Articles related to "Risk Of Extinction"

While boat accidents are a well-known danger to the Florida manatee, a small gene pool and critical habitat changes also affect the future of this marine mammal species.

Lone population of critically endangered northern hairy-nosed wombats is threatened by overgrazing, predation and drought. Translocation and captive breeding started.

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species provides a uniform method for assessing how well a species is doing and assigning a conservation status. Here are the basic ideas.

One of the ginseng species used in Traditional Chinese Medicine, this herb is a target for poachers who may wipe out the wild species and reduce wild-simulated harvests.

Agricultural concerns over losses of pollinating bees and insect eating bats. Reasons for both disease outbreaks sought. How does pesticide use figure into the equation?

It was there for five million years, but somehow they missed it until now: a pink iguana in the Galapagos Islands!

In recent months, movie critics have been laid off from their publications. This is thanks to the Internet where people are now going for influential movie rankings.

A wildlife rehabilitation facility in Java will release 17 young pandemelons, whose parents were rescued from illegal trade, into rainforest on Papua Island.

This article introduces an ongoing series that will examine the many lesser-known plants and animals that could benefit humanity ... if we work to preserve them.

The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) is helping prevent extinction of endangered species through SSP which provide a coordinated approach to wildlife conservation.

Learn about marine iguanas in the Galapagos, tropical venomous seas snakes, the deadly salt water crocodile, and endangered sea turtles.

In 1983, it killed over 100 sheep. Those who saw it believed it was a big cat, which is not native to England. It was photographed, but not killed or caught.

Decline of the critically endangered lemur is linked to bamboo and water resource limitation. Much of the greater bamboo lemurs' range is unprotected from development.

Plant extinction is one of the many things that are threatening our environment today. There are ways to help prevent them from disappearing.

The world's most endangered reptile is the Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle - there are only four left. US zoos have helped their Chinese counterparts to mate two of them.

California is home to at least ten different native species, subspecies and distinct forms of trout, and many of them are at risk due to habitat degradation.

Learn how the world's largest land carnivore catches its prey, travels over ice and through water, how it breeds, and the effect global warming may have on this mammal.

As the decline of the honeybee continues drastically, homeowners are being urged to keep bees in their gardens in a bid to help protect the world's busiest insect.

Loggerhead turtle populations are declining worldwide. Volunteers with the Caretta Research Project help protect nests and escort hatchlings safely to the ocean.

Depending on how tours are conducted, Florida's manatees may suffer from encounters with humans, or both people and marine animals may benefit from a positive interaction

Albatrosses were immortalized by Coleridge in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. People on land usually don't see these beautiful seabirds.

Loggerhead sea turtle populations are declining in many regions, a new scientific report warns. Some populations of loggerheads could be listed as endangered in 2010.

White lions are extinct in the wild, and only a small number exist on a South African Nature Reserve and various zoos around the world.