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The numbers game- Saving species needs a shift in values

"Playing the "numbers game" is not good enough when it comes to identifying what species are at risk from extinction, says Nicolas Entrup. In this week's Green Room, he argues that we need to re-evaluate how we...

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Sharks swim closer to extinction

More than half of the world's ocean-going sharks are in danger of extinction, threatened largely by fishing, according to conservationists. "Specialists with IUCN (formerly the World Conservation Union) found that...

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New bird species found in Togian islands

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New bird species found in Togian islands

"Bogor (ANTARA News) - A new bird species named Kacamata Togian or Togian white-eye (Zosterops somadikartai) has been discovered in the Togian Islands, Gulf of Tomini in Central Sulawesi, a University of Indonesia...