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Endangered Animals & Plants

Updated May 26, 2022

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Zoo Saving DNA From Rare Animals In Case They Go Extinct - Futurism

Futurism

Animal researchers in the UK are teaming up with Chester Zoo to save endangered animal species from going extinct using crogenetically frozen ...

10,000 Top Extinct Animals; Teaching Resources - Twinkl - Twinkl

 

'Tiger King' Joe Exotic to receive shorter prison sentence, endangered animals will be surrendered

TheHill

He was also convicted of nine counts of violating the Endangered Species Act. The appeals court upheld his convictions, and the resentencing date is ...

Florida's Panama City Crayfish Protected Under Endangered Species Act - Center for ...

Center for Biological Diversity

The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the Service in 2010 to list the crayfish under the Endangered Species Act. Following a 2013 Center ...

Rangers rescue 74 endangered green sea turtles on remote Coral Sea island - ABC News

ABC

In a mammoth rescue effort, Queensland Parks and Wildlife rangers working at a remote Coral Sea island have helped 74 endangered green sea turtles ...

New study finds narwhals 'highly affected' by noise from ships | TheHill

TheHill

The study from the University of Copenhagen and the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources found the threatened whale species are “highly .

Clouded leopards may be rarer than wild tigers across mainland Asia - The Third Pole

The Third Pole

While international trade in clouded leopard parts is banned under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ..

Britain moves to ban big-game hunters from bringing trophies back into country

The Washington Post

Trophies of endangered and threatened species killed by hunters will soon ... of our most iconic and endangered animals,” he said in a statement.

Dozens of Australian animals listed as endangered - 9News

9News

The organisation updated its red list of threatened species with 124 Australian species. Of those, 54 were categorised as either critically endangered ...

Lethal remedy: Concern over African trade in traditional Chinese medicine that contains ...

Mail & Guardian

The Environmental Investigation Agency, an international NGO, says growing demand is a prescription for disaster for some endangered animals such ...

Judge Upholds Fishing Restrictions Meant To Protect Endangered Right Whales In Maine ...

CBS Boston - CBS Local

The court “was right to reject this unfounded attempt to halt reasonable efforts to protect one of the planet's most endangered animals,” said ...

Isle of Man red panda famed for park escape is put down - BBC News

BBC

The endangered mammal experienced a sudden loss of co-ordination, Curraghs Wildlife Park said.

A Rare Bear: Saving the Gobi Ursus - Fair Observer

Fair Observer

... the mention of endangered ursine species are either of the formidable ... the mazaalai from other bears, especially fellow endangered species, .

First Endangered Tiger Footprints in 50 Years Found in Northeast Siberia - The Moscow Times

The Moscow Times

... the first time in 50 years, a signal that the endangered species' population is recovering, the state-run TASS news agency reported Tuesday.

New garlic species is found and already it's endangered - ISRAEL21c

ISRAEL21c

New garlic species is found and already it's endangered. Deemed 'rare but not that impressive,' Allium judaeum garlic plants discovered near ...

Endangered elephants of Gabon lumber into a debate over climate change, conservation ...

The Globe and Mail

These animals thrive in vast forests that have made Gabon one of the world's few carbon-negative countries – and they can eat a farmer's whole ...

Kim Jong Un's Famine Recipe: Eat Black Swans - DealMakerz

DealMakerz

Black swans are rare and beautiful in appearance. Their meat is delicious and has a medicinal effect. North Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper wrote last ...

The Dallas Zoo faces criticism over giraffe death transparency - Axios

Axios

The Dallas Zoo has been upfront about the recent spate of mysterious giraffe deaths and the ongoing investigation into what's happening — but that ...

Denver Zoo reports world's first coronavirus cases in hyenas | KWKT - FOX 44

KWKT - FOX 44

DENVER (AP) — Two hyenas at the Denver Zoo have tested positive for the coronavirus, the first confirmed cases among the animals worldwide, ..

Endangered condors can reproduce without mating - The Bangkok Post

The Bangkok Post

ESCONDIDO, Calif: California condors, a critically endangered species, can reproduce without mating, according to a study by conservation ...

COP26: World leaders promise to end deforestation by 2030 - BBC News

BBC

Some of this will go to developing countries to restore damaged land, tackle wildfire and support indigenous communities. More than 30 of the world's ...

Bird flu strikes endangered South African cormorants | Africanews

Africanews

Bird flu is ravaging South Africa's endangered Cape cormorants, killing as much as five percent of the world's remaining population, ...

overfishing

Scroll.in

Research shows that establishing fishing quotas and closing some areas to fishing can help rebuild threatened populations. Wade VanderWright, The ...

Fisherman catches 19-armed endangered starfish in crab trap: 'Making a comeback'

Yahoo News

Fisherman catches 19-armed endangered starfish in crab trap: 'Making a comeback'. Cortney Moore ... Famed gorilla dies at 35 in Congo park.

A chlamydia vaccine to treat koalas is being rolled out by Australian researchers in a trial they say could play a significant role in the long-term survival of the species.

A chlamydia vaccine to treat koalas is being rolled out by Australian researchers in a trial they say could play a significant role in the long-term survival of the species.

The ugly truth about the wild horse issue - Sierra Nevada Ally

Sierra Nevada Ally

Once again, the livestock industry is painting wild horses into the role ... which inhabit such lands, particularly endangered wildlife species.

African elephant species now Endangered and Critically Endangered - IUCN Red List | IUCN

International Union for Conservation of Nature - IUCN

The African forest elephant (loxodonta cyclotis) is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. The species occurs in the tropical forests ...

11 of the world's most threatened forests | Stories | WWF

WWF

But large swaths of these forests, and many others around the world, ... forests provide—like jobs, clean water, habitat for endangered species and wood for ..

New survey nearly doubles Grauer's gorilla population, but threats remain - Mongabay

Mongabay

Endemic to the eastern DRC, Grauer's gorillas are still classed as critically endangered, and face threats due to mining and bushmeat hunting. The large numbers ...

Where did the wolf pack in northwest Colorado go? Its fate remains a mystery.

The Colorado Sun

In the winter of 2020, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced the area also ... The federal Endangered Species Act also protected wolves in Colorado until ...

local bee species becoming endangered following recent bushfires - NBN News

NBN News

Two species are now classed as endangered, and another nine are listed as vulnerable. About 30 percent of their habitat was destroyed in the 2019-2020 ...

Endengered species of india - SlideShare

SlideShare

Endengered species of india. 1. By : Apoorvo Chakraborty NEXT; 2. Endangered Species of IndiaList of Endangered species of IndiaEffects of extinction on the ...

Congressman pushes to re-establish manatees as 'endangered' - FOX 13 Tampa Bay

FOX 13 Tampa Bay

Push to make Florida's manatees endangered species. Dan Matics reports. SARASOTA, Fla. - Florida's manatee population continues to dwindle at an alarming rate, ...

Five things we can do to save the endangered Florida panther

Florida Insider

Endangered Florida Panther – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by jo Crebbin. So far this year, 24 endangered Florida panthers have died, an average of more ...

Courier Express, Penn State DuBois again partnering on endangered species series | Local ...

The Courier-Express

Endangered species are organisms that are very likely to become extinct in the near future. Most causes for endangerment are human induced.

Swarm of bees kill more than 60 endangered penguins in South Africa - Fox 29

FOX 29 News Philadelphia

SOUTH AFRICA - More than 60 endangered African penguins were apparently killed by a swarm of bees in South Africa last week, in what bird conservationists ..

An Ancient Lineage: Indian Wolf Among World's Most Endangered and Distinct Wolves

SciTechDaily

Stemming from an ancient lineage, Indian wolves are one of the most evolutionarily distinct and endangered gray wolf populations.

Faroe Islands: Anger over killing of 1,400 dolphins in one day - BBC News

BBC News

The practice of dolphin hunting in the Faroe Islands has come under scrutiny after more than 1,400 of the mammals were killed in what was believed ...

Another deadly year for Latin America's environment defenders - Buenos Aires Times

Buenos Aires Times

Seven of the 10 deadliest countries for land and environmental defenders were in Latin America, with 165 killings recorded, though Global Witness

'Spiralling out of control': NSW failing to remove feral horses quick enough - Brisbane Times

Brisbane Times

Conservation director for the Invasive Species Council James Trezise ... the threat they pose to already endangered species including the southern ...

The young Vietnamese helping tackle the illegal wildlife trade | Environment News | Al Jazeera

Aljazeera.com

In Vietnam itself, safeguarding wildlife is also a challenge. Some of the critically endangered species, according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened ...

Zoo Atlanta gorillas test positive for COVID-19 virus

ATLANTA - Multiple gorillas at Zoo Atlanta have tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19.

24 Endangered Animals Killed In Kaziranga National Park Amid Assam Floods - Indiatimes.com

India Times

The forest officials have rescued 4 animals till now and that includes an endangered 10-day old male rhino calf. At least 24 endangered animals have been killed ...

First underwater footage of critically endangered Angelshark recorded in Wales - Sky News

Sky News

Scientists have recorded footage of a juvenile Angelshark in the UK for the first time, offering hope that the critically endangered species is breeding in ...

EcoWatch

The revelation came in the IUCN's updated Red List assessment on endangered wildlife, which was released at the body's World Conservation Congress in ...

 

Scientists Bring Back To Life A Ferret That Died In 1988, What Could Go Wrong? - Indiatimes.com

India Times

This was the first effort in the U.S. to clone an endangered species to help it ... scientists cloning dead animals just to bring them back from extinction.

Mountain Gorilla | Gorillas | WWF - World Wildlife Fund

World Wildlife Fund

The critically endangered mountain gorilla population is threatened by habitat loss, poaching, disease and war. Learn more about what WWF is doing to ...

Biden breaks pledge to Indian Country by keeping wolves off endangered list - Roll Call

Roll Call

The wolf is integral to the land-based identity of Native Americans and should be relisted as an endangered species, Allis writes.

Kenya hails anti-poaching efforts in first wildlife census - France 24

FRANCE 24

The population of African savanna elephants plunged by at least 60 percent in the last half century, prompting their reclassification as "endangered" in the

Researchers spot a 'golden' bear while studying endangered spectacled bears in Peru ...

Science Daily

A team of researchers studied the population of the endangered species in Northern Peru. By identifying individuals through facial patterns, they were able ..

Endangered Mexican Gray Wolf Roaming Near Flagstaff Captured And Relocated - KNAU

KNAU Arizona Public Radio

Arizona wildlife officials have captured and relocated an endangered Mexican gray wolf near Flagstaff. It spent months in the area but biologists and others ...

Gloucestershire crayfish plague fear after native species found dead - BBC News

BBC News

... fatal to the invasive species or to humans or animals, it has killed off white-clawed crayfish to the point where they are now an endangered species.

Not just for humans — scientists turn to vaccines to save endangered species - Mongabay

Mongabay.com

Vaccines developed for animals, including rabies or swine fever shots, ... Prairie dogs are the key prey species of endangered black-footed ferrets (Mustela ...

Biden Backs The End Of Protections For Wolves. But Worries About Hunting Grow - NPR

NPR

The removal of Endangered Species Act protections had been in the works for years ... a lawsuit from wildlife advocates that seeks to restore protections, ...

rail builders blast in chimp habitat, no plan to protect apes - WTVB

WTVB News

... started blasting a railway tunnel in a habitat for a critically endangered chimpanzee species with no plan in place to manage the impact on the animals, ..

 

Wildfires ravaging Europe threaten 'countless' animals | Daily Sabah

Daily Sabah

Record-breaking heatwaves triggered deadly forest fires across Europe and the U.S. this year that destroyed everything in their path and endangered ..

Scientists track down rare mammal thought wiped out by Australian bushfires

9News

All up, 21 of the mammals were found alive and still breeding in burnt forest south of Gladstone. The survival of this species is doomed from the moment ...

Culture shock: how loss of animals' shared knowledge threatens their survival

The Guardian

The critically endangered whale clings on, but much of the species' cultural knowledge is now extinct. Whales are among the many animals known to ..

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/08/scientists-urged-wisconsin-limit-its-wolf-kill-it-didn-t-go-well

Science Magazine

... which until January were protected under the federal Endangered Species ... hunt, even though officials had capped the legal kill at 119 animals.

.How we're saving our threatened Aussie species

Daily Telegraph

... said Abi Smith from the Threatened Species Conservancy, an organisation established specifically to champion the endangered animals who might ...

China elephants: Trekking herd forces 150000 people to evacuate

BBC News

The protected animals left a nature reserve in Yunnan about 17 months ago. Since then ... The Asian elephant is an endangered species. China has ...

Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area

World Atlas

... history, with a wide range of endemic plants and animals, many of which are rare and endangered, that live in pristine and diverse habitats.

Fresno Bee

Tule elk are not considered endangered or protected under the Endangered Species Act. There is no protection on a federal level for tule elk they ...

To save a huge, 24-armed sea creature, scientists become loving foster parents

OPB News

It's a desperate attempt to save the endangered animals from disappearing completely. Dennis Wise / University of Washington. THANKS TO OUR ...

The Fight to Save Lake Superior's Last Caribou

Sierra Magazine

The animals around Lake Superior are boreal woodland cariboua ... under Canadas Species At Risk Act and Ontario's Endangered Species Act.

Lawsuit Challenges Seismic Oil, Gas Testing in Gulf of Mexico

Center for Biological Diversity

Most at risk is an endangered whale species with just 50 surviving ... the ocean and to disrupt marine animals on a vast scale, impairing their ability to ...

 Indian Bison, on the `Red'' list of endangered animals find herds increasing in Tripura''s Trishna ...

Outlook India

... habitats the wild Indian Bison or `Gaurs, the largest among wild cattle around the world, has been on the `Red'' list of endangered animals for long.

Scientists turn to eDNA to curtail the freshwater extinction crisis

Mongabay.com

The team took water samples from 20 sites and detected DNA from nearly 170 species, including the endangered pygmy hippo. They also picked up the ..

Without room to expand, mountain gorillas' population growth could backfire

Mongabay.com

But the species' entire population is confined to protected parks in these ... status of mountain gorillas from critically endangered to endangered.

A 'zoo' with a difference helping endangered animals

shropshirestar.com

... Extinction Trail, a large open area that contains a wide range of metal sculptures depicting some of the worlds most endangered animal species.

Testament to survival

Global Times

However, the expansion of poaching at the turn of the 20th century tested the endangered animal's famous talent for survival. Around the time of the ...

A turtle story: Saving the species on Turkey's coast

Daily Sabah

... as protected areas for these endangered species, but the truth is that these turtles' actually nest in dozens of beaches along Turkey's southern coast.

Why Do So Many Humans Hate Wolves?

Discover Magazine

.. species from list of endangered species list in the contiguous states, ending 45 years of federal ... Wolves are incredibly powerful, symbolic animals.