News tagged with wildlife conservation areas
Nature parks can save species as climate changes
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Retaining a network of wildlife conservation areas is vital in helping to save up to 90 per cent of bird species in Africa affected by climate change, according to scientists.
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Study: urban black bears 'live fast, die young'
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Sep 30, 2008 |
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Black bears that live around urban areas weigh more, get pregnant at a younger age, and are more likely to die violent deaths, according to a study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).
World's most endangered gorilla fights back
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Dec 05, 2007 |
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In the wake of a study that documented for the first time the use of weaponry by Cross River gorillas to ward off threats by humans, the Wildlife Conservation Society announced today new field surveys to better protect this ...
Jumbo-sized discovery made in Malaysia
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Jan 14, 2009 |
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New data released today by the Wildlife Conservation Society and Malaysia's Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) reveals that a population of endangered Asian elephants living in a Malaysian park ...
Arctic oil: A boon for nest predators
Sep 08, 2009 |
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A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and other groups reveals how oil development in the Artic is impacting some bird populations by providing "subsidized housing" ...
No place like home: Africa's big cats show postcode preference
Oct 09, 2009 |
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The secret lives of some of Africa's iconic carnivores, including big cats, are revealed in a new study in Animal Conservation, today.
For the birds or for me? Why do conservationists really help wildlife?
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Aug 07, 2008 |
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Volunteers who take part in conservation efforts may do it more for themselves than the wildlife they are trying to protect, a University of Alberta case study shows.
New monkey discovered in Brazil
Jul 07, 2009 |
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The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced today the discovery of a new monkey in a remote region of the Amazon in Brazil.
Are Ice Age relics the next casualty of climate change?
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Apr 24, 2008 |
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The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) recently launched a four-year study to determine if climate change is affecting populations of a quintessential Arctic denizen: the rare musk ox. Along with collaborators ...
The straight poop on counting tigers
Jun 18, 2009 |
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The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced today a major breakthrough in the science of saving tigers: high-tech DNA fecal sampling.
Penguins and sea lions help produce new atlas
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Recording hundreds of thousands of individual uplinks from satellite transmitters fitted on penguins, albatrosses, sea lions, and other marine animals, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and BirdLife ...
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