Endangered species

Nov. 27: A South Florida man made it his mission to save an endangered species from extinction. Kerry Sanders reports. video.aol.com

By rss@youtube.com (mamoralesm) This part explains how Conservation International (CI) uses the "IUCN List of Threatened Species" to prioritize which species need urgent conservation actions to avoid their extinction. Keywords: Biodiversity priority species IUCN extinction threatened species endangered spec...

By rss@youtube.com (Chilldogg) One in four mammals are at risk for extinction. This Thanksgiving we give thanks for the animals and all of the hard working people who have dedicated their lives to saving endangered species. Last October we traveled to the Wildlife Conservation Expo in San Francisco to interview Rebecca...

New genetic findings suggest that early humans living about one million years ago were extremely close to extinction . [More]

The IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species reveals a Sixth Great Extinction already underway. Thirty-six percent of species studied are "threatened" with ...

Noah Greenwald, endangered species director for the group behind the lawsuit, the Center for Biological Diversity, said Thursday he was "cautiously ... and more »

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First, we are allocating funds for the assessment of rare, threatened and endangered species to gauge their vulnerability and prevent their extinction, ... and more »

Local wildlife under threat of extinction, including the white clawed crayfish, tiny fern-moss and high brown fritillary butterfly, is being given a ...

MiamiHerald.com will continue unabated, forest-dependent peoples' rights will not be protected and endangered species will continue down the path to extinction. ... Forest plan gets the ax at UN climate talksThe Associated Press all 148 news articles »

featuring selected wildlife preservationists who devote their lives to saving endangered species from extinction. It is aired on Discovery Channel ... vimeo.com

Noah Greenwald, endangered species director for the group behind the lawsuit, the Center for Biological Diversity, said Thursday he was "cautiously ... and more »

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A species is considered endangered if the species is threatened with extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range within Minnesota. ...

AUCKLAND: Pacific tuna will be vulnerable to severe overfishing for at least another year after negotiations to protect one of the most threatened species ... and more »

Boston Globe Japan vows to proceed with controversial whale hunts Los Angeles Times (blog) Okada added: "It would be a different story if it were an endangered species.... on the verge of extinction. But if not, I think the average Japanese would ...

San Francisco Chronicle (blog) Part 2: a second chance at extinction San Francisco Chronicle (blog) The illegal international trade in smuggling animals target rare, often endangered species for exotic "pets," as exotic "foods" and "medicines", ...

Of course it would be a different story if those species were endangered species on the verge of extinction. "But if not, I think the average Japanese would ... Australia 'seriously' considering whaling challengeReuters UK No change to whaling program: Japan FMAustralia Network News

The Endangered Species Act requires protection of any species in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range. ... 129 Scientists Call on Secretary Salazar to Rescind Bush-Era Policy Limiting ...Common Dreams (press release) all 4 news articles »

ABC Online It would be a different story if it were endangered species . . . on the verge of extinction. But if not, I think the average Japanese would like to ... No change to whaling program: Japan FMAustralia Network News Japan's Foreign Minister Katsuya OkadaThe Australian

Can gamblers stop the extinction of endangered species? Find out in this edition of Inside Gaming. Sometimes, poker tips can be found in the most unlikely ... and more »

Iguana Recovery Programme, the new annual Blue Turtle award for his work in preventing the extinction of one of the world's most endangered species. ...

Bluefin tuna fishing in the Atlantic will be reduced nearly 40 percent in 2010, but will that be enough to save this threatened species from extinction? [More]

Brown pelican recovers from 'near extinction'; removed from US endangered ...TopNews United States Endangered animals closer to home than you might thinkBlack and Magenta Brown pelican off endangered listPhiladelphia Inquirer

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...

Rising temperatures also shrink the cloud forests, which forces species to live more densely, causing the spread of disease and a fungus that kills some frogs. The harlequin frog is on its way to extinction and we need to act now to reduce the harmful effects of global warming on our valuabl...

 WA “Only recently have they begun to commit the kind of financial and political capital necessary to save these threatened and endangered species, some of which are on the brink of extinction. We simply cannot afford to waste another decade. ...

guardian.co.uk  UK Credit RZSS. extinction in the 16th Century. The trial is mostly funded thanks to private donations and grants, including up to £1 million from Biffaward and support from People's Postcode Lottery and People's Trust for Endangered Species. ...

As this valuable forest disappears, so will many species that inhabit the area, such as the endangered Sumatran rhinoceros and the Malayan tiger. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has deemed 94 plant and animal species in the region threatened by extinction. In the face...

The Center for Biological Diversity is a national, nonprofit conservation organization with more than 220000 members and online activists dedicated to the protection of endangered species and wild places. Defenders of Wildlife is dedicated to the ...

By Buck Denton Posted in Animals, Conservation, Energy, Extinction, Fisheries, Law, Regulation Tagged: Army Corps, Army Corps of Engineers, Columbia River, Corps, Dams, Endangered Species, Environmental Law, Fish, Fisheries, Fisheries Law, Hydroelectric Dams, Hydroelectric Power, Hydrop...

By Buck Denton People tend to associate the rhino with Africa. However, rhinos are found from India down through Southeast Asia, and some of the most endangered species of rhino are found outside of Africa (although all species of rhino are threatened with extinction).

By Buck Denton Posted in Animal Welfare, Animals, Conservation, Environment, Extinction, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Policy, Poverty, Science, Sustainability Tagged: Deforestation, Human-Tiger Conflict, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Indonesia, Palm Oil, Palm Oil Production, Sumatra, Sumatr...

By Buck Denton Posted in Animal Welfare, Animals, Biology, Environment, Extinction, Fisheries, Government, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Law, Legislation, Nature, News, News Picks, Policy, Politics, Regulation, Science Tagged: Bush Endangered Species Regulations, Critically Endangered Spe...

By Buck Denton Posted in Animals, Biology, Conservation, Environment, Extinction, Nature Tagged: Cambodia, Conservation, Critically Endangered Species, Endangered Species, Extinction, Noninvasive Research, Scat, Scat Research, Sniffer Dog, Sniffer Dogs, Tiger, Tigers, Wildlife Contra...

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...

This week's decision not to protect the Mexican garter snake under the Endangered Species Act underscores just how much time, money and effort is required to declare a species officially "endangered" -- and also how little priority the current administration has placed on species pro...

By deborahbyrd@earthsky.org (EarthSky Communications, Inc.) Kevin Zippel is helping to coordinate the the Amphibian Ark, a global effort to collect amphibians in zoos and aquariums in order to save certain species from extinction.

By Mike Millikin Approximately one in four species of land mammal and one in three marine mammal species are at risk of extinction, according to a major new study carried out by some 1,800 scientists in 130 countries. The results, in the form of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, were presented at the I...

The warning was issued during the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona, as the IUCN issued the latest update in its Red List of threatened species.  The IUCN also lists other Coral Triangle species at risk of extinction, such as green turtles (Endangered), hawksbill turtles (Criti...

After surviving nearly unchanged for over 200 million years crocodiles and alligators were hunted to the brink of extinction between 1900 and 1967 in a period as brief as a single man's life, how sad. Also their habitats continue to shrink. Today due to conservation efforts the American al...

Edith's Checkerspot butterfly is an example, Parmesan said. At the southern end of its range in Mexico, the species appears to be going extinct at a rate four times higher than at the northern end in Canada. The extinction rate is also 2.5 times greater at lower elevations than above 8,000 fee...