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Nations seek biodiversity accord to stave off mass extinction
Feb 24, 2020 (AFP)
Having been hastily relocated from Kunming in China following the coronavirus outbreak, negotiators from more than 140 countries have until February 29 to study...
Nearly 50 rhinos killed in Botswana in 10 months as poaching surges
Feb 24, 2020 (AFP)
The killings -- slightly under 10 percent of Botswana's total rhino population -- have occurred in the northern Moremi Game Reserve since April last year. "Poac...
Study details decline of Australia's quokkas
Feb 24, 2020 (UPI)
New research -- conducted by scientists at Vanderbilt University and published recently in the Journal of Zoology -- suggests invasive species, primarily foxes,...
Mexico's giant pandas are Chinese in name only
Feb 21, 2020 (AFP)
They were born in captivity in Mexico and although they have Chinese names, "they belong to Mexico," Rafael Tinajero, a manager at the zoo, told AFP. Many young...
Himalayan wolf uniquely adapted to life at high altitudes
Feb 20, 2020 (UPI)
According to the new study, published this week in the Journal of Biogeography, the Himalayan wolf is genetically adapted to life at high altitudes. "The outcom...
Nearly 900,000 pangolins trafficked in Southeast Asia: watchdog
Feb 20, 2020 (AFP)
As the world's most heavily trafficked mammal, the creatures are targeted for their body parts which are highly valued in traditional medicine in countries incl...
Scientists warn humanity about worldwide insect decline
Feb 17, 2020 (SPX)
Humanity is pushing many ecosystems beyond recovery. As a consequence, unquantified and unquantifiable insect extinctions are happening every day. Two scientifi...
How some mammals pause their pregnancies
Feb 14, 2020 (SPX)
The study was study led by Abdiasis Hussein, a graduate student in the lab of Hannele Ruohola-Baker, UW professor of biochemistry and associate director of UW M...
One-third of plant and animal species could be gone in 50 years
Feb 14, 2020 (SPX)
A new study by University of Arizona researchers presents detailed estimates of global extinction from climate change by 2070. By combining information on recen...
Half-a-million insect species face extinction: scientists
Feb 10, 2020 (AFP)
"The current insect extinction crisis is deeply worrying," said Pedro Cardoso, a biologist at the Finnish Museum of Natural History and lead author of a review ...
Four rare mountain gorillas 'killed by lightning' in Uganda
Feb 09, 2020 (AFP)
A post-mortem examination has been performed on the four, including a male infant, who died on February 3 in Mgahinga National Park in southwest Uganda. "Based ...
Man guilty of slipping eels into Asian black market
Feb 07, 2020 (AFP)
Gilbert Khoo, 66, was convicted at London's Southwark Crown Court of six offences relating to the illegal importation and movement of the rare elvers. British b...
Researchers resurrect mutated genes of one of the last wooly mammoths
Feb 07, 2020 (UPI)
The mammoths living on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean were one of those isolated populations. The were likely some of the last mammoths on Earth. They died ...
Botswana to start auctions of elephant hunting licences
Feb 06, 2020 (AFP)
President Mokgweetsi Masisi's government in May revoked a moratorium, just a year after he succeeded Ian Khama, an avid environmentalist, who introduced a blank...
Study: To save Earth, protect the largest species
Feb 05, 2020 (UPI)
To save the planet, authors of a new study recommend prioritizing the protection of Earth's giants. For the study, published Tuesday in the journal Nature Commu...
Weather radar records drastic drop in mayfly populations
Feb 04, 2020 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Oklahoma, the University of Notre Dame and Virginia Tech applied radar technology - the same used for meteorology - to quantify...
Second Mexican butterfly conservationist found dead
Feb 04, 2020 (AFP)
The body of Raul Hernandez Romero was found on Saturday in the central-western state of Michoacan, where Homero Gomez Gonzalez was found at the bottom of a well...
Feeding bluebirds helps the songbirds fight off parasites
Feb 04, 2020 (UPI)
Now, a new study -- published Tuesday in the Journal of Applied Ecology -- suggests feeding bluebirds can help the songbirds fend off parasitic flies. Parasitic...
'Safe' biodiverse regions now vulnerable to climate change
Feb 03, 2020 (UPI)
For the new study, scientists analyzed the influence of extreme climate change events on biodiversity hotspots across history. Researchers then compared previou...
Relative of extinct tortoise located in Galapagos
Feb 01, 2020 (AFP)
George, the last known member of the Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii Pinta tortoise species, died in 2012 in captivity aged over 100 after refusing to provide any ...
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