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Only 83 Orcas Left?
Killer whales – or orcas – have been declared an endangered species since 2005, although they were...
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Ivory Products Will No Longer Be Available On Auction Site eBay
In an effort to help protect the endangered African and
Asian elephants, eBay announced that it...
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One Quarter Of Wild Mammals Threatened By Extinction
An evaluation made by 1300 scientists from around the world that took 5 years to complete was made...
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Bush Administration Wants To Ease Rules On Endangered Species
According to a new measure which the Bush administration wants to implement, the Endangered Species...
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Australia Kangaroo Cull Couldn’t Be Stopped
The killing of the kangaroos started on Monday, at a
military base in Canberra
and continued...
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Polar Bears Are Now Protected
Polar bears were announced to be added to the list of
animals protected by the Endangered Species...
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Polar Bear “Makes It” to the Endangered Species List
Who would have thought ten years ago that the polar bear would become an endangered species?Well,...
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Decision On Polar Bears Expected Today
The US Interior Department will announce today if the polar
bear is to be listed as threatened and...
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Man Wants to Change His Name into “In God We Trust”
Steve Kreuscher, a Chicago citizen, filed a petition to legally change his name. Nothing surprising...
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Study Supporting Californian Delta Pumping Rejected
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a study backing
increased water exports from Northern...
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Bush Agrees to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Pressed by the Congress and the courts, President Bush
finally announced this week that he would...
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Justice Department: Pilot’s Lacunose Maneuvers Caused Oil Spill
The pilot of the container ship
Cosco Busan that struck a Bay Bridge tower and caused a...
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Leanne the Tiger Gives Birth to Triplets
Leanne, the endangered Sumatran tiger that gave birth last
week at the San Francisco Zoo, was...
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Paul McCartney Uses His Fame to Protest Against Kangaroo Cull
Sir Paul McCartney has decided to
endorse a campaign initiated by the Bristol-based group Viva!,...
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California Says No To Toll Road
The California Coastal Commission voted against a project to
extend a toll road from Orange
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Polar Bears Can Wait
If “Heaven can wait,” why
wouldn’t polar bears do the same?
Unfortunately, the global...
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CITES Imposes 9-Year Ban On Ivory, Allows One Last Sale
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) announced its decision on...
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Marine Mammals At Risk: Supreme Court Overturns Sonar Limitations
The latest court ruling over the use of mid-frequency navy
sonar off the coast of California...
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Frozen Mice Cloned by Japanese Scientists
This week, mouse
cloning expert Teruhiko Wakayama, along fellow colleagues at the Center...
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Frozen Mice Clones Could Hold Key To Resurrecting Extinct Species
Japanese scientists have recently reported a major breakthrough
in cloning, opening new...
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Another Attempt For Delisting Gray Wolves
The Bush administration will once again try to take the gray wolf of the northern Rockies off the...
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Palin Loses Again: Cook Inlet Beluga Whales Listed As Endangered
This week, the Cook Inlet beluga whale population near Anchorage has made it onto the list of...
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IUCN Red List: 1/4 Of World’s Mammal Species on the Verge of Extinction
The world’s population of mammals is in constant decline,
and at least one fourth of them are on...
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Update 2: Mammals Everywhere Need Protection!
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature
(IUCN) recently released an extremely...
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California Academy of Sciences Encourages People to Take Care of the Earth
The new California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park opened its doors on Saturday to hundreds...
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Unusual Polar Bear Spotting Highlights Disasters of Global Warming
Ten polar bears were seen swimming in open water off the northern coast of Alaska, an unusual...
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Ten Polar Bears Spotted Swimming 60 Miles From Alaska Shore
An usually large number of polar bears has been spotted swimming in open waters, off the northwest...
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Group: Wolves Repopulating Washington Again
Wolves are again repopulating Washington, according to Conservation Northwest, an environmentalist...
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Judge Acknowledges Threat To California's Salmon And Steelhead
U.S. District Judge Oliver W. Wanger of Fresno issued an opinion acknowledging the damage to fish...
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Half Of US’s Coral Reefs Heading Towards Extinction Because Of Us
For anyone who’s ever been near coral reefs, the necessity
to protect them is not a new story:...
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New CU-Boulder Study Reveals Species Extinction Threat Underestimated
A new study led by Assistant Professor Brett Melbourne of
CU-Boulder's ecology and evolutionary...
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The Environment To Lose California To Global Warming
A recent study on some of the effects of global warming
presents some rather alarming results...
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The Judean Date Palm Is Making A Comeback
The carbon dating tests used on the Methuselah-named seed, found
at the ancient fortress Masada,...
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Alaska Gov. To Challenge Polar Bear Decision In Court
The polar bear controversy is far from being over. As environmental
groups are happy with forcing...
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Polar Bear Gets Protection On Paper, But Reality Remains Harsh
Years of
controversy, endless discussions and lawsuits paid off for the polar bears, at
least on...
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Agency Finally Meets Deadline, Declares Polar Bear Threatened
Three years after the Fish and
Wildlife Services was asked to review the situation of the polar...
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Agency Forced To Meet Deadline on Polar Bear Decision
The Interior Department can no longer postpone the decision
on whether to list the polar bear as...
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Government Forced to Decide the Fate of Polar Bears
A federal judge has ordered the Bush administration to decide by May 15
whether polar bears should...
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Environmentalists Take Gray Wolf Matter To Court
The infamous Federal Endangered
Species Act is not that protective it seems, and environmentalists...
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Earth Day, A Reminder That Our Planet Needs Us
For almost four decades now, on every April 22nd, we
celebrate Earth Day as a reminder that the...
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Gray Wolves To Be Hunted after Delisting
A major environment-related
decision was taken for the northern Rocky Mountains region, as the...
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Federal Agency Sued Over Delaying Polar Bear Decision
Fed up with the Fish and
Wildlife Service’s constant failure to meet deadlines and make a decision...
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The ‘Encyclopedia Of Life’ – An Ambitious Project Taking Shape
How do you catalogue 1.8 million
species in one single volume of an encyclopedia? The answer is:...
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Conservationists To Fight In Court For Gray Wolves
Environmental conservationists groups plan to fight in court
against the US Department of the...
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The Wolf No Longer Endangered in the Northern Rockies
Canis lupus, better known as the gray wolf, will no longer be protected under the Endangered...
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Bush Administration Pressured to Protect Polar Bears
The polar bear or Ursus maritimus could be soon officially recognized as the first animal...
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Conservationists Oppose Alaska Oil Exploration Decision
Extraction or extinction? That is
the question both environmental groups and oil-and-gas plan...
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Specials
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Senate Aide Charged With Children Porn Possession
Jeff Rosato, 32, a senior staffer for Sen. Barbara Boxer has been fired after he was charged by...
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Bat Die-Offs Linked to Recently Identified Fungus
Thursday, David
Blehert of the United States Geological Survey’s National
Wildlife Health...
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EBay Bans The Selling Of Ivory And Ivory Products
EBay, one of the largest online stores, has announced that
starting from January they will enforce...
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eBay Contributes To Elephants’ Cause By Issuing Ban On Ivory Products
eBay took an important step toward contributing to the
effort of animal welfare organizations of...
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Beluga Whales Officially Endangered
The beluga whales that live in Cook Inlet, Alaska, have been officially placed on the endangered...
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United States Government Declares Beluga Whale Endangered
On Friday,
the United States federal government declared the population
of beluga whales in...
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Naughty Manatee Returns Home
After having been rescued yesterday morning, a disobedient manatee is currently being transported...
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Bangladeshi Waters Rich Haven for Dolphins, Whales
Dhaka - Researchers have identified waters along Bangladesh's coast and deep in the Bay of Bengal...
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1,150 Mammals On The 2008 Extinction “Red List”
Thousands of animal species face extinction and many more are currently endangered. Scientists warn...
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New Bush Administration Proposal Poses Threats to Endangered Species
The Bush administration has issued a proposal that paves the way for federal agencies not to...
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The Bush Administration Might Make It Hard for Endangered Species
The Bush Administration slows down the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with another...
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Bush Administration Proposes The Extinction Of Endangered Species Rules
The Endangered Species Act, which became a financial “nightmare” that hinders development and, to...
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New Gorilla Population Found In Congo
Today researchers
happily announced they found 25,000 western lowland gorillas in the
Republic of...
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World’s Smallest Snake Can Curl Up on a Quarter
Have you ever imagined a snake about 4 inches (10cm)? Guess not…Apparently, such a species was...
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Gray Wolves Reintroduced on the Endangered Species List
Gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains
were reintroduced on the list of endangered species on...
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Concerning Results of Coral Reef Study
Science Express published a recent study conducted by Dr.
Kent Carpenter of Old Dominion...
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The Arctic Region Turning Into A Gigantic Pool
The North Pole is rapidly changing from an icy region to a gigantic pool, due to the rapid effects...
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Sonar versus Whales
The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday to hear the Navy's
demand to revert limitations on its...
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Polar Bears Have Been Declared Threatened
The worring effects of global warming have led to the decision of announcing the polar bear as a...
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Trapped Sea Lion Dies at Tacoma Zoo during Health Exam
A 1,454-pound sea lion died Tuesday during a health
examination at the Point Defiance Zoo &...
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