Tag Archives: Endangered and Extinct Species

The New York Times 6:08 pm on March 17, 2023
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Facing Extinction, but Available for Selfies in Japan’s Animal Cafes

Critically endangered species and ones banned from international trade are among the hundreds of types birds, reptiles and mammals that researchers identified at 142 animal cafes.

#animal-abuse-rights-and-welfare, #breeding-of-animals, #conservation-science-and-practice-journal, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #japan, #regulation-and-deregulation-of-industry, #research, #restaurants, #wildlife-trade-and-poaching, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 8:59 pm on March 15, 2023
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Sunflower Sea Stars Are Set to Get Protection Under the Endangered Species Act

Sunflower sea stars, hit by a “climate-fueled pandemic,” play a key role in keeping marine ecosystems balanced.

#biodiversity, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #starfish, #sunflower-sea-star

The New York Times 5:01 am on February 22, 2023
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How Widespread Are These Toxic Chemicals? They’re Everywhere.

Researchers created a map showing where PFAS compounds, linked to cancer in humans, have been detected in wildlife. It spans the globe.

#animals, #biodiversity, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #environmental-working-group, #hazardous-and-toxic-substances, #pfas-per-and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances, #research

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 16, 2023
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Horseshoe Crabs Are in Trouble. How Much Longer Can We Rely on Their Blood to Test Our Drugs?

An alternative test is urgently needed to protect horseshoe crabs and the birds that depend on their eggs.

#animals, #beaches, #biotechnology-and-bioengineering, #birds, #crabs, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #fishing-commercial, #hazardous-and-toxic-substances, #stents-medical-devices, #wildlife-trade-and-poaching

The New York Times 12:38 am on February 15, 2023
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How Climate Change Is Spreading Malaria in Africa

The mosquitoes that transmit the disease dramatically increased their range over the last century as temperatures warmed, scientists reported.

#animals, #biology-letters-journal, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #global-warming, #malaria, #mosquitoes, #research

The New York Times 5:05 pm on February 8, 2023
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The Biggest Penguin That Ever Existed Was a ‘Monster Bird’

Fossils found in New Zealand highlight an era after the dinosaurs when giant flightless birds prowled the seas for prey.

#endangered-and-extinct-species, #fossils, #journal-of-paleontology, #new-zealand, #paleontology, #penguins, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 11:07 pm on February 2, 2023
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These Extinct Elephants Were Neanderthals’ ‘Biggest Calorie Bombs’

A study of butchered bones from 125,000 years ago offers what researchers call “the first clear-cut evidence of elephant-hunting in human evolution.”

#animals, #archaeology-and-anthropology, #bones, #elephants, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #europe, #germany, #hunting-and-trapping, #mammoths-animals, #neanderthal-man, #paleontology, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 2:14 pm on February 2, 2023
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They Outlasted the Dinosaurs. Can They Survive Us?

Sturgeon are disappearing from North American rivers where they thrived for millions of years. And the quest to save them is exposing the limits of the Endangered Species Act.

#caviar, #conservation-of-resources, #delaware, #delaware-river, #delaware-state-university, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #fox-dewayne-a, #internal-sub-only, #national-marine-fisheries-service, #north-america, #rivers

The New York Times 5:00 pm on January 26, 2023
Tags: Amami Oshima (Japan), , Balanophora yuwanensis, , Endangered and Extinct Species, , , , Oshima Island (Japan), Pentalagus furnessi, , Tokunoshima Island (Japan),   

How Rare Island Bunnies Do a Parasitic Plant’s Bidding

The world’s only wild black-furred rabbit has a very important job — distributing seeds for a parasitic plant.

#amami-oshima-japan, #animal-behavior, #balanophora-yuwanensis, #ecology-journal, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #flowers-and-plants, #forests-and-forestry, #fruit, #oshima-island-japan, #pentalagus-furnessi, #rabbits, #tokunoshima-island-japan, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 10:17 pm on January 16, 2023
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Why This Trilobite Had Neptune’s Trident for a Nose

A new paper suggests an ancient creature’s odd anatomical feature may be the earliest known example of specialized sexual combat in the animal kingdom.

#animal-behavior, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #nose, #paleontology, #proceedings-of-the-national-academy-of-sciences, #reproduction-biological, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 10:00 am on January 14, 2023
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Ecuador Tried to Curb Drilling and Protect the Amazon. The Opposite Happened.

A novel idea to leave the country’s vast oil reserves in the ground fizzled for lack of international support. Now, struggling under painful debt, the government wants to expand drilling in the rainforest.

#amazon-jungle, #credit-and-debt, #ecuador, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #global-warming, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #income-inequality, #indigenous-people, #oil-petroleum-and-gasoline, #third-world-and-developing-countries, #vis-photo, #yasuni-national-park-ecuador

The New York Times 8:00 pm on January 9, 2023
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Global Warming May Make You Miss These Parasites When They’re Gone

Warming temperatures in one part of the world seem to have driven down the parasite population, suggesting another unexpected way that climate change harms ecosystems.

#endangered-and-extinct-species, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #global-warming, #parasites, #proceedings-of-the-national-academy-of-sciences, #puget-sound, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 10:24 pm on December 20, 2022
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What’s In (and Not In) the $1.7 Trillion Spending Bill

A big boost for the military, more aid for Ukraine, a preference for the lobster industry over whales and an overhaul of the Electoral Count Act are among the provisions in the 4,155-page bill lawmakers expect to pass this week.

#agriculture-department, #biomedical-advanced-research-and-development-authority, #centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #defense-department, #elections, #electoral-count-act-1887, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #federal-budget-us, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #fishing-commercial, #health-insurance-and-managed-care, #house-of-representatives, #hurricanes-and-tropical-storms, #law-and-legislation, #medicaid, #national-labor-relations-board, #national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration, #national-park-service, #organized-labor, #pensions-and-retirement-plans, #police, #russian-invasion-of-ukraine-2022, #senate, #transportation-department-us, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #united-states-politics-and-government, #whales-and-whaling

The New York Times 12:54 pm on December 19, 2022
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Countries Adopt a Sweeping Agreement to Protect Nature

Delegates meeting in Canada, aiming to halt a dangerous decline in biodiversity, agreed on a deal to place 30 percent of the planet under protection.

#biodiversity, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #global-warming, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #indigenous-people, #international-relations, #land-use-policies, #oceans-and-seas, #united-nations-convention-on-biological-diversity

The New York Times 5:09 pm on December 15, 2022
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No One Wants to Say ‘Put Down That Burger.’ But We Really Should.

If current eating and farming trends continue, the world will clear at least one and a quarter more Indias worth of land by 2050.

#agriculture-and-farming, #biodiversity, #bioenergy-and-biofuels, #earth, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #food, #forests-and-forestry, #invasive-species, #livestock, #sustainable-living, #united-nations, #united-nations-convention-on-biological-diversity, #vegetarianism

The New York Times 10:00 am on December 14, 2022
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Those Adorable Endangered Creatures Are Not the Point

We treat conservation as an altruistic pursuit — a special interest championed by a passionate few — but it’s also a selfish cause.

#biodiversity, #cheetahs, #conservation-of-resources, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #forests-and-forestry, #rhinoceroses, #united-nations-convention-on-biological-diversity

The New York Times 5:30 pm on December 12, 2022
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Can Australia Save a Rare Reptile by Moving It to a Cooler Place?

An experiment to preserve the western swamp tortoise is the latest flash point in a debate over how far humans should go to protect nature as the world warms.

#australia, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #global-warming, #turtles-and-tortoises

The New York Times 4:00 pm on December 1, 2022
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A Penguin-Like Shape May Have Helped This Dinosaur Dive

The duck-size animal’s body was streamlined for pursuing prey underwater, researchers say. Other paleontologists say more work is needed to confirm the finding.

#communications-biology-journal, #dinosaurs, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #fossils, #mongolia, #paleontology, #penguins, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 10:00 am on November 8, 2022
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The Return of the Jaguar in the Yucatán Peninsula

Thanks to Mexican conservation efforts, the jaguar is making a comeback in the Yucatán Peninsula. A traveler ventures into its habitat in the tropical jungles surrounding an ancient Maya city.

#endangered-and-extinct-species, #jaguars, #travel-and-vacations, #yucatan-peninsula-mexico

The New York Times 10:00 am on November 8, 2022
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A Planned Restart of a Crab Harvest Pits Conservation Against Industry

After a decade-long ban, the potential revival of crab harvesting in the Delaware Bay poses a threat to shorebirds, naturalists say.

#animal-migration, #animals, #birds, #conservation-of-resources, #crabs, #delaware, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #fish-farming, #fishing-commercial, #maryland, #new-jersey, #regulation-and-deregulation-of-industry, #shortages, #virginia

The New York Times 3:35 pm on October 13, 2022
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A South Pacific Penguin Dumps One of Its Potential Chicks

On the Antipodes Islands in the South Pacific, researchers observed a strange parenting move in erect-crested penguins — laying an egg that’s doomed to die.

#animal-behavior, #antipodes-islands-new-zealand, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #new-zealand, #penguins, #plos-one-journal, #research, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 12:14 am on October 13, 2022
Tags: , , Endangered and Extinct Species, , Living Planet Index, , World Wide Fund for Nature, Zoological Society of London   

The 2022 Living Planet Index Is Out. Here’s How to Understand It.

The latest update to an important assessment found that populations had declined by an average of 69 percent since 1970. But that might not mean what you think.

#animals, #biodiversity, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #global-warming, #living-planet-index, #research, #world-wide-fund-for-nature, #zoological-society-of-london

The New York Times 9:00 am on October 3, 2022
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Lights Out, America! (Songbirds Are Counting on Us.)

Up to a billion birds die in window strikes every year. But the best way to make the migration seasons safer overall is also the easiest.

#animal-migration, #autumn-season, #birds, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #environment

The New York Times 3:53 am on September 17, 2022
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After 75 Years, Cheetahs Return to India in a Grand Experiment

Scientists aim to determine whether a predator population can be restored in a place where it was hunted into extinction.

#cheetah-conservation-fund, #cheetahs, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #india, #madhya-pradesh-india, #modi-narendra, #namibia

The New York Times 9:00 am on September 16, 2022
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How Far Should We Go to Save a Species?

As scientists push the frontiers of conservation technology, some of their initiatives raise ethical questions.

#animals, #artificial-insemination, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #genetics-and-heredity, #global-warming, #wildlife-trade-and-poaching

The New York Times 6:54 pm on September 13, 2022
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To Save Whales, Don’t Eat Lobster, Watchdog Group Says

The group says that the shellfish, long considered a more responsible choice, cannot be considered a guilt-free meal anymore.

#endangered-and-extinct-species, #fishing-commercial, #lobsters, #monterey-bay-aquarium, #national-marine-fisheries-service, #seafood, #seafood-watch, #supermarkets-and-grocery-stores, #whales-and-whaling, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 3:05 pm on August 26, 2022
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The Dugong ‘Sea Cow’ Has Vanished from China’s Waters, Study Says

The study said the dugong, a vegetarian mammal that ranges across Asia and Africa, has essentially vanished from the country’s coastline.

#dugongs, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #far-east-south-and-southeast-asia-and-pacific-areas, #manatees, #research, #royal-society-open-science-journal, #south-china-sea

The New York Times 8:24 pm on August 16, 2022
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Harriet Hageman, Poised to Defeat Liz Cheney, Has Anti-Environment History

Harriet Hageman, who is challenging Representative Liz Cheney, worked for decades as a lawyer opposing environmentalists and federal regulations of resources in Wyoming.

#cheney-liz, #content-type-personal-profile, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #federal-lands, #hageman-harriet, #house-of-representatives, #land-use-policies, #republican-party, #united-states-politics-and-government, #wilderness-areas, #wolves

The New York Times 9:02 am on August 15, 2022
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Pigs to the Rescue: An Invasive Species Helped Save Australia’s Crocodiles

Invasive species can damage the ecosystems they wind up in. But in parts of the world, endangered predators make hearty meals out of them.

#alligators, #animals, #australia, #biology-letters-journal, #crocodiles, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #everglades-fla, #florida, #florida-panthers-animals, #invasive-species, #pigs, #united-states, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 6:00 pm on August 10, 2022
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Modern and Ancient Crickets May Sing the Same Song

With a one-of-a-kind museum specimen, researchers recreated the chirp of ancient cricket relatives that droned alongside the dinosaurs.

#anatomy-and-physiology, #animal-behavior, #crickets, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #plos-one-journal, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 9:48 pm on August 2, 2022
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The Outdoor Cat: Neighborhood Mascot or Menace?

To some, letting cats roam is unthinkable. To others, so is keeping them inside.

#animal-behavior, #animals, #birds, #cats, #endangered-and-extinct-species

The New York Times 1:00 pm on July 28, 2022
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At the Serpentine, a Show of Nature’s Healing Power

The climate crisis is inspiring — and requiring — new perspectives in thinking for the London gallery, starting with “Back to Earth.”

#art, #colombia, #elwha-river-wash, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #eno-brian, #flowers-and-plants, #gardens-and-gardening, #global-warming, #global-witness, #levees-and-dams, #london-england, #metzger-gustav-1926-2017, #obrist-hans-ulrich, #serpentine-galleries, #the-overstory-book

The New York Times 1:27 pm on July 21, 2022
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Monarch Butterflies Are Placed on IUCN Red List

Researchers cited climate change and habitat loss. But they also said the public can help give the insects a boost.

#agriculture-and-farming, #animal-migration, #biodiversity, #butterflies-and-moths, #caterpillars, #defoliants-and-herbicides, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #flowers-and-plants, #global-warming, #insects, #international-union-for-conservation-of-nature, #north-america

The New York Times 11:55 am on July 19, 2022
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Australia’s Environment in Crisis, Report Says

Climate change, habitat loss, invasive species, pollution and mining have contributed to a drastic decline in the populations of some wildlife species.

#animals, #australia, #biodiversity, #coral, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #global-warming, #great-barrier-reef-australia, #koalas, #reefs, #wildlife-die-offs

The New York Times 9:00 am on July 16, 2022
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Did Nature Heal During the Pandemic ‘Anthropause’?

Covid precautions created a global slowdown in human activity — and an opportunity to learn more about the complex ways we affect other species.

#animal-behavior, #animals, #atlantic-ocean, #birds, #california, #canada, #conservation-of-resources, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #hawaii, #invasive-species, #mice, #noise, #roadkill, #roads-and-traffic, #san-francisco-calif, #snorkeling, #sweden, #travel-and-vacations, #turtles-and-tortoises, #wildlife-trade-and-poaching, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 4:14 pm on July 8, 2022
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Biodiversity Crisis Affects Billions Who Rely on Wild Species, Researchers Say

The latest global assessment of the decline in plant and animal life found some bright spots but recommended significant changes to hunting and other practices to address the risks.

#biodiversity, #conservation-of-resources, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #global-warming, #indigenous-people, #intergovernmental-science-policy-platform-on-biodiversity-and-ecosystem-services, #international-union-for-conservation-of-nature, #united-nations, #united-nations-convention-on-biological-diversity, #wildlife-trade-and-poaching

The New York Times 3:04 pm on June 29, 2022
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A Canine Companion So Nice It (Maybe) Evolved Twice

Two different ancient wolf populations contributed DNA to modern dogs, according to a new study.

#dogs, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #genetics-and-heredity, #pets, #research, #wolves, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 11:24 pm on June 23, 2022
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To Catch a Snake: Largest Python Found in Everglades Signals a Threat

The Burmese python caught by a team of trackers breaks a record and shows the invasive species surviving in Florida’s ecosystem despite efforts to remove those snakes.

#conservation-of-resources, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #environment, #everglades-fla, #florida, #invasive-species, #snakes

The New York Times 9:00 am on June 20, 2022
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Let’s Pass the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act

An “unthinkable level of bipartisan support” may just lead to a win for species in peril.

#conservation-of-resources, #democratic-party, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #environment, #law-and-legislation, #republican-party

The New York Times 2:42 pm on June 15, 2022
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Climate Groups Use Endangered Species Act to Try to Stop Drilling

Environmentalists say the government failed to study the threats to endangered species from climate change before issuing oil and gas drilling permits.

#air-pollution, #bureau-of-land-management, #carbon-dioxide, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #environment, #federal-lands, #global-warming, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #interior-department, #oil-petroleum-and-gasoline

The New York Times 7:00 am on June 5, 2022
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New Zealand’s Biodiversity Crisis Prompts Extreme Measures

A few years ago, the nation vowed to rid itself of most imported predators. But now some people are asking if that goal is feasible, or worth what it will cost.

#biodiversity, #conservation-of-resources, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #invasive-species, #new-zealand, #volunteers-and-community-service

The New York Times 3:15 pm on May 31, 2022
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Megalodon Extinction May Have Been Driven by Hungry Great White Sharks

The largest shark that ever lived may have vanished in part because the comparatively smaller great white had a taste for the same prey.

#endangered-and-extinct-species, #fossils, #isotopes, #nature-communications-journal, #paleontology, #research, #sharks, #teeth-and-dentistry, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science, #zinc

The New York Times 9:00 am on May 28, 2022
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Dinosaurs Started Out Hot, Then Some of Them Turned Cold

Scientists directly measured the metabolic rate of extinct animals, which revealed that some giant dinosaurs became coldblooded.

#anatomy-and-physiology, #biology-and-biochemistry, #dinosaurs, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #fossils, #nature-journal, #paleontology, #pterosaurs, #research, #temperature, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 4:42 pm on May 23, 2022
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Watch a Giant Stingray’s Safe Return to Its River Home

The Mekong River is home to enormous and endangered aquatic life. A 400-pound fish’s release shows how some conservation efforts in Cambodia are paying off.

#cambodia, #conservation-of-resources, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #mekong-river, #research, #stingrays, #wonders-of-the-mekong-project, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 8:02 pm on May 19, 2022
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In Romania’s Transylvanian Alps, See Bison on Safari

In Europe, “rewilding” is aiding the reintroduction of key animal species, including bison, which visitors can track in the forests and meadows of western Romania.

#biodiversity, #bison, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #rewilding-europe, #romania, #safaris, #transylvania-romania, #travel-and-vacations

The New York Times 3:00 pm on May 19, 2022
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Scientists Uncover a Shady Web of Online Spider Sales

More than 1,200 species of arachnids are part of a largely unregulated global marketplace, according to a new study.

#animals, #collectors-and-collections, #communications-biology-journal, #conservation-of-resources, #convention-on-international-trade-in-endangered-species, #costa-rica, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #fish-and-wildlife-service, #international-trade-and-world-market, #scorpions, #spiders, #united-states, #vietnam, #wildlife-trade-and-poaching, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 7:26 pm on May 17, 2022
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A Boxed Set for the Birds Hopes to Save Them, Too

A star-studded, 242-track trove of songs and poems inspired by birdsong is the latest project in a series of releases raising awareness about its own threatened sources.

#audio-recordings-downloads-and-streaming, #birds, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #for-the-birds-album, #music, #poster-randall

The New York Times 3:16 pm on May 10, 2022
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Mushrooms Took a Deadly Toxin From a Mysterious Source

Instead of evolving to produce poison, some distantly related fungi became toxic through a process called horizontal gene transfer, scientists say.

#endangered-and-extinct-species, #fungi, #genetics-and-heredity, #hazardous-and-toxic-substances, #proceedings-of-the-national-academy-of-sciences, #research, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 6:34 pm on April 28, 2022
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In Warming World Oceans Risk Mass Extinctions, Model Shows

A new study finds that if fossil fuel emissions continue apace, the oceans could experience a mass extinction by 2300. There is still time to avoid it.

#endangered-and-extinct-species, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #global-warming, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #oceans-and-seas, #research, #science-journal

The New York Times 4:01 pm on April 27, 2022
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20 Percent of Reptiles Risk Extinction, From King Cobras to Geckos

The first global analysis of its kind found that logging and farming are taking away reptile habitat at an unsustainable pace, exacerbating a worldwide decline in biodiversity.

#biodiversity, #crocodiles, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #global-warming, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #international-union-for-conservation-of-nature, #komodo-dragons-lizards, #nature-journal, #reptiles, #research, #wildlife-trade-and-poaching