The mighty lion, reclusive cave crabs and the world's rarest sea lion are among nearly 23,000 species at risk of dying out, a top conservation body warned on Tuesday.
Ecology
Jun 23, 2015
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Targeting conservation efforts to safeguard biodiversity, rather than focusing on charismatic species, could make current spending on threatened birds four times more effective, a new study has shown.
Ecology
Jan 5, 2015
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Scientists have classified a small, geographically-restricted ecosystem in the South West as critically endangered, according to a newly-adopted international benchmarking system.
Ecology
Dec 22, 2014
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Porcupines in cages, endangered tortoises in buckets and snakes in cloth bags—rare wildlife is on open sale at a Chinese market, despite courts being ordered to jail those who eat endangered species.
Ecology
Jul 7, 2014
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(AP)—The Japanese eel, a popular summertime delicacy that has become prohibitively expensive due to overfishing, has been put on the international conservation "red list" in a move that may speed up Japan's push for industrial ...
Ecology
Jun 13, 2014
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Human actions have pushed extinction rates to 1,000 times faster than the natural rate, but a new Duke University-led study finds that emerging technologies could give scientists and policymakers a more efficient way to identify ...
Ecology
May 29, 2014
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An extremely rare Amur leopard has been killed in China, state media reported Monday, as police searched for the suspected trapper.
Ecology
Jan 20, 2014
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Museum scientists are planning the next stage of a study to reveal the global destruction of plant life.
Ecology
Dec 19, 2013
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Life history traits are the basic ecological descriptors of a species. These include physical traits, such as body mass and physiological traits, such as reproductive rate. Ecologists have investigated the variation in life ...
Ecology
Nov 13, 2013
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A freshwater shrimp, an island-dwelling lizard and a pupfish from Arizona have been declared extinct, while nearly 21,000 species are at risk of dying out, an updated "Red List" showed.
Ecology
Jul 2, 2013
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