News tagged with endangered native

Commonly used herbicides seen as threat to endangered butterflies

A Washington State University toxicologist has found that three commonly used herbicides can dramatically reduce butterfly populations.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

'Talking dictionaries' document vanishing languages

Digital technology is coming to the rescue of some of the world's most endangered languages. Linguists from National Geographic's Enduring Voices project who are racing to document and revitalize struggling languages are ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Super-tough seed coat keeps Michaux's sumac on critically endangered list

It is one of the rarest shrubs in the southeastern United States, and for scientists trying to save it, the critically endangered Michaux's sumac (Rhus michauxii) is not cooperating.

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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An introduced bird competitor tips the balance against Hawaiian species

Biologists Leonard Freed and Rebecca Cann from the University of Hawaii at Manoa have been studying birds at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge for 20 years. Located on an old cattle ranch on the windward ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chile's vanishing Patagonian lake

In less than 24 hours Lake Cachet II in Chile's southern Patagonia vanished, leaving behind just some large puddles and chunks of ice in the vast lake bed.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Race to save the devil Down Under

It's been hundreds of years since the Tasmanian devil last lived on the Australian mainland but, in the misty hills of Barrington Tops, a pioneering group is being bred for survival.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Construction of new rock spawning reefs will help Great Lakes native fish

(Phys.org) -- The first of nine rock reefs is under construction in the St. Clair River delta northeast of Detroit. The goal of the project, which is led by Michigan Sea Grant, is to boost populations of lake ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Taking America's rarest snake back to the woods

On May 1, USDA Forest Service, U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, the Memphis Zoo, and other partners released seven young Louisiana pine snakes on a restored longleaf ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Satellite tagging cassowaries for more efficient management

(Phys.org) -- Wildlife researchers say they are making the cassowary conservation dollar go further by tracking the birds with satellite tags.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Yes, Australia can save its native woodland birds: study

Australia has a very good chance of being able to save most of its endangered native woodland birds, the findings of one of the biggest field studies ever conducted in this country suggest.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

China 'river pig' deaths raise extinction fears

China says 16 endangered finless porpoises have been found dead since the beginning of the year and experts blame water pollution and climate change for pushing the species toward extinction.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rescuing endangered wild orchids from a man-made flood

You may have heard stories about emergency rescues of plants or animals from habitats facing imminent destruction. This is one of those stories, except that the scope of the rescue is unprecedented and the ...

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created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Global effort launched to save turtles from extinction

The Wildlife Conservation Society announced today a new strategy that draws on all of the resources and expertise across the institution – from its Zoos and Aquarium, Global Health Program, and Global ...

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created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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