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World's common birds 'declining'
We have heard about rare birds heading towards extinction but now a report tells us that even our most common birds are dwindling in numbers as their habitats are lost. These common birds though not in danger... 25% of World's Mammals Face Extinction
A reevaluation of the Red List of Threatened Species, last assessed 10 years ago, has found that over half of all mammalian species' populations are falling and that at least 25% face the risk of extinction. ... Frogs and Toads face extinction
With one in three of all the world's amphibians on the endangered species list a new report predicts that over half of European toads, frogs and newts could be extinct in 50 years time. Climate change is predicted to... Sea eagles being blamed for causing countryside havoc
Sea eagles were being blamed for the deaths of hundreds of lambs in the UK countryside, but the accusation was rebuffed by the RSPB.However, Britain's biggest bird of prey is still being blamed for causing the... Studies say Palawan animals’ extinction looms
Scientists and conservation experts said yesterday that Palawan, Phillippines is in danger of becoming the area where some of the country's most important species are going to go extinct due to the destruction of... Hen harriers could be wiped out in England
What used to be a fairly common bird of prey in the UK, the Hen Harriers, have had such a bad breeding season this year that they could be wiped out altogether.They are England's most threatened bird of prey, and... Elephants Could be On Path To Extinction By 2020
African elephants are now being slaughtered for their ivory at a rapid pace, unseen since the international ban on ivory in 1989. However, scientists are saying that what is missing is the outcry on the ivory trade... The humpback whale is back: hunting ban saves giant of the deep from threat o...
It's a good news ...humpback whales have been taken off the danger list. The humpback is safe from the threat of extinction which was feared by conservationists forty years ago. The latest count stands at... Primates 'at risk of extinction'
A new report says that about half of the world's primates are facing extinction, saying that the destruction of rainforests is the biggest threat to primate species."Some 300 of the 634 different types of ape and... Lonesome George may have finally reproduced!
Yea for Lonesome George! George may have finally mated after 36 years in captivity. George lives in the Galapagos Islands and is the only Pinta Island tortoise left in the world. Park rangers found... South China tigers teeter on brink of extinction
The South China tigers are verging on the brink on extinction from hunting and deforestation, and these magestic animals are so close to being gone forever."Historically revered as an archetypal Chinese cultural... Vanishing Act- Is it too late for the Irrawaddy Dolphin?
"Sun Mao leans forward in the boat, shades his eyes with his hand, and squints across the wide expanse of the Mekong River where it twists through the town of Kratie. He is looking for one of the world's rarest mammals - the Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin. Older people in this... Species Extinction Threat Underestimated Due To Math Glitch
It appears that models used to calculate future species extinction rates have not included pertinent data which, when factored in alters results by two orders of magnitude."Extinction risks for natural populations of... He's black, and he's back! Private enterprise saves southern Africa's rhino f...
Great news for the Black Rhino. Sometimes private enterprise can work hand in hand with conservation as this scheme shows."A pioneering scheme which allows private landlords to own and breed wild rhinoceroses has... Celebrities join World Bank in Saving Tigers
"By Lesley WroughtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hollywood celebrities Harrison Ford, Bo Derek and Robert Duvall on Monday threw their support behind a new global initiative by the World Bank to save tigers from...
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