ScienceDaily (June 12, 2009) -- The world is a perilous place for the endangered manatee. While the mammals are at risk from natural threats, human activity also poses a great danger to manatee numbers.

Protect and Recover American Jaguars! Recovery plans are road maps for bringing endangered species from the brink of extinction to a secure existence. For jaguars, that means more than just a handful of animals in a tiny portion of their original range.

All six species of sea turtles in U.S. waters were listed as endangered or threatened more than 30 years ago, yet no sea turtle species has recovered. Despite this status, commercial trawl fisheries continue to catch and kill loggerhead sea turtles.

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.

We are concerned by the recent FWS proposal to allow the killing of wolves in game units where the state or tribe has determined that wolves are one of the major causes of the big game population or herd not meeting established state or tribal population.

Male hummingbirds, swooping in an effort to impress females, achieve speeds "faster than fighter jets", according to a study.

British dolphins have travelled a record-breaking distance from Scotland's east coast to Ireland, research backed by an international environment charity has discovered.

New research finds that chimpanzees remember the precise location of their favorite fruit trees.

Dogs which once lived near army and paramilitary camps in Sikkim and survived on leftovers have turned feral attacking and killing wild animals.

Many songbirds learn their songs early in life from a role model. In the absence of an appropriate tutor, they develop an improvised song that often lacks the species-typical song structure. However