Endangered Animal News

Posted November 6, 2009:

• Male Sabertoothed Cats Were Pussycats Compared To Macho Lions
• DNA Barcodes: Creative New Uses Span Health, Fraud, Smuggling, History, More
• Can Biodiversity Persist In The Face Of Climate Change?

Posted November 5, 2009:

• Scientists Launch Effort To Sequence The DNA Of 10,000 Vertebrates

Posted November 4, 2009:

• Timber Harvest Impacts Amphibians Differently During Life Stages

Posted November 2, 2009:

• Data Point To Some Improvements In China's Environment

Posted October 30, 2009:

• Remotely Operated Vehicles And Satellite Tags Aid Turtle Studies

Posted October 29, 2009:

• Global Warming Cycles Threaten Endangered Primate Species
• Fishery Impact Test Developed

Posted October 27, 2009:

• Endemic Birds Thrive On Timor-Leste's 'Lost World' Mountain
• First Ever Method To Genetically Identify All Eight Tuna Species
• Catching A Killer One Spore At A Time: Monitor The Spread Of A Deadly Frog Disease

Posted October 26, 2009:

• Sage-grouse Populations In US Intermountain West May Be Threatened By Energy Development, Study Predicts

Posted October 23, 2009:

• Hybrids Of Invasive Australian Plant Species Casuarina Found Growing Widely In Florida

Posted October 21, 2009:

• Scientists Discover Largest Orb-weaving Spider

Posted October 20, 2009:

• Killer Algae: Key Player In Mass Extinctions
• Conservation: Minimum Population Size Targets Too Low To Prevent Extinction?
• Last Chance To Save Rare Asian Animal From Extinction?

Posted October 17, 2009:

• Decline In Russian Tigers Renews Calls To End All Trade

Posted October 15, 2009:

• Global Seed Banking Milestone Celebrated

Posted October 14, 2009:

• World Will Miss 2010 Target To Stem Biodiversity Loss, Experts Say

Posted October 13, 2009:

• Long Feared Extinct, Rare Bird Rediscovered
• Sex In The Caribbean: Environmental Change Drives Evolutionary Change, Eventually

Posted October 11, 2009:

• No Place Like Home: Africa's Big Cats Show Postcode Preference

Posted October 4, 2009:

• Loss Of Top Predators Causing Surge In Smaller Predators, Ecosystem Collapse

Posted September 30, 2009:

• Northwestern United States Could Face More Tamarisk -- Aggressive Invasive Plant -- By Century's End

Posted September 29, 2009:

• Hunting: An Extinction Threat To Middle East's Most Threatened Bird

Posted September 28, 2009:

• New Species Discovered In The Greater Mekong At Risk Of Extinction Due To Climate Change

Posted September 23, 2009:

• Frog Fungus Hammering Biodiversity Of Communities

Posted September 22, 2009:

• Researchers Work To Keep Terrapin Turtle Off Endangered Species List

Posted September 21, 2009:

• New Species Discovered On Whale Skeletons
• Invasive Species On The March: Variable Rates Of Spread Set Current Limits To Predictability

Posted September 18, 2009:

• Introduced Japanese White-eyes Pose Major Threat To Hawaii's Native And Endangered Birds

Posted September 17, 2009:

• Live Birth -- Key To Much Marine Life -- Depends Upon Evolution Of Chromosomal Sex Determination

Posted September 16, 2009:

• Monitoring Illegal Wildlife Trade: DNA 'Barcodes' For 25 Hunted Wildlife Species Sequenced

Posted September 15, 2009:

• Evidence Points To Conscious 'Metacognition' In Some Nonhuman Animals
• Barcoding Endangered Sea Turtles

Posted September 14, 2009:

• Flash Recovery Of Ammonoids After Most Massive Extinction Of All Time

Posted September 13, 2009:

• Are Tigers 'Brainier' Than Lions?

Posted September 8, 2009:

• First DNA Barcodes Of Commonly Traded Bushmeat: New Tool For Tracking Global Trade In Wildlife
• Bats Without Borders: World's Largest Bats Need International Protection
• Butterflies Being Counted In China, Australia And Israel

Posted September 7, 2009:

• Alarming Invasion Of Round Goby Into Great Lakes Tributaries: Impact On Endangered Fishes 'Serious'
• Climate Change Influences The Size Of Marine Organisms: Big Advantage For The Small

Posted September 4, 2009:

• Nowhere To Hide: Some Species Are Unable To Adapt To Climate Change Due To Their Genes

Posted August 26, 2009:

• Global Priority Regions For Carnivore Conservation

Posted August 20, 2009:

• Disease Risks When Moving Wildlife To New Areas: Endangered Laysan Duck Cautionary Tale

Posted August 11, 2009:

• Hundreds Of New Species Discovered In Eastern Himalayas

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