New fears for species extinctions
Oct/090
Extinction rates are a lot higher than previously predicted with threats to biodiversity and ecosystems such as pollution, climate change and urba…
163 New Species Discovered in Asia
Oct/090
A World Wildlife Fund report released in late September, 2009 details the discovery over the last year of new species including 100 plants, 28 fish, 18 reptiles, 14 amphibians, 2 mammals and a bird.
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163 New Species Discovered in Asia
163 New Species Discovered in Asia
Oct/090
A World Wildlife Fund report released in late September, 2009 details the discovery over the last year of new species including 100 plants, 28 fish, 18 reptiles, 14 amphibians, 2 mammals and a bird.
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163 New Species Discovered in Asia
Ape Man? Researchers Spot Legendary Orang Pendek in Sumatra
Oct/090
Legend has it, an ape-like man has been roaming the forests of Sumatra for years. For two weeks, a team of British explorers from the Centre for Fortean Zoology (CFZ), along with an Indonesian guide, tracked the creature deep within the Kerinci National Park to find evidence of the ape-like man known as Orang Pendek, or short man.
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Ape Man? Researchers Spot Legendary Orang Pendek in Sumatra
No Love for Animals — 0.1% of European Union Budget!
Jul/090
The European Union got strongly admonished this month by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) after the release of a report that is more than a decade late and comes to disheartening conclusions. The EU is giving only 0.1% of its budget to nature protection, with drastic consequences. Due to the miniscule investment in protecting wildlife, more than half of European habitats and species are under threat of extinction.
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No Love for Animals — 0.1% of European Union Budget!
24 Tigers Killed in Panna Tiger Reserve – None Left
Jul/090
One of India’s main tiger parks, Panna Tiger Reserve, has admitted that it has no tigers left.
Just three years ago the park had at least 24 tigers, but park officials have been either unable or unwilling to protect the animals from poaching. Even more discouraging, Panna is now the second tiger reserve in India where numbers have dwindled to zero.
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24 Tigers Killed in Panna Tiger Reserve – None Left
Amazon River Dated at 11 Million Years Old
Jul/090
A new drilling study has definitively dated the Amazon River at over 11 million years old, and it has held its current form for at least the last 2.4 million years.
The Amazon is one of the two longest rivers in the world, and its flood basin is home to one third of all the species on Earth. Discovering the river’s age is a stark reminder of just how ancient and intertwined the Amazonian ecosystem is, including the immensely rich biodiversity which calls it home.
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Amazon River Dated at 11 Million Years Old
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