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Unique species discovered from NE

Indian Researcher, Dr. S D Biju has discovered three species of limbless amphibians from the forests of Manipur and Nagaland. The species discovered are unique as they as two of them have moustache-like stripes...

850 New Species Found Underground In Australia

A team of 18 scientists have concluded a four-year research mission in the Australian outback, and found 850 new species of invertabrates in caves and underground water.The never before seen species include...

Tiny seahorse, world's longest insect among top new species

"Tiny seahorse, world's longest insect among top new species" Top 10 species were discovered in 2008: including an Indonesian seahorse, an insect that has a length of 14 in & a look alike a stick & a caffeine-free plant from Cameroon that is rare.More details: You...

Seventeen New Species Discovered in Tanzania

The rainforests of the South Nguru Mountains in eastern Tanzania were virtually unexplored until the arrival of Michele Menegon, a researcher from the Natural Science Museum of Trento, Italy, in 2004. She...

Peru creates Environment Police Force

Peru will create an environment task force to safeguard forests and monitor the Amazons rivers. There will be about 3,000 officers that will be called The Environment Police.There is 373,000 sq km of Amazon...

Economics of climate change:Nature loss 'dwarfs bank crisis'

 The Global economy is lossing more money from deforestation than the current banking crisis.The study puts the annual cost of forest loss at between $2- $5 trillion, including the value of services such as...

Rare British species get their own wood to thrive in

There are at least 45 rare or protected species of British wildlife that will benefit from their own woodland area at what will be known as the Sunday Times Wood in Hertfordshire. One of the species that will...

Brazil: Scientists discover new reefs teeming with marine life

"Doubling the size of the southern Atlantic's largest reef system Fort Lauderdale, FL (July 8, 2008) – Scientists announced today the discovery of reef structures they believe doubles the size of the Southern...

Code red for wildlife

The number of endangered wildlife species in Vietnam has increased in recent years, according to the latest edition of the Vietnam Red Data Book."The country’s biodiversity status has changed a lot because of...

Biodiversity protection starts from agriculture, says UN chief

"Efforts to prevent the loss of biodiversity should start from agriculture, said UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon Thursday in a message on the International Day for Biological Diversity."This Day serves as a reminder of the importance of the Earth's biodiversity, and as a...

Up to 1/3 of World's Wildlife Wiped Out Since 1970

These statistics are almost impossible to believe. We've lost more than a quarter, and possibly up to a third, of the world's wildlife in the past 40 years alone. At a current extinction rate of 1% per year, that...

Biodiversity loss will wipe out cures: experts

"The world risks wiping out a huge amount of future antibiotics and disease cures if it fails to reverse the rapid extinction of thousands of plant and animal species, experts warned Wednesday.Biodiversity loss has reached alarming levels, and disappearing with it are the...

Everything Everywhere: Encyclopedia of Life Launches

It's a big week for securing biodiversity knowledge. First, the Doomsday Vault opens in Norway, and now this:The philanthopically-funded Enyclopedia of Life has gone live. With an initial donated budget of $50...

"Doomsday" Global Seed Vault Opens its Doors Today

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a repository of 100 million agriculture crop seeds, received its inaugural shipment of seeds today from over 100 different countries.The seed vault, whose utility is only matched by...

Massive effort needed to save the frogs worldwide in 2008 - Year of the Frog

Amphibians can be a "toady" subject to a lot of people.  A  person who is a ‘toady’ grovels to please others. It is considered an insult. But, toads actually are frogs. The toads just have stubbier...

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