positive Wildlife news
Critical Habitat proposed for endangered beach miceThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing a revised critical habitat designation for the endangered Perdido Key beach mouse and the Choctawhatchee beach mouse. |
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Diversity of marine life in Gulf of Maine region much greater than previously thoughtThe Gulf of Maine Program of the Census of Marine Life, with the Huntsman Marine Science Center of St. Andrews, New Brunswick, announced today the first count of known marine species in the Gulf of Maine region -- more than 50% larger than previous estimates. |
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India Begins Count of Threatened TigersArmed with radio collars and high-tech cameras, hundreds of wildlife experts fanned out across a vast mangrove in India's east on Thursday as part of the world's largest census of the endangered tiger. |
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Worldwide trade in wild caviar is bannedThe worldwide trade in wild caviar was banned on Tuesday after nine major caviar-producing countries failed to convince the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) that their stocks of wild sturgeon are sustainable. |
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Baby boom for China’s pandasA record 21 pandas survived after being born using artificial insemination in China last year, state media said on Monday as scientists hailed the program aimed at saving the endangered species. |
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Commission starts legal action against 8 Member States over insufficient protection of whales, dolphThe European Commission has launched infringement proceedings against eight member states for not adequately monitoring how effectively their populations of cetaceans - whales, dolphins and porpoises - are being protected. |
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Monkeys Have Accents, Japanese Study FindsNow primate researchers have discovered that Japanese macaques can acquire different accents based on where they live - just like humans. |
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Tsunami-orphaned hippo adopted by 100-year old tortoiseA baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise, in an animal facility in the port city of Mombassa, officials said. |
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Elephant libido and our sixth senseThe aggressive sexual activity of Asian elephants could be a key to understanding the human sixth sense, according to new research to be published this week in the international science journal Nature. |
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South Asian Experts Vow To Protect Endangered ElephantsAsian elephant numbers are falling because of deforestation, road-building and expansion of farmlands and plans to protect remaining populations are crucial, wildlife experts meeting in Bangladesh said. |
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Bird Flies 2,500 Miles for Baby’s FoodTalk about a working mother. A Christmas Island frigate bird named Lydia recently made a nonstop journey of just over 26 days and covering nearly 2,500 miles across Indonesian volcanoes and some of Asia's busiest shipping lanes in search of food for her baby. |
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Breeding base for rare Chinese dolphinChina will set up its first artificial breeding base for the highly endangered Chinese white dolphin in the southeastern province of Fujian. |
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Why The Amazon Rainforest Is So Rich In SpeciesTropical areas of south and central America such as the Amazon rainforest are home to some 7500 species of butterfly compared with only around 65 species in Britain. |
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U.S. Democrats To Fight Arctic Oil in Defense BillSenate Democrats Monday threatened a filibuster to stop Republicans from adding language to a must-pass defense spending bill that would allow oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). |
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Environmental news headlines
- Small Canadian Town Bans Shark Fins
- 60 percent reduction in acidity of Delaware rain
- Microsoft Commits to Carbon Neutrality
- South Korea adopts greenhouse gas regulations
- California public to vote on GMO Label Act after 1 million signatures
- From concrete jungle to urban oasis
- Honolulu City Council backs bill to ban plastic bags at store, restaurant checkouts
- Peru is latest developing nation to adopt climate change initiative
- Momentum builds: Burger King Switches to Cage Free Pork and Eggs
- State of Himalayan Glaciers Less Alarming Than Feared
- Ford Cuts Global Waste by 100 Million Pounds and Counting
- Mexico becomes 2nd country in the world to pass national climate-change law
- Mad frog bonanza: up to 36 new frogs discovered in tiny Madagascar forest
- How High Gasoline Prices are Creating Jobs and Growing The Economy
- Russia creates massive park for rare cats
- Toronto Becomes First City To Mandate Green Roofs
- Study: Wildlife survive nuclear accidents
- Saving Right Whales? There’s an app for that.
- US sets new carbon standard for power plants
- World’s largest preserve forming in Africa
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