AP – CAPE COD TIMES
HONOLULU – A rare Hawaii vine has been added to the endangered species list, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said yesterday.
It’s the second species to be classified as endangered by the Obama administration.
The first was the reticulated flatwoods salamander, an amphibian native to south Georgia, north Florida and coastal South [...]
TAPRAN CHAKRABORTY – THE NEW NATION – BANGLADESH
At least fifty-seven indigenous varieties of sweet water fishes, particularly small ones, are on the verge of extinction throughout the southern region.
According to a study conducted by Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute, in recent past more than 260 varieties of sweet water fishes were available in Barisal division which [...]
FRED BRIGLAND – THE SUNDAY HERALD
NEARLY TWO tonnes of dried shark fins – from at least 100 sharks caught at sea – found in the hold of a Taiwanese fishing vessel in Cape Town harbour have shed light on a trade that is driving the top hunter of the oceans towards extinction.
The South African permit [...]
THE JAKARTA POST
Wild elephants in Bengkulu province are under threat of extinction because illegal loggers and land squatters have begun to operate in areas close to the Seblat Elephant Training Center in North Bengkulu district, a local nature conservation official said as reported by Antara newswire on Saturday.
If the illegal activities were not stopped [...]
MICHAEL ROBINSON – ARIZONA REPUBLIC
SILVER CITY, N.M. – On Monday, the Center for Biological Diversity will argue in federal court in Tucson that the Bush administration’s refusal to develop a recovery plan or designate critical habitat for endangered jaguars was illegal and should be reversed.
The eventual ruling in that court case will determine whether Macho [...]
SINDHTODAY.NET
London, March 22 (ANI): A new study has warned that Africa might soon see its first bird extinction in about four years time.
According to a report in New Scientist, the bird in question is the Sidamo lark, which may become the first contemporary African bird to go extinct.
The lark is adapted to Ethiopia’s ‘rangeland’ – [...]
NICK MILANO – CHARLOTTE SUN
ROTONDA — Amid reports that turtle harvesters are back trying to work their canals, concerned residents are monitoring the waterways and pinning their hopes on stricter regulations that have been proposed by the Florida Wildlife Commission.
Rotonda residents have been signing petitions and writing to the commission for months in support of [...]
ABC AUSTRALIA
Environmentalistsfear the bushfires have threatened the survival of some of Australia’s most endangered species.
An investigation by the Wilderness Society has found the intense fires burnt through the habitats of the Sooty Owl, Spotted Tree Frog, Ground Parrot and the Barred Glalaxias Fish.
Spokesman Richard Hughes says there are also fears for the critically endangered [...]
INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE
HONOLULU: A federal report released Thursday highlighted the perilous state of Hawaii’s avian population, noting nearly all native Hawaiian bird species are in danger of becoming extinct.
One-third of U.S. endangered birds are in Hawaii, said the report issued by the Interior Department. More bird species are vulnerable to extinction in the islands than [...]
PRESS RELEASE – from Science Daily
Leatherback turtles, the most widely distributed reptiles on Earth, are threatened with extinction themselves, in large part due to the carelessness of humans. A Dalhousie University professor addresses the threat of plastics to this endangered species.
They survived the extinction of the dinosaurs. They’re descendants of one of the oldest family [...]
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