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Three smugglers of rhino horns trapped in Miami
Three persons who were into smuggling of black rhino horns and horn carvings from China into the US have been trapped by officials of the US Fish and Wildlife Services acting as undercover agents as reported in bbc.com of dated 14th of February
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The rarest turtle in the world: British zoo reveals birth that could safeguard a species
Berlin :: Germany | 9 months ago
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4 September 2012 One of the world's rarest species of turtle has hatched at a British zoo for the first time. The tiny seven-week-old Vietnamese box turtle is so precious that it is being kept in a climate-controlled room at Bristol Zoo Gardens and
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Vietnam soldiers dismissed over tortured monkeys
Hanoi :: Vietnam | 10 months ago
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Three Vietnamese soldiers have been dismissed from the military after photos of them torturing two critically endangered monkeys circulated on Facebook and outraged the public. The People's Army newspaper said today that the three soldiers were
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Endangered frogs of the island of Montserrat bred successfully in London
Mountain chicken frog from the island of Montserrat in the Caribbean had become a critically endangered species due to the fast spread of the Chytrid fungus. Scientists had, therefore, brought 50 samples to London and 2 females have
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Sawfish struggles to stay afloat
Visakhapatnam :: India | 12 months ago
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Sighting has become uncommon in Indian waters, where it thrived once Sawfish are struggling to keep afloat in coastal waters across the globe, including India. Conservationists are working out strategies to protect them, as there has been a 90 per
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'River Monsters' Down Under: An Extremely Rare Glyphis Shark
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 1 year ago
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The latest installment of " River Monsters " (Sun., 10 p.m. ET on Animal Planet) found host Jeremy Wade visiting Western Australia. He was in search of the critically endangered fish known as the Glyphis Shark. Discovered in 2002, there are thought
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Tropical birds 'face extinction'
Sydney :: Australia | 1 year ago
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The finding is modelled on the effects of a 3.5C Earth surface temperature rise, a Biological Conservation Journal paper shows. Species may struggle to adapt to habitat loss and extreme weather events, author Cagan Sekercioglu says. Mountain, coastal,
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Critically endangered parrot on brink of extinction
Sydney :: Australia | over 1 year ago
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Researchers in Melaleuca in south-west Tasmania say the number of birds in the wild is now down to 21, including just eight females. The endangered parrot makes an annual journey to the region for the breeding season. Mark Holdsworth from the orange-
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New to Nature No 61: Rhinopithecus strykeri
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | over 1 year ago
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Thomas Geissmann / Fauna & Flora International A new species of snub-nosed monkey has been discovered in the Himalayas of north-eastern Burma . The four previously known species of snub-nosed monkeys, from China, Tibet and Vietnam, are all endangered
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25m fund for environment projects in Africa and the Caribbean
Victoria :: Seychelles | 2 years ago
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Montserrat is one of only two places in the world where the once-common amphibian can be found but was in danger of being wiped out after an outbreak of a fungal disease in 2008. The mountain chicken has also suffered because of loss of habitat and
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