered species, with an estimated 22,700 to 32,400 individuals remaining, more than half of which are in In...

Envisat radar surveillance protects endangered prehistoric fish

...n the southern Indian Ocean is helping protect the endangered Patagonian toothfish from pirate fishing vessels. Perched between Africa, India, Australia and Antarctica, the windswept French territory of the Kerguelen Islands is one of the remotest places on Earth. Even so, fishing vessels are lured there by th...

Cattle grazing may help rather than hurt endangered species

... in maintaining wetland habitat necessary for some endangered species. Removing cattle from grazing lands in th...may help sustain the kinds of aquatic environments endangered fairy shrimps need to survive," author Christopher R. Pyke states. The authors looked at 36 vernal ...

Removing egg from nest may help save endangered whooping crane

Removing an egg from the endangered whooping crane's nest increases the species chance...d be given to ensure persistence of threatened and endangered species so that diversity is not lost permanently. "Surely we cannot appreciate benefits to ecologic...

Pulp mill devastates swans' sanctuary in Chile

...ies of rare, vulnerable or, in at least two cases, endangered species of birds--the Coscoroba swan and the white-faced Ibis. It was also the largest nesting area in South America for the black necked swan, the region's iconic species and a major tourist attraction. "This was an area that was once teeming with ...

Restaurant seafood prices since 1850s help plot marine harvests through history

...ver mouths in the 14th century became a critically endangered species in the Atlantic today; * How fishing regulations imposed 800 years ago in the Baltic Sea reveal local societies' concerns about the effects of over-fishing. "Ocean historians are creatively mining a host of information sources such as th...

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