Wildlife

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Research Finds Dolphins With Elevated Mercury Levels in Florida and Georgia, USScience

Research Finds Dolphins With Elevated Mercury Levels in Florida and Georgia, US

By NIST In a study with potential implications for the oceans and human health, scientists reported elevated mercury levels in dolphins in the U.S. Southeast,…
SourceSourceJune 14, 2024 Full article
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Polar bears could vanish from Canada’s Hudson Bay if temperatures rise 2CNewsClimate

Polar bears could vanish from Canada’s Hudson Bay if temperatures rise 2C

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk An international team of scientists said Thursday that polar bears faced local extinction in Canada's Hudson Bay by…
SourceSourceJune 13, 2024 Full article
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Cocaine trafficking threatens critical bird habitatsScience

Cocaine trafficking threatens critical bird habitats

By Pat Leonard Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Cornell University In addition to its human consequences, cocaine trafficking harms the environment and threatens habitats important…
SourceSourceJune 13, 2024 Full article
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Specialist and migratory birds at greater risk under climate changeClimate

Specialist and migratory birds at greater risk under climate change

By Lauren Quinn, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Following decades of decline, even fewer birds will darken North American skies by the end of the century,…
SourceSourceJune 12, 2024 Full article
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India plans ‘historic’ tiger transfer to Cambodia this yearNews

India plans ‘historic’ tiger transfer to Cambodia this year

Phnom Penh, Cambodia (AFP) - India will send four tigers to Cambodia this year in a "historic" bid to revive the kingdom's big cat population,…
SourceSourceMay 23, 2024 Full article
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Trees please me, but we also need biodiversity in our citiesNews

Trees please me, but we also need biodiversity in our cities

By Sarah Bekessy, RMIT University in Melbourne Increasing the amount of nature in our cities can provide many benefits as long as it's done with biodiversity in…
SourceSourceMay 20, 2024 Full article
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Endangered Iberian lynx population doubles in three yearsNews

Endangered Iberian lynx population doubles in three years

Madrid, Spain (AFP) - The number of endangered Iberian lynx in the wild in Spain and Portugal has nearly doubled since 2020 to surpass 2,000…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2024 Full article
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Illegal wildlife trafficking persistently pervasive: UNNews

Illegal wildlife trafficking persistently pervasive: UN

Vienna, Austria | AFP The proportion of the global wildlife trade that is illegal has risen, the UN reported Monday, saying progress to end the…
SourceSourceMay 13, 2024 Full article
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UN report sounds alarm on decline of migratory species worldwideNews

UN report sounds alarm on decline of migratory species worldwide

Samarkand, 12 February 2024 – Today marked a pivotal moment in the global effort to conserve biodiversity as the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreFebruary 12, 2024 Full article