New report shows peril to California fish

SFGATE.COM
But a report on the declining numbers makes a bigger point: fresh, clean water is in short supply for fish, and it’s needed by humans, too.
At first glance, the two-year study by California Trout is all about fish. Of 31 trout, salmon and steelhead species, 65 percent are headed toward extinction this century.
Like redwoods, deserts [...]

Hundreds of Species in Kalimantan Threatened with Extinction

TEMPOINTERACTIVE – VENNIE MELYANI
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:Forest clearing is threatening 236 plant species and 51 animal species in Kalimantan with exctinction. Orangutans, owa monkeys and tarsius are the most endangered animals. “They are losing their sources of food and water,” head of the Center of Orangutan Protection, Hardi Baktiantoro, told reporters yesterday. He said cutting down [...]

Conservation body confirms Saimaa seal “critically endangered” -SL

NEWS ROOM FINLAND
The February issue of Suomen Luonto, a paper published by the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation, quoted Kit Kovacs, the chair of the pinniped specialist group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, as saying that a forthcoming IUCN report would confirm that the Saimaa ringed was “critically endangered”.
The IUCN had classified [...]

WILD RED DEER IN SCOTLAND COULD BE LOST

METRO.CO.UK
Wild red deer in Scotland could be lost for ever if they keep breeding with a foreign species.
In some areas, as many as 40 per cent of the population are mixed with the Japanese sika deer, brought to the country in the 19th century, scientists say.
‘The extent of cross-breeding we uncovered is worrying,’ said researcher [...]

Smelt on brink of extinction

RECORDNET.COM
THE DELTA – The Delta smelt are hovering at the brink of extinction, according to a new survey from the California Department of Fish and Game.
The native species, a prime indicator of overall health in the estuary, have reached their lowest point in 42 years of record-keeping.
The state agency’s fall population survey of fish species [...]

Moseley’s Penguins nearing extinction

PRESS TV
Scientists say the population of northern rockhopper or Moseley’s Penguins has declined by ninety percent over the past 50 years.
According to a study published in Bird Conservation International, the largest rockhopper penguin colonies are estimated at between 32,000 to 65,000 pairs on Gough Island, and 40,000 to 50,000 pairs on Tristan da Cunha [...]

Rare shrub added to endangered list

ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
A rare shrub found in Sydney’s south-west has been added to the Federal Government’s endangered species list.
The type of hibbertia has only been found growing by a fence at Bankstown Airport.
Dr Tim Entwhistle from the Botanics Garden Trust says it is likely the shrub’s numbers have plummeted to less than 50 because of [...]

Leatherback turtles put on endangered list

ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
The Northern Territory branch of the WWF says Territory anglers need to do more to protect a rare turtle species that’s found in local waters.
The Federal Government has added the leatherback turtle to the endangered species list.
The animal is the world’s largest sea turtle and has been found in Cobourg Peninsula and near [...]

India launches project to save endangered snow leopards

THAINDIAN NEWS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) India Tuesday launched Project Snow Leopard to conserve the endangered species (Uncia uncia) across its habitat in the five Himalayan states in the country.The project is a manifestation of the government of India’s resolve to conserve biodiversity with community participation, Thiru S. Regupathy, Minister of State for Environment and [...]

NOAA Announces Proposal to List Wolffish as an Endangered Species

THE ELLSWORTH AMERICAN
ELLSWORTH — In a decision that could lead to the first listing of a New England ocean fish species as endangered, federal officials kicked off the new year with the announcement that they were beginning an official review of the Atlantic wolffish as a threatened or endangered species.
The decision by the National [...]