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- Extinction risks vastly underestimated: study
- PARIS AFP — Some endangered species may face an extinction risk that is up to a hundred times greater than previously thought, according to a study released Wednesday. By overlooking random differences between individuals in a given population, researchers may have badly underestimated the perils confronting threatened wildlife, it...
- Research articles 2008-07-02
- UN biodiversity conference ends with package to protect wildlife
- BONN, Germany AFP — UN talks on Friday yielded a package of measures aimed at staving off what scientists fear is a mass extinction of Earth's species and blocking irreparable damage to the ecosystems on which human life depends. After a 12-day conference, 191 nations attending the Convention on...
- Research articles 2008-05-30
- China seeks help to restore panda habitat: ADB
- MANILA AFP — China is seeking outside help to save the Qinling mountains, home of the giant panda, a national symbol that is threatened with extinction, the Asian Development Bank said Wednesday. China's Shaanxi province has applied for a loan to finance a conservation project for an area that...
- Research articles 2008-05-28
- Humans lived in tiny, separate bands for 100,000 years
- WASHINGTON AFP — Human beings for 100,000 years lived in tiny, separate groups, facing harsh conditions that brought them to the brink of extinction, before they reunited and populated the world, genetic researchers have said. "Who would have thought that as recently as 70,000 years ago, extremes of climate...
- Research articles 2008-04-24
- Biodiversity loss will lead to sick world: experts
- SINGAPORE AFP — The world risks wiping out a new generation of antibiotics and cures for diseases if it fails to reverse the extinction of thousands of plant and animal species, experts warned Wednesday. Biodiversity loss has reached alarming levels, and disappearing with it are the secrets to finding...
- Research articles 2008-04-23
- New sea crocodile fossil hints at transatlantic migration
- RIO DE JANEIRO AFP — A fossil of a new species of prehistoric crocodile found in Brazil and presented here Wednesday has led scientists to believe the reptile benefited from the extinction of dinosaurs to migrate from across the Atlantic. Guarinisuchus munizi -- the "warrior of the seas," as...
- Research articles 2008-03-26
- Stinking seas not to blame for 'mother of all mass extinctions'
- PARIS AFP — Scientists on Sunday said they had ruled out a key hypothesis to explain Earth's greatest extinction, when 95 percent of marine species and 70 percent of land species were wiped out. Dubbed "the Great Dying" or "the mother of all mass extinctions," the catastrophe occurred around...
- Research articles 2008-03-23
- Prized fish the latest liquid asset for Asia's super-rich
- JAKARTA AFP — Gingerly removing a black cloth from his aquarium, Erfin Hongdoyo beams as he unveils one of his most treasured possessions -- a large red, and very rare, arowana fish. The ethnic Chinese Indonesian is proud owner of a 45-centimetre (18-inch) "scleropages formosus," a freshwater fish native...
- Research articles 2008-03-13
- He Dribbles, We Quibble
- Will Ferrell’s ‘Semi-Pro’ is mostly bush league. groovy ’do, Man: Ferrell, the 1976 vintage Will Ferrell’s Jackie Moon, the owner, coach, promoter and forward of the Flint Tropics (yes, that’s the Michigan Flint), is a familiar but slightly sweeter variant of the overbearing, hyper Ferrell sportsman...
- Research articles 2008-03-10
- Time running out for Cyprus vulture
- NICOSIA AFP — The majestic sight of vultures hovering over Cypriot skies may become a thing of the past if the island's fast dwindling griffon predator population is not protected from extinction. No more than 20 survivors remain on this eastern Mediterranean holiday island, well below the 40 breeding...
- Research articles 2008-03-06
- Wind farms could drive bird species to extinction: conservationists
- WASHINGTON AFP — More than 60 years after it was pushed to the edge of extinction, one of North America's rarest birds, the whooping crane, faces new danger from environmentally-friendly wind farms, conservationists warned. "Companies want to put their farms where the best wind is, and that overlaps with...
- Research articles 2008-03-03
- Austria's brown bears face extinction: WWF
- VIENNA AFP — Austria's brown bear population is facing extinction as only two of the animals -- both males -- are still alive out of a population that had numbered at least 35, the World Wildlife Fund said Friday. Only 19-year-old Djuro and his seven-year-old son Moritz are definitely...
- Research articles 2008-02-29
- King penguins could be wiped out by climate change: study
- PARIS AFP — One of the emblems of the Antarctic, the king penguin, could be driven to extinction by climate change, a French study published on Monday warned. In a long-term investigation on the penguins' main breeding grounds, investigators found that a tiny warming of the Southern Ocean by...
- Research articles 2008-02-11
- Fashion designer bids to save NY garment workers
- NEW YORK AFP — American fashion designer Nanette Lepore on Wednesday presented her fall collection 2008 along with an appeal to save the garment industry which is faced with "extinction" due to rising development. Lepore is among the few remaining designers who can afford to have a workshop in...
- Research articles 2008-02-06
- Letter: Your Say - NOW I WANT A FERRARI ...
- Thank goodness gardai have stopped the cruel and illegal bird market on Peter Street. Some may whinge and moan, claiming gardai have turned a blind eye before, but the law must be upheld - and that's just a fact. Even worse, cruelly trapping wild...
- Research articles 2008-01-13
- Fake fins eye saving sharks, Chinese wallets
- TOKYO AFP — A Japanese company is launching fake shark fins in China, hoping to tap a market as prices for real ones rise amid concerns the species is being hunted to extinction. Shark fin is considered one of the highest-end delicacies in Chinese cuisine and also fetches high...
- Research articles 2007-10-19
- 45 bird species in Malaysia face extinction: report
- KUALA LUMPUR AFP — Malaysia faces the extinction of 45 bird species in the next five to 10 years if it fails to introduce protected areas and breeding programmes for endangered species, a report said Thursday. A recent survey by conservation group BirdLife International found that five species were...
- Research articles 2007-10-18
- Canada creates safe haven for endangered whale
- OTTAWA AFP — Canada Wednesday said a safe haven has been set aside in the Atlantic Ocean where the endangered North Atlantic right whale can feed and socialize without fear of colliding with large ships. The International Maritime Organization IMO has designated the Roseway Basin, some 20 nautical miles...
- Research articles 2007-10-10
- Kenyan scientists save Grevy's zebras from possible extinction
- NAIROBI AFP — Kenyan scientists said Wednesday they had rescued endangered Grevy's zebras from possible extinction after an outbreak of deadly anthrax last year and were working to increase their population. The Kenya Wildlife Service KWS said "quick intervention" had saved the animals, known for their narrow and finer...
- Research articles 2007-09-05
- Galapagos shark endangered by Ecuadoran decree: group
- QUITO, Ecuador AFP — President Rafael Correa's decree legalizing the sale of shark fins caught by accidental fishing has put the Galapagos shark in peril of extinction, environmentalist groups warned Monday in Ecuador. Prized as an aphrodisiac and gourmet delicacy in Asia, shark fins had been illegally harvested until...
- Research articles 2007-07-23
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