News tagged with population decline
French male bears in immediate need of more females
Oct 27, 2009 |
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The population of brown bears (Ursus arctos) in France is now so small that the species might become extinct in the near future. However, there is new hope in the form of new research published October 28 in the open-access, peer-r ...
Study: Loggerhead turtles put at risk by fishing
Sep 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- It's a scene that scientists say is all too common: A commercial fishing boat pulls in a net full of shrimp or tuna and finds a loggerhead sea turtle mixed in with the catch.
Death rate spikes among migrating whooping cranes
Aug 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The world's only naturally migrating whooping cranes, and the species' best chance for survival, died at about twice their normal rate last year and will likely see an overall drop in their numbers, ...
Birds in Flint Hills of Kansas, Oklahoma face population decline despite large habitat
Mar 03, 2009 |
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The wide-open spaces of the Flint Hills may no longer provide a secure home on the range for several familiar grassland birds, according to research by a Kansas State University ecologist and her colleagues.
Emperor penguins march toward extinction?
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Jan 27, 2009 |
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Popularized by the 2005 movie "March of the Penguins," emperor penguins could be headed toward extinction in at least part of their range before the end of the century, according to a paper by Woods Hole Oceanographic ...
New study reveals ecosystem-level consequences of frog extinctions
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Oct 16, 2008 |
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Streams that once sang with the croaks, chirps and ribbits of dozens of frog species have gone silent. They're victims of a fungus that's decimating amphibian populations worldwide.
