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IUCN Red List update: 17,291 species are threatened with extinction

02 Nov 2009 16:01:00 PST

The 2009 edition of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species was released today, and the news isn't good: 17,291 species out of 47,677 assessed species, or 36 percent, are threatened with extinction. [More]

Original story at Scientific American .

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The guilty secrets of palm oil

23 Oct 2009 17:59:53 PDT

Written by jagadees
These rainforests are honeypots for flora and fauna, among the most biodiverse places on Earth. Consider the figures. Sumatra – the size of Spain, owned by Indonesia – has 465 species of bird, 194 species of mammal, 217 species of reptile, 272 species of freshwater fish, and an estimated 10...

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Is the Bluefin Tuna an Endangered Species?

14 Oct 2009 13:40:00 PDT

The CITES office in Geneva confirmed that Monaco has submitted a formal bid to add bluefin tuna to the Annex I list of threatened species and that the proposal will be part of the formal agenda at the next general conference in Doha, Qatar, in March 2010. An Annex I listing grants species the h...

Original story at Scientific American .

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VIDEO: Zoologist and wildlife photographer Mark Carwardine “assaulted” by critically endangered kakapo parrot

03 Oct 2009 09:50:32 PDT

Written 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...

Original story at The Conservation Report .

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The population of a unique Mexican amphibian drops 90 percent in four years

28 Aug 2009 13:07:00 PDT

Urban growth is quickly driving one of the world's most bizarre creatures into extinction. According to a new study, the axolotl ( Ambystoma mexicanum ), a Mexican amphibian that never metamorphoses past its larval stage, has seen a 90 percent population drop in the last four years. Only a...

Original story at Scientific American .

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Opinion: Breaching Northwest dams: push comes to shove

29 May 2009 07:21:56 PDT

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. ...

Original story at Crosscut .

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Endangered species news and blogs - November 09, 2009

09 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Endangered species news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Obama slower than Bush in protecting America's endangered species -- by Jeremy Hance from conservation news from mongabay.com
• Discordant decisions: A protected habitat is proposed for endangered polar bears, while oil drilling is approved nearby -- from Scientific American Topic - Biodiversity
• Illegal ivory demand could wipe out Africa's elephants by 2025 -- by Jeremy Hance from conservation news from mongabay.com
• Nearly extinct black-footed ferret returns to Canada -- from Scientific American Topic - Biodiversity
• Anthony Marr, Champion of the Bengal Tiger - pt. 2 of 2 -- from Google Videos - -site:youtube.com "endangered species" OR "threatened species" endangered OR Please OR link OR site OR FWS OR "become extinct" OR conservation OR Warbler OR Pygmy OR IUCN OR habitat OR Wilcove OR sturgeon OR subspecies OR "Blue Whale" OR Mammals OR Snail OR Achatinella OR Darter OR extinction OR "captive breeding" OR ESA OR "Snow Leopard" OR "conservation status" OR "risk of extinction" OR Minteer OR "decline in area of occupancy" OR endangerment OR biodiversity OR Toad OR "World Conservation Union" OR extinct
• animals | וידאו יהודים נט | סרטים כשרים | שיעורי... -- from Google Videos - -site:youtube.com "endangered species" OR "threatened species" endangered OR Please OR link OR site OR FWS OR "become extinct" OR conservation OR Warbler OR Pygmy OR IUCN OR habitat OR Wilcove OR sturgeon OR subspecies OR "Blue Whale" OR Mammals OR Snail OR Achatinella OR Darter OR extinction OR "captive breeding" OR ESA OR "Snow Leopard" OR "conservation status" OR "risk of extinction" OR Minteer OR "decline in area of occupancy" OR endangerment OR biodiversity OR Toad OR "World Conservation Union" OR extinct
• 7th Gen has committed to obtain 100% of the palm oil used throughout its product from certified sustainable sources by 2012 -- by 3BL Media from palm-oil « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Researchers Work To Keep Terrapin Turtle Off Endangered Species List -- from ScienceDaily: Endangered Animal News
• Manatees Making a Home in Mobile Bay, Alabama -- by cvinzant(noreply@blogger.com) from AnimalTourism.com
• Help protect Kitagawa Wetland in Japan. -- from Environment and Wildlife petitions - Care2: ThePetitionSite (Overview)

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Elk Foundation Honors Oregon Researcher Dr. John Cook

26 May 2009 10:44:27 PDT

While in Wyoming he developed and tested habitat suitability models for pronghorn antelope, evaluated factors in declining populations of bighorn sheep, and compiled a database and literature review for over 300 rare, threatened and endangered species ...

Original story at ESPN .

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Protect Polar Bears From Global Warming

14 May 2009 00:00:00 PDT

In a disappointing move, the Obama administration has left polar bears poorly protected from one of the gravest threats to this endangered species – global warming. Yet global warming is at the very heart of the threat to the polar bear. Scientists say that global warming and habitat loss c...

Original story at Environment and Wildlife petitions .

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EXTINCTION: First extinct species cloned, dies quickly after birth

01 Feb 2009 16:57:19 PST

Written by Buck Denton
For a short time, The Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica) has been brought back into existence. This subspecies of Spanish ibex was declared extinct almost 10 years ago, until scientists cloned a single animal, but the clone died shortly after birth from complications. Cloning a t...

Original story at The Conservation Report .

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IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER news

16 Jan 2009 19:40:12 PST

Written 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...

Original story at The Conservation Report .

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Opinion: Recycling mobile phones helps save endangered species

04 Jan 2009 07:10:49 PST

UK - Now that in itself may not mean anything to the mobile phone user, but when you consider the coltan mines are actually the habitat of an endangered gorilla ...

Original story at Phones Review .

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Third of Britain's mammals 'at risk'

27 Dec 2008 16:08:43 PST

Written by Jo Adetunji
Professor David Macdonald, conservation biologist in the wildlife conservation unit at Oxford University and co-author of the report, said: "Next year, the focus of biodiversity conservation in England will shift from individual species to a more integrated eco-system approach,...

Original story at EducationGuardian.co.uk .

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Endangered Lemurs Survived Ancient AIDS Epidemic

16 Dec 2008 17:19:39 PST

Written by Brandon Keim
In the case of some endangered species, conservationists must appeal to basic sympathies for other living species. Such arguments don't always work: Snail darters and spotted owls are wonderful creatures, but won't be universally missed.

Original story at Wired .

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Bush's Interior Department Interfered With Scientific Work To Limit Endangered Species Protections

15 Dec 2008 21:54:00 PST

Written by The Huffington Post News Editors
Devaney said "MacDonald's zeal to advance her agenda has caused considerable harm to the integrity of the ESA program and to the morale and reputation" of the Fish and Wildlife Service, as well as potential harm to animals under the Endangered Species Act.

Original story at Huffington Post .

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Opinion: Bush alters rules for endangered species

11 Dec 2008 21:20:48 PST

The rules also prohibit federal agencies from evaluating the effect on endangered species and the places they live from a project's contribution to increased global warming. Interior Department officials described the changes as "narrow", but environmentalists saw them as eroding...

Original story at Albany Times Union .

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Plan drops climate from species risk factors

20 Nov 2008 22:05:20 PST

WASHINGTON ? The Bush administration is finalizing changes to the Endangered Species Act that would ensure that federal agencies will not have to take global warming into account when assessing risks to imperiled plants and animals.The proposed rule changes, which were obtained by Th...

Original story at Albany Times Union .

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Opinion: The New York Times on the Section 7 proposals

08 Nov 2008 01:28:57 PST

Written by PLF
The New York Times stated yesterday that, in the Section 7 consultation proposals, Interior Secretary Kempthorne has "carved out significant exceptions to regulations requiring expert scientific review of any federal project that might harm endangered or threatened species (one...

Original story at PLF on ESA .

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Podcast: Global 'Ark' effort to save amphibians from extinction

01 Nov 2008 02:11:00 PDT

Written 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.

Original story at Earth & Sky .

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Podcast: qq-2008-11-01_05 - One Bug Ecosystem

31 Oct 2008 17:00:00 PDT

Dr. Gordon Southam has found the first ecosystem comprised of only one species. A very lonely little bacterium.

Original story at CBC Toronto .

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Podcast: Mostly Trivial #122 Crocodiles vs. Alligators trivia

23 Mar 2008 03:13:00 PDT

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...

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Podcast: Badger state leads in bald eagle recovery

28 Jun 2007 10:56:00 PDT

Written by Jim Dick
DDT contamination decades ago almost killed off the American Bald Eagle. Once the pesticide was banned, the bird started coming back, and Wisconsin played a key role in the success story. Wisconsin started bald eagle recovery efforts years ago, and Randle Jurewicz with the DNR 's Endange...

Original story at Wisconsin Radio Network .

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Opinion: Melissa Kirsch: Confessions of a Would-Be Jewish Book Network Superstar

26 Jun 2007 20:29:16 PDT

Written by Melissa Kirsch
And it is pretty great. I wrote a book, a book I love, a book that young women write me letters about, saying it changed their lives. I'm an author, but I'm also a salesman. The printed word is an endangered species, and, with very few exceptions, any author who can't get up and tell you, irresisti...

Original story at Huffington Post .

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Podcast: Wisconsin wolf population growing

18 Apr 2007 12:01:00 PDT

The state's wolf population is now at record numbers. The DNR's Adrian Wydeven says there are nearly six hundred wolves. That's good news because it shows they can thrive after coming off the endangered list but he says it's also bad news because we will likely see more cases of wolves attack...

Original story at Wisconsin Radio Network .

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Opinion: American crocodile's classification switched

19 Mar 2007 22:18:00 PDT

The The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced plans to reclassify the American crocodile from endangered to threatened in Florida. The Service's final reclassification decision comes after a five-year review of the species, required under the Endangered Species Act. The act de...

Original story at Florida Today .

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Podcast: Wolves now state responsibility

12 Mar 2007 16:09:00 PDT

It's official; Wisconsin's wolves are removed from the federal endangered species list. A press conference in Ashland with state, federal and tribal authorities formalized the recognition, that Wisconsin's once decimated wolf population has rebounded. Adrian Wydeven, a mammal eco...

Original story at Wisconsin Radio Network .

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