Endangered Species

Lemurs as Pets
Before we start off with our discussion on having lemurs as pets, let me tell you one interesting fact about lemurs. Do you know that lemurs and humans, both fall into the class of primates. For more on this kind of facts and information on keeping lemurs as pets, read on...

Are Polar Bears Endangered
Polar bears, the creamy white furry animals found in the Arctic region, are plummeting in number. Climate change, pollution, poaching, etc. has forced these bears to be listed as endangered species. The article answers the question 'are polar bears endangered?'

Why are Blue Whales Endangered
According to all scientific evidences, blue whales are the largest creatures to dwell on the earth, after the dinosaurs. But the sad plight is that, these amazing creatures had been put into the category of endangered species long back and still continue to remain among the endangered species. So, let us take a look at the fact, why are blue whales endangered?

Endangered Panda Bears
Panda bears are the natives of South Western and Central Western China, and are ambassadors of the endangered animal species. They have been declared as an endangered specie and are threatened due to rapid habitat loss. Read on to find out more about the endangered panda bears.

How Endangered are they?
Where is the line between respect for nature and the man’s expansion need? God gave it to us clear enough, but we just have to see it.

List of All Endangered Species
Here is a comprehensive list of animal and plant species whose numbers have reduced so drastically that they are in immediate danger of extinction.

American Bald Eagle Population Surviving and Thriving
The Interior Department recently announced that the American Bald Eagle is no longer an endangered species.

Endangered Bald Eagle
The Bald Eagle is slowly increasing in population and therefore is losing it's Endangered status. Here is some more information about the Bald Eagle.

Endangered Tigers
One of the most majestic animals of all time, the tiger is on the brink of extinction. They have been rampantly hunted for their various body organs.

New House Revision of ESA Has Environmental Groups Up In Arms
Advocacy groups such as the Sierra Club and the National Wildlife Foundation oppose California legislator Richard Pombo’s revision of the Endangered Species Act.

Endangered Species: Endangered Animals Require Human Action To Prevent Imminent Extinction
As overpopulation and industry encroach on natural habitats, several plant and animal species face possible extinction.

Endangered Species: Making a Difference For Extinction and Preservation of Endangered Species
As a changing environment affects animals and habitats, motivated people can mean the difference between extinction and preservation for endangered species.

Wildlife Extinction Rates 'seriously Underestimated'
Endangered species may become extinct 100 times faster than previously thought, scientists have warned, in a bleak re-assessment of the threat to global biodiversity

Biodiversity: Some Species Could Be Wiped Out 100 Times Faster Than Feared, Say Researchers
Ecologists say methods previously used to predict extinctions did not take into account gender proportion of species

Call for Three Seal Species to Join Endangered List
Center for Biological Diversity list ringed, spotted and bearded seals at risk, two weeks after polar bear classified as endangered

US Authority Failing to List Endangered Species
Bald eagles, wolves, snails, butterflies and many other species native to the US have long been at risk

Japan's Whale Cull Offer Rejected
Japan has been accused of 'needless provocation' after it offered to spare endangered humpback whales in return for permission to kill a limited number of whales in Japanese coastal waters.

Many Endangered Species Stranded Outside Protected Areas, Study Finds
· Challenge to 'hotspot' theory of conservation · At-risk animals more spread out than thought

WWF further their efforts to protect endangered species
As the issue of climate change grows ever more prevalent, organisations like the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are doing their best to remind us about other environmental concerns, such as the protection of endangered species.

Warning Over Threatened Wild Food Crops
Mankind risks burning its agricultural boats by failing to protect the endangered wild relatives of staple food crops, a high level group of scientists says.

Tropical Fish Trade Threatens to Devastate Reefs
Leading marine biologists have called for a crackdown on the trade in tropical fish, which is threatening to destroy the world's already endangered coral reefs.

Rare Flower Found on Site is a Plant, Says Developer
When the sudden appearance of an endangered flower halted a controversial housing project in the heart of California's wine country, the developer, Scott Schellinger, suspected he was the victim of a plant.

Indigenous Hunt to Be Curbed
Island communities in Australia's tropical north are to be given quotas for hunting endangered sea cows, or dugong - pitting conservation against indigenous rights. Islanders in the Torres Strait, which separates Papua New Guinea from northern Queensland, are in danger of hunting the...

Wildlife Trade? It's a Jungle Out There
Dirty tricks, corruption and exploitation - as talks to protect endangered species begin in Bangkok, John Vidal asks whether Cites has had its day.

Lifeline Thrown to Species at Risk
120 states agree to increased protection, but cash is needed. Thousands of endangered species should be saved from extinction thanks to an ambitious plan to expand the world's protected areas and improve their management approved yesterday by more than 120 countries.

Kenyan Homecoming for Rare Bongo Antelope
14 female and four male bongo antelopes born in the US were transported to their ancestral home on Mount Kenya on January 30 to begin a new generation of this endangered species.

Judge Bars Feds From Downgrading Orca Protectio
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to take a second - and more scientifically updated - look at their decision last year to list orcas in Puget Sound as depleted but not endangered.

Manatee Status Gets Temporary Reprieve
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has delayed voting on a proposal to down-list the status of the Florida manatee from endangered to threatened until November of 2004.

Species Red List Makes Bleak Reading
The endangered wildlife list has expanded by 15% in the past year to include more than 12,000 animal and plant species, according to the latest study by environmentalists. The World Conservation Union (IUCN), an international organisation of governmental and non-governmental ecological...

U.S. Policy Change Threatens Endangered Animals
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to change its policy on regulating trade of endangered species. The policy changes would allow hunters, circuses and the pet industry to kill, capture and import animals on the brink of extinction in poor countries for use in America.

Beluga Sturgeon Stock Overestimated
Beluga sturgeon, the world's most valuable fish, are on the verge of extinction after the international watchdog on endangered species overestimated remaining stocks, scientists have warned. Researchers believe that lack of independent scrutiny of the estimates of sturgeon stock has led...

Pest Controller Stole Museum Specimens
A former pest controller at one of Australia's oldest museums stole more than 2,000 animal specimens for his home collection, an anti-corruption board revealed yesterday. The skins, skeletons and preserved bodies of dozens of endangered and extinct species, taken from Sydney's Australian...

Florida Crocs Make A Comeback
Conservation efforts in the swamps of South Florida have proven so successful for the American crocodile, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering down-listing the species’ classification from endangered to threatened.

Endangered Peregrine Falcons Return To NYC
You may have seen them around the city, atop bridges, church steeples and skyscrapers. Peregrine falcons have been making a comeback in New York, and some say the goal of restoring their population is within sight.

Southern Ocean Hunt for Ship With Cargo of Endangered Toothfish
South Africa joined a dramatic international hunt for an Uruguayan fishing vessel yesterday which is believed to have illegally poached millions of pounds worth of rare Patagonian toothfish in Australian waters. The Viarsa, which has ignored repeated radio orders, has been hunted for more...

Cameroon Chimp Trafficker Behind Bars
A 40-year-old man has become the first Cameroonian to face prison time for trying to sell a female baby chimpanzee, in violation of a law on the books in Cameroon that prohibits trade in endangered animals.

Ringling Bros. Circus To Be Charged With Elephant Abuse
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has ruled against Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, allowing a case to go forward charging the circus with violating the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for its routine abuse of endangered Asian elephants.

Endangered Fish Rescued from Arizona Wildfires
Biologists and volunteers have been working together to save a rare fish threatened by debris from the Aspen Fire earlier this month on Mount Lemmon in Arizona. The fire covered 40,500 acres in the Sabino Canyon area.

Endangered Dolphin Species Protected
The New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries recently banned commercial use of set nets to catch fish along the upper west coast of North Island in order to help prevent the endangered Maui’s dolphin from becoming extinct.

Smalltooth Sawfish Designated as Endangered
The United States National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has declared the smalltooth sawfish to be an endangered species.

Hunters Threaten Nature Reserve
New Zealand's unique wildlife is endangered by militants. A conservation refuge off the coast of New Zealand is at risk of destruction after militant hunters boasted of releasing possums there.

Space spies join fight to save gorillas
East Africa's endangered gorillas are to receive some unexpected aid - from outer space. Europe's space agency chiefs have agreed a project with Unesco workers to monitor the shrinking habitats of the world's last few hundred mountain gorillas by using satellites.

Giant Beluga Farm Could Save Endangered Fish
In an effort to save the fish that lays the golden eggs, businessmen are planning to build a giant fish farm on the banks of the river Ural in Kazakhstan.

Fears for 22% of world's plant species
One plant species in four could be endangered, according to scientists today. Two US researchers report in the journal Science that at least 22% of plant species on Earth may be at risk of extinction. Plants are the makers of the world, producing oxygen, and converting the sun's energy into food, fuel, and shelter for the rest of creation.

Wildlife Tv Puts Snake Charmers on Endangered List
India's snake charmers, who once captivated generations of small children by coaxing dopey cobras out of baskets, admitted yesterday that they had fallen on hard times - and blamed the decline of their profession on the increasing popularity of TV nature documentaries. The sapera -...

Last of the lynx facing oblivion in virus crisis
How Europe's big cat became the planet's most endangered feline.