Endangered species

By Buck Denton The critically endangered duck is so rare that it was declared extinct in the late 1990s until scientists found a few of the birds by chance during a trip to Madagascar in 2006. To stop the beautiful cinnamon-coloured diving duck slipping permanently into extinction a team of bird special...

By Buck Denton Posted in Animals, Biology, Comedy, Conservation, Environment, Nature, People, Science, Video, Wilderness Tagged: Aves, Bird, Birds, Critically Endangered Species, Endangered Species, Flightless Parrot, Kakapo, Mark Carwardine, Parrot, Recommended YouTube, Shagalicious...

 Australia WA has more than 600 endangered species, including the critically endangered Gilbert's potoroo and the woylie. An auditor-general's report found only a handful of species are recovering and recommends more funding for conservation and an overhaul of ...

 UK blue parrot found in north-eastern Brazil, has been down listed from Critically Endangered (the highest threat category) to Endangered as a direct result of conservation action, revealed the 2009 update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ...

Regionally coordinated conservation breeding programmes exist in North America (SSP - Species Survival Plans) and Europe (EEP - European Endangered Species Programme) to help conserve some of the world´s most critically endangered wildlife.

 Philippines The Philippine crocodile has been considered as critically endangered species as included in the list of threatened species and their categories and the list of other wildlife species under the jurisdiction of DENR pursuant to Republic Act No. ...

 UK Regarded as an endangered species since they were first discovered at Epping Forest station in 1937, the northern hairy-nosed wombat is currently listed as Critically Endangered under the World Conservation Union's Redlist of Threatened Species. ...

A site visit will take place in July to identify the best place for a breeding facility. Peter Cranswick, Head of Species Planning, explains: "At WWT, saving threatened species is a key focus for our activity. Critically Endangered species, such as the ...

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By Buck Denton Posted in Animals, Extinction, Nature, Science   Tagged: Arkansas, Critically Endangered Species, Extinction, Florida, Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Woodpecker    Researchers have used modeling to determine that the ivory-billed woodpecker could have survived the unchecked d...

There are just over 500 Amur tigers in the wild and it is listed as critically endangered on IUCN’s red list of endangered species. The main threats to Amur tigers in north-eastern China are habitat degradation, poaching, fragmentation of tiger habitats and a small prey population to fee...