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, February 8, 2010 (ENS) - The American pika does not meet the criteria for protection under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Friday after completing a review of the species' status and evaluating current and future threats to the small, mountain-dwelling mammal.
Anglers are being brought in to help rescue a critically endangered Cyprus water snake that has lived on the island for thousands of years, but now faces a major threat from a snappy fish with a big appetite.
The Fish and Wildlife Service has rejected a bid to extend endangered species protection to a rabbit-like creature that environmentalists say could be pushed to extinction by rising temperatures. The warming of the American pika's mountain habitat in California's Sierra Nevada and in parts of nine other Western states has shrunk the tiny mammal's population and could eliminate part of its range ...
Poor water quality and habitat loss are driving Ireland's terrestrial and freshwater snails, along with related species into extinction, according to new research by the National Biodiversity Data Center (NBDC), a three-year-old organization established to study that country's biodiversity. [More]
The American pika, a small hamster-like critter that thrives in the Sierra and mountains of the Great Basin, is at risk from climate change but the danger does not merit protection under the Endangered Species Act, federal officials announced today.
Despite documented threats posed to the American pika (Ochotona princeps ) by global warming, the rapidly disappearing mammalian species will not be protected under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) ruled last week. [More]
Denkai Animal Sanctuary will take over operations of the K-9 Bed and Biscuit next week, Floss Blackburn, owner and founder of the sanctuary, said Tuesday. Blackburn plans to close K-9 for a couple weeks to clean, rework and repair the place, she said, and hopes to reopen it March 1. "There's a lot of work that needs to be done," Blackburn said. "There's a lot of structural stuff with the kennels ...
Invasive species of Asian carp may be infiltrating the Great Lakes. If they establish themselves in Midwestern waterways, scientists say they will destroy the existing ecosystem
Climate change might be hurting some populations of the American pika, a relative of the rabbit, but not enough to warrant endangered species protection for the tiny mountain-dwelling animal, according to a decision released Thursday.
We -- the species with almost total power over this planet -- can most definitely do better at preserving our fellow species, and stop pushing others over the brink. It's time to get serious.
This week's edition of "Traplines on Cypress Creek"Â discusses animal rights groups as well as some recent global warming articles.
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