2,600 Frog Species on Brink of Extinction

JAKARTA GLOBE
Bogor. Thousands of the world’s frog species are on the brink of extinction and efforts to conserve them are urgently needed, the president of the Association of Southeast Asian Zoos said on Wednesday.
“It has been established that Indonesia has the largest number of frog species in Asia and the second largest in the world [...]

Freshwater Crabs Critically Endangered Around the World

REDORBIT
Two thirds of all different species of freshwater crabs are at risk of becoming extinct, says a new survey.
That means that freshwater crabs are some of the most endangered of all groups of animals reviewed thus far. This research is the first worldwide evaluation of the extinction danger of any collection of freshwater invertebrates.
Crab species [...]

With Bat Extinctions Looming, 1.5 Million Dead, Group Says Feds Must Make Saving Bats First Priority

For Immediate Release, August 24, 2009
Contact: Mollie Matteson, Center for Biological Diversity, (802) 434-2388 (office); (802) 318-1487 (cell)
RICHMOND, Vt.— Mounting evidence that several species of bats have been all but eliminated from the Northeast due to a new disease known as white-nose syndrome prompted a conservation group to send a letter today to [...]

ZSL Condemns Tiger | Murder Poachers kill endangered tiger in Jambi Zoo, Indonesia

The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is calling for further enforcement to protect Sumatran tigers, after a female tiger that had formerly been part of a conservation project run by ZSL was slaughtered at Jambi Zoo for her body parts.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE – Aug 25, 2009 – behind.  It’s believed the body parts [...]

Mekong dolphins on the brink of extinction

WILDLIFE EXTRA
Mekong River dolphins on the verge of extinction
June 2009. Pollution in the Mekong River has pushed the local population of Irrawaddy dolphins to the brink of extinction, according to a new WWF report.
Less than 80 dolphins left
The Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) population inhabits a 190 kilomtere stretch of the Mekong River between [...]

Poachers pushing rhinos to extinction

THE DAILY TIMES – PAKISTAN
Poachers seeking horn for traditional medicines are driving once thriving populations of rhinos in Africa and Asia towards extinction, global nature protection groups said on Thursday. In a report issued in Geneva, they said illegal slaughter of the already endangered animals is rising fast, with rates hitting a 15-year high amid [...]

Sundari trees in Sundarbans on verge of extinction

THE NEW NATION – BANGLADESH
The top-dying disease of Sundari trees has alarmingly increased due to lack of required sweet water flow in the Sundarbans.
The disease attacked about 45.2 million trees worth about Taka two crore at 15 compartments in 15 square kilometers of the largest mangrove forest in the world.
Sources said there are 334 species [...]

Coral reefs face extinction within 50 years: experts

CBC
Climate change threatens to snuff out the world’s coral reefs within the next half-century, a group of scientists led by David Attenborough warned on Monday.
Several prominent scientists and marine experts gathered at the Royal Society in London, England, to discuss the future of the world’s coral reefs. After the meeting, they called on world leaders [...]

Amphibians and reptiles face “mounting extinction crisis”

SINDH TODAY
Edinburgh, July 7 (ANI): A charity has determined that a “mounting extinction crisis” is facing frogs, toads, newts, snakes and lizards across the UK and Europe.
According to a report in The Scotsman, the charity in question is Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, which has been formed from the merger of The Froglife Trust and The [...]

Complex Caribbean coral reefs virtually extinct

WILDLIFE EXTRA
Caribbean coral reefs flattened
June 2009. Coral reefs throughout the Caribbean have been comprehensively ‘flattened’ over the last 40 years, according to a disturbing new study by the University of East Anglia (UEA). The collapse of reef structure has serious implications for biodiversity and coastal defences – a double whammy for fragile coastal communities in [...]