Habitat Loss Threatens the World's Large Wild Cats
Cats that live in the wild may be in danger. Scientists have found that almost half of the 36 species of felids that live in the wild in the world are at risk. However, a lack of studies regarding their
View ArticleSwift parrot rapidly winging towards extinction
The swift parrot, Australia's fastest nectar-eater, is suffering such a catastrophic population decline that conservationist biologists are pushing for the brightly-coloured bird to be urgently listed
View ArticleClimate change may push a sixth of species to extinction, with Australia a focus
Climate change could drive up to a sixth of animals and plants on Earth to extinction unless governments cut rising greenhouse gas emissions, according to a US study published on Thursday. Species in
View ArticleBrown tree frog long-thought extinct rediscovered in East Gippsland
Rena Gaborov was looking for gliders during a night-time survey in the East Gippsland forest near Bonang when she first heard the call. It stopped her in her tracks. Having devoted years to searching
View ArticleIndian giant fish yet to be named is on brink of extinction
One of the world's iconic freshwater fish, the giant humpback Mahseer found in India, is on the brink of extinction, thanks to a conservation programme that has backfired, according to scientists. In
View ArticleThe name's bondi, Plagiodontia aedium bondi: Newly-discovered cat-sized...
Ian Fleming’s famous fictional spy is renowned for being a bit of a love rat. But now a real rodent has been discovered on the island of Hispaniola and it has been named James Bond's hutia - or...
View ArticleGeographic range size and extinction risk assessment in nomadic species
Geographic range size is often conceptualized as a fixed attribute of a species and treated as such for the purposes of quantification of extinction risk; species occupying smaller geographic ranges are
View ArticleNew approaches narrow global species estimates for beetles, insects, and...
Many suggest we are approaching a sixth mass extinction event, and yet estimates of how many species exist, and thus how many might become extinct, vary by as much as an order of magnitude. There are few
View ArticleAccelerated modern human–induced species losses: Entering the sixth mass...
The oft-repeated claim that Earth’s biota is entering a sixth “mass extinction” depends on clearly demonstrating that current extinction rates are far above the “background” rates prevailing in the five
View ArticleWidespread forest vertebrate extinctions induced by a mega hydroelectric dam...
Mega hydropower projects in tropical forests pose a major emergent threat to terrestrial and freshwater
View ArticleAustralia Has Worst Wildlife Extinction Record; Government Launches...
The Australian Government has set the new strategies to save its threatened wildlife. The Department of the Environment recently launched the new Threatened Species Strategy on Thursday, July 16, at the
View ArticleSaving the vultures – the true custodians of nature's cleanliness
Scavengers, an inevitable part of our food chain, are on their way to extinction and have to be saved and preserved from disappearing from our skies as at present these natural scavengers are considered
View ArticleWithout Doubt,' a Sixth Mass Extinction Event is Here
No, it isn't the End of Days, but we are likely living during what experts will later refer to as one of the largest extinction events in Earth's history - an unexpected addition to prehistory's "Big...
View ArticleHistorical data as a baseline for conservation: reconstructing long-term...
Extinction events typically represent extended processes of decline that cannot be reconstructed using short-term studies. Long-term archives are necessary to determine past baselines and the extent
View ArticleParrot feared extinct for 100 years is found in Australia: Discovery of...
The elusive night parrot, a species thought to be extinct for about a century, has finally been captured and tagged in what has been hailed as a ‘holy grail’ moment. Aside from two dead parrots found
View Article347 flora, 242 fauna species discovered in 2013-14: Environment Minister...
347 species of flora and 424 of fauna, including two reptiles have been discovered in the country in 2013-2014, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar informed Lok Sabha today. "As per the studies...
View ArticleIndonesia’s illegal cage bird trade pushing the Black-winged Myna towards...
Jakarta, Indonesia, 13th August - So rare that captive breeding centres have been robbed, the soaring prices and drop in availability of Black-winged Mynas in trade point to a species on the brink.
View ArticleWild Sumatran Rhinos Considered to Be Extinct in Malaysia
The Sumatran rhinoceros is not plentiful on the planet: In fact, the Dicerorhinus sumatrensis is down to maybe 100 in the wild and nine in captivity, and most of them live in Indonesia. Scientists have
View ArticleMetal-induced malformations in early Palaeozoic plankton are harbingers of...
Glacial episodes have been linked to Ordovician–Silurian extinction events, but cooling itself may not be solely responsible for these extinctions. Teratological (malformed) assemblages of fossil
View ArticleExtinct' Toad Rediscovered in Ecuador
To biologists’ delight, the Azuay stubfoot toad, believed to be extinct after its last sighting in 2002, has just leapt back to life. Three independent teams of scientists were involved in the rediscovery
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