By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune 6 April 2011 The dwarf seahorse, which makes its home in seagrass beds along the coastline of Louisiana and other Gulf states, should be given endangered or threatened species status because of threats to its habitat by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and its overcollection for the aquarium trade, […]
By Sobhapati Samom, Hueiyen News Service30 March 2011 Imphal: The largest global environmental network, International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN), has listed 15 fish species including seven from Manipur as ‘Endangered freshwater fish species’ in their recently released red list of threatened species report on the status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in eastern Himalaya […]
Contact: Tierra Curry (928) 522-3681, Center for Biological Diversity22 March 2011 KNOXVILLE, Tenn.— The Obama administration denied Endangered Species Act protection Monday to the Berry Cave salamander, a rare Tennessee amphibian that government scientists say needs federal protection to keep it from going extinct. The Berry Cave salamander is known from only nine locations in […]
By KELLY DOHERTY, Associated Press23 March 2011 Up to 45 rare species of wallaby, bandicoot and other Australian animals could become extinct within 20 years unless urgent action is taken to control introduced predators and other threats, scientists warned Wednesday. Dozens of mammals, birds, lizards and other vertebrates in the remote northwestern Kimberley region are […]
By Amy Lou Jenkins, Green Living Examiner23 March 2011 Francois Hugo of Seal Alert-SA (South Africa) says that one man, Hatem Yavuz, demands ransom for 90,000 Cape Fur Seals in Namibia. Yavuz has purchased the rights from the Namibian government to club these seals to death and has offered to sell away these rights for […]
By Stephen Messenger, Porto Alegre, Brazil20 March 2011 Little Penguins are the smallest species of their kind, but that undeniable cuteness has been a detriment to their very existence lately. On Granite Island in Southern Australia, thieves have been abducting the Little Penguins from their protected reserves under cover of night, presumably to make them […]
Contact: Mark McCollough, 207-866-3344March 2, 2011 Although the eastern cougar has been on the endangered species list since 1973, its existence has long been questioned. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) conducted a formal review of the available information and, in a report issued today, concludes the eastern cougar is extinct and recommends the […]
March 2, 2011 (NPR) – In 1960, there were 400,000 lions living in the wild. Today, there are just 20,000. “That represents a 90 to 95 percent decline,” says National Geographic explorer-in-residence Dereck Joubert. “Unless we start talking about this, these lions will be extinct within the next 10 or 15 years.” Joubert and his […]
By Matthew McDermott, New York, NY 28 February 2011 Turtles and tortoises may not get the same sort of attention as the cuddlier and fuzzier animals of the world, but a new report from the Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group of the IUCN shows that these reptiles are in fact the most endangered group […]
By Staff WritersFeb 24, 2011 Sacramento (UPI) – Scientists say the water situation in California is “bleak” and the state needs to act to bolster its entire aquatic ecosystem. “Our assessment of the current water situation [in California] is bleak,” says Ellen Hanak, a Public Policy Institute of California economist. “California has essentially run out […]
