It is a ritual that takes place every winter—federal and state wildlife managers use remote cameras, scat collection, radio telemetry devices and helicopters to count Mexican gray wolves that are roaming mountain ranges ...
Ecology
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We live in an era when human activities are negatively modifying the world at alarming rates. We are experiencing a massive species extinction due to environmental damage caused by human land use change, overexploitation, ...
Extinction is still forever, but scientists at the biotech company Colossal Biosciences are trying what they say is the next best thing to restoring ancient beasts—genetically engineering living animals with qualities to ...
Biotechnology
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They look like a cross between an otter and a gopher but they taste something like a rabbit or dark meat from turkey. And conservation officials want you to eat as many of them as you can.
Ecology
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As I wander around Cambridge University Botanic Garden, a tree called the Wollemi pine often catches my eye. It's one of our rarest trees, and a distinctive looking pine, with broad needles and bark that reminds you of Coco ...
Plants & Animals
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Using underwater microphones and machine learning (ML), Cornell University researchers have developed a new method to estimate North Atlantic right whale numbers—offering a potentially safer and more cost-effective way ...
Ecology
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As climate change and pests put increasing pressure on forests, the right forest management practices are emerging as key to preserving biodiversity. A recent study published in Forest Ecosystems explores how different management ...
Plants & Animals
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In tropical forests, endangered species inside protected habitats are still in danger from threats from beyond their sanctuaries, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Ilaria Greco and ...
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In July, the Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan was officially listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), 14 years after the Center for Biological Diversity ...
Plants & Animals
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Along the long road from American icon to endangered species and back again, the bald eagle—the national bird of the United States, often seen against a clear blue sky—is having a moment.
Plants & Animals
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An endangered species is a population of organisms which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers, or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters. An endangered species is usually a taxonomic species, but may be another evolutionary significant unit. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has calculated the percentage of endangered species as 40 percent of all organisms based on the sample of species that have been evaluated through 2006. (Note: the IUCN groups all threatened species for their summary purposes.) Many nations have laws offering protection to conservation reliant species: for example, forbidding hunting, restricting land development or creating preserves. Only a few of the many species at risk of extinction actually make it to the lists and obtain legal protection. Many more species become extinct, or potentially will become extinct, without gaining public notice.
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