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WWF Praises Bipartisan Effort to Help Save Rhinos, Tigers and Other Endangered Species (PRWeb Dec 8, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3308974.htm
We already knew polar bears were in high water due to climate change, but who knew some types of dolphins, lemmings, flamingoes and oxen were also threatened by global warming?
LIHU‘E — A pair of species known to live in or visit Kaua‘i are on the top 10 list of America’s threatened species already suffering from the effects of global warming, according to a report released Tuesday.
Two animal rights groups pushing for stronger protections for Canada lynx populations in Maine are appealing a recent federal court decision.
Catch me if you can! Scientists play tag with whitebait species New Zealand’s iconic whitebait species are disappearing from our waterways, but help could soon be at hand for the threatened giant kōkopu.
( University of Granada ) This information is critical to maintain genetic diversity and will help to properly develop conservation plans for water vole (Arvicola sapidus). Researchers from the Doñana Biological Station (CSIC) and the UGR have jointly addressed a population and phylogeographic genetic study of such species in its whole distribution (France and the Iberian Peninsula).
A black-tailed prairie dog stands outside its burrow in a prairie dog town about halfway between Byers and U.S. 54 on the Byers blacktop. After a yearlong status review, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided not to place the black-tailed prairie dog on the threatened or endangered species list.
DEVON Wildlife Trust has been battling to preserve numbers of a suddenly endangered species - its own Christmas cards! Each year the charity produces cards to sell and help raise money to help its conservation work around Devon.
Environmentalists working to protect critically endangered whooping cranes wintering on the Texas coast said Monday that state regulators are denying the birds the fresh water they need to survive.
By TOM PALMER THE LEDGER LAKE WALES | Think of them as Florida's Galapagos Islands. One million years ago, the 100-mile-long stretch of ancient dunes that flanks the route of present-day U.S. 27 in Polk, Highlands and Lake counties was the only dry land in peninsular Florida. The area is known today as the Lake Wales Ridge.
Scientists about to embark on a two-year-long game of tag with a species of whitebait are hoping their research will save the delicacy from disappearing.
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