News tagged with captive
Caught in the act: Scientists find butterflies splitting into two species
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Breaking up may actually not be hard to do, say scientists who've found a population of tropical butterflies that may be on its way to a split into two distinct species.
Pandas to return to famous China reserve in 2012
Sep 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Sixty pandas relocated last year from a famous Chinese nature reserve after their breeding center was severely damaged by a massive earthquake will return home after repairs in 2012.
Last chance to save the saola from extinction?
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Conservation biologists based in four countries gathered for an emergency meeting in Vientiane, Lao PDR, August 19, to address the peril of extinction facing one the world's most enigmatic mammals, the Saola.
Pandas could be extinct in 2-3 generations: report
Aug 17, 2009 |
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China's giant panda could be extinct in just two to three generations as rapid economic development is infringing on its way of life, state media said on Monday, citing an expert at conservation group WWF.
Tribal effort to fix broken world hinges on condor
Aug 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The tribes of the lower Klamath River have since ancient times decorated themselves with condor feathers when they performed the dances designed to heal a world gone wrong.
Male seahorses like big mates
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Male seahorses have a clear agenda when it comes to selecting a mating partner: to increase their reproductive success. By being choosy and preferring large females, they are likely to have more and bigger eggs, as well as ...
Most endangered feline brought back from the brink
Jun 21, 2009 |
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Road signs throughout the vast Donana National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southwestern Spain, warn drivers to watch out for lynxes.
Necessity is the mother of invention for clever birds (w/Videos)
May 25, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Queen Mary, University of London have found that rooks, a member of the crow family, are capable of using and making tools, modifying them to make them work and using two tools ...
$14M effort announced to save rare Hawaiian bird
Apr 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Federal wildlife officials say they plan to spend more than $14 million to prevent the extinction of the Hawaiian crow, one of the rarest forest birds in the world.
Europe's bison: prehistoric survivor with Achilles' heel
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Feb 26, 2009 |
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As if straight out of prehistory, dozens of bison emerge timidly from the dark trunks of a primeval forest, their imposing bulk masking their vulnerability.
Conserving biodiversity or plundering genetic diversity? What is captive breeding doing to fish populations?
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Dec 11, 2008 |
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Human impacts on the environment have reduced populations of wild species to dangerously low levels. Nowhere is this more apparent than in worldwide fisheries, where thanks to overfishing and habitat destruction, countless ...
Captive breeding introduced infectious disease to Mallorcan amphibians
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Sep 22, 2008 |
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A potentially deadly fungus that can kill frogs and toads was inadvertently introduced into Mallorca by a captive breeding program that was reintroducing a rare species of toad into the wild, according to a new study published ...
Serious disease in pet lizards caused by new bacteria
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Sep 19, 2008 |
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Skin infections are common in pet lizards and can lead to fatal organ disease and septicaemia. Infections are particularly risky in lizards that are bred in captivity for release into the wild, as they can spread into the ...
Recovery efforts not enough for critically endangered Asian vulture
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Sep 05, 2008 |
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Captive breeding colonies of a critically endangered vulture, whose numbers in the wild have dwindled from tens of millions to a few thousand, are too small to protect the species from extinction, a University ...
