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#6445World Wildlife Day
3 March 2024, Geneva, Switzerland
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#6468Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP14)
12 - 17 February 2024, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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#6399International expert workshop on Non-Detriment Findings (NDFs)
4 - 8 December 2023, Nairobi, Kenya
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#631877th meeting of the Standing Committee (CITES)
6 - 10 November 2023, Geneva, Switzerland
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#6301World Migratory Bird Day
8 October 2023, Bonn, Germany
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#6313Third Meeting of Signatories to the Raptors MOU
3 - 6 July 2023, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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#631632nd meeting of the Animals Committee (CITES-AC32)
19 - 23 June 2023, Geneva, Switzerland
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#631526th meeting of the Plants Committee (CITES-PC26)
5 - 9 June 2023, Geneva, Switzerland
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#6289World Migratory Bird Day
14 May 2023, Bonn, Germany
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#6312Second Meeting of the Range States of the Joint CITES - CMS African Carnivores Initiative
1 - 4 May 2023, Entebbe, Uganda
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#63112nd CMS Workshop on Conservation Implications of Animal Culture and Social Complexity - Part II
3 - 4 April 2023, Parma, Italy
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#63103rd Regional Seminar on the Conservation and Restoration of Sahelo-Saharan Megafauna
14 - 16 March 2023, Agadir, Morocco
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#6283World Wildlife Day
3 March 2023, Geneva, Switzerland
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#1354472022-07-26
Monarch butterflies join the Red List of endangered species, thanks to habitat loss, climate change and pesticides
On July 21, 2022, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature placed the migratory monarch butterfly on its Red List of threatened species and classified it as endangered. Monarchs migrate across North America each year and are one of the continent’s most widely recognized species.
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#1354482022-07-26
Some conservation good news? Yes for tigers, no for sturgeons
According to a new assessment by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), there are about 40% more tigers in the wild than in 2015 — translating to around 5,600 more tigers.
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#1354492022-07-26
Density estimates reveal that fragmented landscapes provide important habitat for conserving an endangered mesopredator, the spotted-tailed quoll
Native predators are increasingly exposed to habitat loss and fragmentation globally. When developing conservation and management strategies, it is important to determine whether fragmented landscapes can still support similar predator densities to intact areas, and thereby constitute important ...
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#1354502022-07-26
A few jaguars now roam the Arizona borderlands—why that’s a big deal
When biologist Ganesh Marin first observed a jaguar on a preserve in northern Sonora, Mexico, in 2020, he was elated. The feline continued showing up on Marin’s grid of camera traps along the Arizona border, which indicated he was making the region his home. Marin nicknamed the jaguar El Bonito, ...
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#1353762022-07-20
Peru’s safe haven for threatened species – in pictures
Endemic frogs of captivating beauty, mammals and wild birds are among the species to be found in Peru’s Cordillera Escalera conservation area, a protected highly biodiverse area between the Andes and the jungle in the east of the country
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#1354012022-07-20
More than half of rare species need intensive, hands-on help to ward off extinction
International talks to stem the extinction crisis have focused chiefly on how much habitat to protect. But for many of the most endangered animals, survival is going to take more than breathing room.
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#1352582022-07-06
African Wild Dogs Lose Pups to Climate Adaptation ‘Trap
The endangered wild dog has shifted its breeding season by 22 days, resulting in fewer pups living through their first year
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#1352592022-07-06
A three-legged tortoise fitted with rollers could help save his endangered species
A three-legged tortoise rescued from smugglers has found a new lease of life at Chester Zoo, where he could help save his endangered species.
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#1352002022-07-05
Habitat loss, climate change send hyacinth macaw reeling back into endangered status
Less than a decade since conservation actions helped pull the hyacinth macaw out of Brazil’s endangered species list, the iconic cobalt-blue bird is back in the red, driven there by the loss of its habitat and a changing climate.
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#1348972022-06-07
Kangaroos in the street and a suitcase of iguanas: India’s exotic pet problem
From the red-eared slider turtle, cockatoo and falcon to the yellow-cheeked gibbon, capuchin monkey and orangutan, nothing is too much for those demanding unusual pets in India.
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#1348482022-06-02
Should we protect nature for its own sake? For its economic value? Because it makes us happy? Yes
As spring phases into summer in North America, with trees flowering and birds migrating, nature seems abundant. In fact, however, the Earth is losing animals, birds, reptiles and other living things so fast that some scientists believe the planet is entering the sixth mass extinction in its history.
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#1348112022-06-01
Spate of orchid thefts in England puts rare species at risk
A spate of thefts of rare orchids from sites in southern England has concerned scientists, who say endangered species may be at risk. Orchid experts believe that the plants, from locations including in Sussex and Kent, may have been “stolen to order”.
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#1347862022-05-31
Year of the Tiger: Illegal trade thrives amid efforts to save wild tigers
In new, covert drone footage, tigers and bears pace inside prison-like cement and corrugated steel cages near a casino complex — a newly built, expanded commercial captive-breeding facility on the banks of the Mekong River in Laos.
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#1347872022-05-31
Cameroon NGO Creates App to Track Endangered Marine Species
In Cameroon nearly 150 manatees, an endangered aquatic species also known as sea cow, are killed each year by poachers or fisherman, often unintended by the latter. An aid group has created a mobile app to collect data to help reduce manatee deaths. Anne Nzouankeu reports from lake Ossa, Cameroon.
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#1347882022-05-31
How Countries ‘Import’ and ‘Export’ Extinction Risk around the World
In the dense jungles of Cameroon and nearby countries, the population of the iconic and critically endangered western lowland gorilla declined by nearly 20 percent between 2005 and 2013 to about 360,000 individuals—and their number is expected to plunge by another 80 percent over about the next ...
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#1348002022-05-31
Rare saiga antelope population now over a million in Kazakhstan
The population of endangered Saiga antelopes in Kazakhstan is now over 1.3 million, the ecology ministry said Tuesday, in the latest boost to a species threatened by poaching and disease.
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#1347272022-05-27
Two critically endangered red-ruffed lemurs born in captivity
Baby season this year launched out of this world with the birth of two new critically endangered red-ruffed lemurs on April 13, 2022. Meet Hubble and Kitt, the newest additions at the Duke Lemur Center.
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#1347502022-05-27
California investigating sick and dying brown pelicans
Wildlife authorities are trying to determine why large numbers of California brown pelicans are being found sick and dying. Hundreds of the pelicans, which are a protected species in the state, have been admitted to wildlife rehabilitation facilities in Southern and Central California since abou ...
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#1347622022-05-27
10 ways to save butterflies as numbers plummet due to pollution and climate change
Some are flamboyant exhibitionists, others are furtive lurkers who blend in with their surroundings. Coloured vibrant orange or just plain beige, butterflies fluttering around a lush garden or wild meadow are always an idyllic summer sight.
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#1346832022-05-25
Half of UK’s butterfly species vulnerable to extinction as five join red list
Half of Britain’s butterfly species are now listed as threatened with extinction after five more joined the new “red list” of endangered butterflies.
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#1345822022-05-19
Presence of rare piping plover pair sign of 'healthy ecosystem'
Straight from Birds Canada, Tiny council heard that the bird is the word. Nesting on the shores of Woodland Beach for their fourth straight year, a pair of piping plovers have made their impact and mobilized conservation efforts to help produce a healthy clutch and increase their population.
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#1345892022-05-19
Quebec beekeepers call for emergency aid as hives suffer catastrophic losses
Quebec beekeepers are calling on the federal and provincial governments for emergency aid as bee populations see a mortality three times higher than the average.
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#1345902022-05-19
Extinction: Why scientists are freezing threatened species in
"He's gone," murmurs Chester Zoo vet Gabby Drake - holding a stethoscope to the feathered chest of a 28-year-old, bright red tropical parrot.
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#1345912022-05-19
List of endangered animal species to be displayed at public places in J’khand
A list of endangered and scheduled species found in Jharkhand will be displayed at public places like railway stations, airport and bus stands to check crime against wild animals, forest officials said on Thursday.
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#1345432022-05-18
Second endangered cheetah cub dies in Iran: state media
The second of three Asiatic cheetah cubs born in captivity in Iran has died in a blow to conservation efforts for the critically endangered subspecies, state media reported Wednesday.
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#1345102022-05-17
10 of the Most Endangered Species in the Ocean
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, the world’s most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species, at least 37% of the world’s sharks and rays, 33% of reef corals, 26% of mammals (including mari ...
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#1345122022-05-17
Endangered Caspian Seals, Sturgeon Found Dead On Kazakhstan's Caspian Coast
Officials in Kazakhstan’s western Manghystau region say 64 endangered seals and five huge sturgeon washed up dead on the shores of the Caspian Sea over the weekend.
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#1344442022-05-13
The slender-snouted crocodile savior: Q&A with Whitley Award winner Emmanuel Amoah
Baby West African slender-snouted crocodiles come into the world doubly watched over. Females of the species, Mecistops cataphractus, guard their nests on the riverbanks in the Tano River Basin until they hear the hatchlings squeak. Then they uncover them, take the hatchlings gently in their jaw ...
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#1344452022-05-13
Not all is rosy for the pink pigeon, study finds
The authors of a major study on the once critically endangered pink pigeon say boosting the species’ numbers is not enough to save it from extinction in the future.
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#1343602022-05-11
International project aims to understand and protect endangered sea turtles
A partnership of organisations and universities in the UK and Grenada has launched a new project looking into the challenges and threats facing two endangered marine species.
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#1343612022-05-11
The population of once an endangered specie, ‘Turkman wild goat’ growing in Pakistan
The population of the Turkman wild goat also known as Sindh ibex has shown significant growth in Pakistan in the last decade due to a blanket ban on hunting and the protection provided by local communities.
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#1342892022-05-05
1st endangered right whale of season spotted in Canadian waters, triggers fishing closure
The first North Atlantic right whale of the season has been spotted in Canadian waters, triggering a fishing closure in parts of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence to protect the endangered species.
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#1342902022-05-05
‘Canaries in the coalmine’: loss of birds signals changing planet
The world’s birds, described as the planet’s “canaries in the coalmine”, are disappearing in large numbers as the colossal impact of humanity on the Earth grows, a global review has found.
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#1342612022-05-04
America is exterminating its wolves. When will this stop?
Will Americans ever stop killing wolves? We stopped commercially hunting whales, and the mass slaughter of bison. We no longer clearcut old-growth redwoods, or use explosives on prairie dog towns, or build massive dams on wild salmon rivers.
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#1342642022-05-04
The Devil’s Hole pupfish has paddled back from the brink in a hellish desert domain
How the Devil’s Hole pupfish has survived for centuries in a spa-like cistern cloistered by a barren rock mountain in Death Valley National Park remains a biological mystery.
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#1342652022-05-04
Exotic, rare wildlife species found in India
India is the world’s 8th most biodiverse region. Our country encompasses a wide range of biomes: desert, high mountains, highlands, tropical and temperate forests, swamplands, plains, grasslands, areas surrounding rivers, as well as an island archipelago.
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#1342662022-05-04
Please don't croak: Scientists set mood to save Venezuelan frog
ENORMOUS expectations rest on a tiny endangered amphibian perched on a rock in a plastic box: the Mucuchies’ Frog needs to produce offspring if its species is to survive.