Watch CBS News Endangered Species30 endangered Florida panthers found dead this year The vast majority of the critically endangered Florida panthers have died after being struck by vehicles, including five in the past month. Nov 27 Giraffes need endangered species protection, U.S. officials ...
Endangered species are those in danger of going extinct in all or part of their natural range. The U.S. keeps an endangered species list, as does the IUCN.
Watch CBS News Endangered Species ActToo hot for a lizard? Climate change quickens extinction A disappearing lizard population in the mountains of Arizona shows how climate change is fast-tracking the rate of extinction. Apr 19 Scientists trying to protect wildlife from extinction as climate ...
A study suggests an ancient species of great ape was likely driven to extinction by environmental changes. January 11 Most money for endangered species goes to a small number of creatures, leaving others in limbo Since passage of the Endangered Species Act 50 years ago, more than 1,700 pla...
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We have to look at species and species groups to see what is causing their decline. We should begin now, because the current direction is toward total disappearance of life on Earth. It is customary for climate scientists to predict the consequences of global warming and place time scales on...
The Qilian Mountain National Park in northwest China spotted 11 animal species under first-class state protection and found eight new insect species recorded for the first time worldwide due to improvements in the ecological environment, the park reported recently."The current inv...
…generation times, or isolated habitats) Endangered (EN), species that possess a very high risk of extinction as a result of rapid population declines of 50 to more than 70 percent over the previous 10 years (or three generations), a current population size of fewer than 250 individuals, ...
endangered species Life Endangered skates saved from extinction by hatching in captivity The Maugean skate (Zearaja maugeana) is only found in one habitat in Australia, which is under threat from human activity. Now the species has been saved from extinction by hatching in captivity News Free...
the Yangtze sturgeon, named after its habitat, the upper Yangtze River. It had lost its natural ability to reproduce since 2000 due to overfishing and water pollution, among other factors. The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the species extinct in the wild in July last ...