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Source: Reuters
NAIROBI (Reuters) - At least six distinct species of giraffe, the world's tallest land animal, may be in existence and some of them are critically endangered, scientists in the United States and Kenya have found.
Source: The New York Times
In the thousand or so years since humans discovered the remote islands that make up New Zealand, three-quarters of the indigenous bird species have been driven to extinction, and until recently, it looked as if the kiwi could follow.
Source: abc.net.au
There is finally some hope in the battle to save the threatened tasmanian devil population.
Source: Reuters
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's new government may send a navy ship to Antarctica to track Japan's whaling fleet and gather evidence to mount a legal challenge, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Thursday.
Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune
Pity the peyote, the legendary cactus whose hallucinogenic powers inspired gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson and an entire generation of hippies.
Source: The Nature Conservancy
Read what experts have to say about the other climate change issues – deforestation, adaptation and protecting endangered species.
Source: Reuters
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Removing what appears to be a predator at the top of the food chain may not necessarily save an endangered prey, a study in New Zealand has shown.
Source: BBC News
An "extraordinary" desert creature has been caught on camera for what scientists believe is the first time. The long-eared jerboa, a tiny nocturnal mammal that is dwarfed by its enormous ears, can be found in deserts in Mongolia and China.
Source: The Taipei Times
For time beyond memory on this remote bay of neon fish and underwater gardens, people have avoided the masalai, taboo waters, where a monster octopus might lurk or spirits dwell in coral caves. Now it's science that wants no-go zones in Kimbe Bay, and it's because of a new fear.
Source: The Indianapolis Star
Indiana's great outdoors is about to get greater because a local nature conservation group has raised $60.8 million to protect imperiled landscapes statewide. "We are just trying to protect the state for future generations," said Betsy Smith, director of philanthropy for The …
Source: The Globe and Mail
Two environmental groups are calling for a federal investigation after obtaining documents that show the B.C.
There are a couple of landmarks that hail summer in Australia.
Source: Alaska Report
The little-known Kittlitz's murrelet - a species so elusive that scientists didn't record its croaking call for the first time until a few years ago - has crashed by more than 80 percent since the 1970s throughout its icy range rimming the Gulf of Alaska.
Source: OregonLive.com
The Interior Department's inspector general will expand an investigation into the alleged political manipulation of decisions on 18 endangered species, including the northern spotted owl, marbled murrelet and bull trout. In a letter Friday to Sen.
Source: The New York Times
Relentless sprawl, invasive species and global warming are threatening an increasing number of bird species in the United States, pushing a quarter of them — including dozens in New York and New Jersey — toward extinction, according to a new study by the National Audubon Soci …
Source: Australian News Network
THE chairman of the Rottnest Island Authority has applauded the punishment handed out to two Western Force rugby players, who face thousands of dollars in fines after they abused a number of the island's endangered quokka population. The players, including former Wallaby Scott F …
Source: The Age
One of more than 500 endangered orangutans in a newly-discovered population in Indonesian Borneo, West Kalimantan, the boss is blissfully unaware of plans to clear this tropical peat forest for a palm oil plantation.
Source: news.worldwild.org
Polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea may be turning to cannibalism because longer seasons without ice keep them from getting to their natural food, a new study by American and Canadian scientists has found.
Source: news.worldwild.org
The seemingly macabre diet of these animals and their imposing physical features (including a menacing-looking "eyebrow" of dark feathers above each eye) spawned European fables about the birds being vicious predators that killed domestic sheep, wild game-and even young child …
Source: The Age
TO SOME it is liquid gold, to others, the harbinger of death - but to most Australians, palm oil is a complete mystery. Yet, production of this oil - an ingredient in many of the foods we eat and products we use each day - comes at a devastating environmental cost.
Source: Reuters
Endangered sea turtles accidentally caught by fishermen off Latin American coasts usually die but innovative hooks that are too big to swallow are increasingly saving the reptiles' lives.
Source: News at Nature
Not all species can be saved from extinction. Emma Marris talks to conservation biologists about prioritization and triage...
Oregon Boom View a video of the explosion! First come the blasts: The thunderous sounds of more than 100 tons of explosives ripping through tightly packed soil. Then, the water — more than 2,500 acres flooded.
Source: BBC News
Earth, wind and fire formed a deadly trilogy in California this month to reduce an estimated 700 square miles to ash and charred remains in a matter of days.