Abandoned by NGOs and the World Bank, carved out for rubber plantations and mining by the Cambodian government, spiraling into a chaos of poaching and illegal logging, and full of endangered species and never-explored places, Virachey National Park may…
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Gas development pushing pronghorn out of vital wintering grounds
Development of natural gas fields in Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is pushing pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) out of crucial wintering grounds, a situation that could result in a population decline according to a new study in Biological Conservation….
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Gas development pushing pronghorn out of vital wintering grounds
Development of natural gas fields in Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is pushing pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) out of crucial wintering grounds, a situation that could result in a population decline according to a new study in Biological Conservation….
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Bigger is better for gorillas
A new study confirms that bigger and stronger silverback gorillas have more success finding mates and raising offspring.
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Animal picture of the day: the prehistoric peccary
The Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri) was only known from fossils and thought extinct, perhaps a victim of the megafaunal extinction that ended the Pleistocene, until researchers in the 1970s stumbled on a living population in Argentina. While peccar…
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May 02
Over 30 Yangtze porpoises found dead in China as population nears extinction
Six years after the Yangtze river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer), or baiji, was declared “functionally extinct” by scientists, another marine mammal appears on the edge of extinction in China’s hugely degraded Yangtze River. In less than two months, 32 Y…
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Over 30 Yangtze porpoises found dead in China as population nears extinction
Six years after the Yangtze river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer), or baiji, was declared “functionally extinct” by scientists, another marine mammal appears on the edge of extinction in China’s hugely degraded Yangtze River. In less than two months, 32 Y…
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Does the Tasmanian tiger exist? Is the saola extinct? Ask the leeches
The use of remote camera traps, which photograph animals as they pass, has revolutionized research on endangered and cryptic species. The tool has even allowed scientists to document animals new to science or feared extinct. But as important as camera …
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Green Blog: Inviting Cinderella Species to the Ball
Charismatic megafauna dominate fund-raising efforts at the expense of species facing greater threats, researchers report.
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