PRESS RELEASE – SCIENCE DAILY
Two Penn State University researchers have carried out one of the first-ever analyses of the effects of global warming on endangered primates. This innovative work by Graduate Student Ruscena Wiederholt and Associate Professor of Biology Eric Post examined how El Niño warming affected the abundance of four New World monkeys over [...]
Entries from October 2009
October 31, 2009
Global Warming Cycles Threaten Endangered Primate Species
October 30, 2009
World’s tigers ‘on edge of extinction’
IRELAND ONLINE
The world’s tiger population is on the verge of extinction, Nepal’s forest secretary has warned a conference of experts.
Delegates from 20 countries, including 13 where tigers are still found in the wild, are discussing strategies for conservation of the animal as well as challenges such as poaching, illegal trade in tiger parts and man-animal [...]
October 27, 2009
Countries Propose Bans On Trade Of Endangered Species
REDORBIT
Environmental groups and international agencies are submitting their proposals to ban trade of certain products derived from endangered species.
The proposals have been issued to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) prior to its triennial meeting in Qatar next year.
Tanzania and Zambia have requested to lift a trade embargo on ivory in order [...]
October 26, 2009
Academic warns against bird extinction rates in Turkey
HURRIYET DAILY NEWS
A senior Turkish academic from Aegean University has warned that flamingos and Dalmatian pelicans face a risk of extinction in the bird national park in the western city of İzmir because of inadequate preservation measures.
“The flamingos are becoming extinct in this national park that has harbored 245 species of birds and where 68 [...]
October 21, 2009
Protection Sought for 83 Coral Species as Coral Heads for Worldwide Extinction
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release, October 20, 2009
Contact: Miyoko Sakashita, (415) 436-9682 x 308, miyoko@biologicaldiversity.org
Protection Sought for 83 Coral Species as Coral Heads for Worldwide Extinction
SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a formal petition seeking to protect 83 imperiled coral species under the Endangered Species Act. These corals, all of [...]
October 20, 2009
Rare condors endangered by lead in carrion
UPI
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 5 (UPI) — Rare California condors living in Arizona and Utah are at risk due to lead bullets found inside the carrion the birds feed upon, wildlife officials say.
Kathy Sullivan of the Arizona Game and Fish Department said the 75 condors living in northern Arizona and southern Utah have begun feeding [...]
October 19, 2009
Conservation: Minimum Population Size Targets Too Low To Prevent Extinction?
SCIENCE DAILY – PRESS RELEASE
That’s according to a new study by University of Adelaide and Macquarie University scientists which has shown that populations of endangered species are unlikely to persist in the face of global climate change and habitat loss unless they number around 5000 mature individuals or more.
The findings have been published online in [...]
October 18, 2009
Endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna formally recommended for international trade ban
THE DAILY STAR – LEBANON
ROME: The World Wildlife Fund welcomed on Thursday a proposal to ban international trade in endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna submitted by the Principality of Monaco, which recommends listing the species on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). That Atlantic bluefin tuna [...]
October 17, 2009
Scientists warn of increase in species extinctions
NEWSPOSTONLINE
Scientists have warned of an alarming increase in the extinction of animal species, because of threats to biodiversity and ecosystems, like pollution, climate change and urban spread.
According to a report by BBC News, the comments come two days ahead of a meeting of the Diversitas group of global experts on biodiversity in the South African [...]
October 6, 2009
Giant Yangste fish on verge of extinction
INLANDNEWSTODAY via BBC
One of the world’s largest freshwater fish is on the verge of going extinct.
A three-year quest to find the giant Chinese paddlefish in the Yangtze river failed to sight or catch a single individual. That means that the fish, which can grow up to 25 feet long, has not been seen alive for [...]
