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Animals News tagged with species

New Chameleon Species Discovered
Animals  (tags: animals, species, new, discovery, chameleon )

Katie
- 1 day ago - news.discovery.com
Meet Kinyongia magomberae (the Magombera chameleon), a new species of chameleon just found in Tanzania, East Africa.
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New Chameleon Species Discovered in East Africa
Animals  (tags: Chameleon, Species, East Africa )

Nancy
- 1 day ago - sciencedaily.com
Dr Andrew Marshall, from the Environment Department at the University of York, first spotted the animal while surveying monkeys in the Magombera Forest when he disturbed a twig snake eating one.
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See-Through Frogs Discovered
Animals  (tags: Frogs, Colombia, Species, Amphibians )

Nancy
- 2 days ago - livescience.com
Ten newfound species of amphibians -- including a frog with spiky skin and three varieties of frogs with transparent skin -- have been discovered in the mountains of Colombia.
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80 Year-Old Bookkeeping Error Causes First Species to Be Fished to Extinction
Animals  (tags: Aniaml, Fish, Fishing, Species, Extinction )

Katie
- 6 days ago - treehugger.com
Everyone has no doubt heard about how fisheries around the world are in grave danger of being fished into oblivion. Countless species are currently threatened by overfishing, and environmentalists work fiercely to prevent victims like sharks and tuna.....
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Bacterial 'Ropes' Tie Down Shifting Southwest
Animals  (tags: Bacteria, Arizona, Species )

Nancy
- 8 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Researchers from Arizona State University have discovered that several species of microbes (cyanobacteria), at least one found prominently in the deserts of the Southwest, have evolved the trait of rope-building to lasso shifting soil substrates.
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Africa's Rarest Monkey Had An Intriguing Sexual Past, DNA Study Confirms
Animals  (tags: Africa, Monkey, DNA, species )

Nancy
- 9 days ago - sciencedaily.com
The most extensive DNA study to-date of Africa's rarest monkey reveals that the species had an intriguing sexual past.
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Key to Success? Dinosaurs May Have Been Warm-Blooded
Animals  (tags: Animal, dinasaurs, species, extinct dinosaur species )

Katie
- 13 days ago - livescience.com
Many dinosaurs may have been warm-blooded just like mammals or birds, potentially explaining their extraordinary success before their extinction.
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Obama Issues Endangered Species Performance Review: Has Only Listed One Species in 10 Months
Animals  (tags: endangered animals, wildife, plants, no protection, species, extinction, disappearing )

Simone
- 16 days ago - biologicaldiversity.org
The Obama administration today issued its first review of species that are candidates for protection as endangered species, identifying a total of 249 species in need of protection. The review also describes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's progress
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Species' Extinction Threat Grows
Animals  (tags: biodiversity, species, extinction )

Nancy
- 21 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
More than a third of species assessed in a major international biodiversity study are threatened with extinction, scientists have warned.
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Bryde's Whales
Animals  (tags: Whales, wildlife, Bryde's, species, elusive, predatory )

Dee
- 59 days ago - ngm.nationalgeographic.com
The ocean off Baja erupts like a torpedo range. A long, lean whale shoots up from the deep, chasing thousands of mackerel and sardines as they're driven toward the surface by marlins and sea lions.
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New Species Record for Nairobi National Park - Red Duiker!
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, species, record, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 60 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Less than a few hundred metres from the entrance gate, a stocky antelope walked out of the forest and walked slowly across the road seemingly oblivious of me. I immediately recognised the animal as a Red Duiker, all reddish, unmarked, a huge rounded back
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Judge Faults Removal of Wolf From Endangered List
Animals  (tags: Gray Wolf, Billings Montana, Northern Rockies, judge, ESA, removal, species )

Rosemary
- 74 days ago - biologicaldiversity.org
BILLINGS, Mont. -- Hunters can keep stalking gray wolves for now in the Northern Rockies, but the killing may be short-lived after a federal judge found problems with the recent removal of the animal from the endangered species list. In a ruling CONT..
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New Study to Help Save the World's Most Spectacular Hummingbird - Other Rare Birds to Benefit
Animals  (tags: hummingbirds, conservation, land protection, habitat, survival, species )

Simone
- 98 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
A new report on one of the world's bird biodiversity hotspots in Peru finds that most of the species at greatest risk there currently have little or no protected habitat. Conservation groups now plan to use the report to guide land protection efforts in
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ACTION ALERT: Protect Grizzly Bears. Restore Endangered Species Protection!!!
Animals  (tags: grizzly bears, endangered, species, extinction, habitat destruction, humans, hunting, slaughtered, disappearing, surival )

Simone
- 139 days ago - nrdconline.org
In recent years, grizzly bears have suffered from a serious decline in whitebark pine seeds in the Yellowstone ecosystem -- one of their major food sources. This decline is only expected to accelerate as a result of global warming and mountain pine beet
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Sign Petition: Defend Federally Recognized Endangered Species
Animals  (tags: animals, wildlife, wildanimals, endangered, species, extinction, death, environment, habitat, protection, conservation, USDA, UN, USA, plants, tropical, forests, grazing, cattle, ranching, deforestation )

Tom
- 165 days ago - change.org
The USDA says grazing has contributed to the demise of 26% of federal threatened and endangered species in the USA. According to the UN, ranching-induced deforestation is on the main reasons for the loss of plant and animal species in tropical forests.
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