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Obama shelves Bush-era ENDANGERED SPECIES rule »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 9 months ago in News
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Tuesday shelved a Bush-era rule that critics say weakened protections for animals and plants protected by the Endangered Species Act ...
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Every Species Of Flora And Fauna on Earth,To Be Documented In New Report »
Posted by: Mikunited 2 months ago in Science & Technology
Almost 10 per cent of known species are threatened with extinction, according
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Record Number Of Birds On" Endangered List" »
Posted by: Mikunited 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The IUCN Red List evaluation considered 1,227, or 12%, of all known bird species to be at risk, with 192 species described as Critically ...
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Endangered Koalas Face Extinction - Paw Nation »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 1 week, 4 days ago in News
As far as national mascots go, Australia's is one of the cutest, but unfortunately, the cuddly critters are also seriously endangered. Australia's koalas ...
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Australias Tasmanian devil declared endangered »
Posted by: engineer 6 months, 1 week ago in News
Australia's Tasmanian devil , the world's largest surviving marsupial carnivore, will be listed as endangered because of a contagious and deadly cancer, the government ...
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Wolves lose protection in Rockies, Great Lakes »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 7 months ago in News
BILLINGS, Mont. - Wolves in parts of the Northern Rockies and the Great Lakes region come off the endangered species list on Monday, opening them to ...
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Borderline ecological disaster as 31 species are listed as endangered »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 8 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
HONOLULU - Hawaii's native avian population is in peril, with nearly all the state's birds in danger of becoming extinct, a federal report says.
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Human Hair Combined With Compost Is Good Fertilizer For Plants »
Posted by: myfairlady 11 months ago in Science & Technology
Agricultural crop production relies on composted waste materials and byproducts, such as animal manure, municipal solid waste composts, and sewage sludge, as a necessary nutrient ...
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Most endangered feline brought back from the brink »
Posted by: Progressive 5 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
DONANA NATIONAL PARK, Spain (AFP) -
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Road signs throughout the vast Donana National Park , a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southwestern Spain, warn drivers to watch ...Read (221) | Share | Discuss (3) | Read Full Story at news.yahoo.com
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Endangered species' DNA stored at museum »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Officials of the American Museum of Natural History and the U.S. National Park Service signed an agreement for samples from endangered species in America ...
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Why Invasive Plants Take Over »
Posted by: myfairlady 7 months ago in Science & Technology
New research shows that two key causes of plant invasion--escape from natural enemies, and increases in plant resources--act in concert. This result helps to explain ...
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Plant Biologists Discover Gene That Switches On 'Essence Of Male' »
Posted by: myfairlady 8 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Biologists at the University of Leicester have published results of a new study into plant sex – and discovered that a particular gene switches on 'the ...
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The World’s Most Endangered Parrot Adds 26 Chicks to Its Numbers »
Posted by: suzanek 4 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Just under 100 of New Zealand’s most endangered parrot, the kakapo remain but hopefully that number will increase thanks to the 26 hand-reared chicks ...
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Cracking The Species Code For Plants »
Posted by: myfairlady 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Plants are essential to our survival and that of most other animals on earth. It is easy to overlook this fact because they have become ...
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Spread Of Rice Virus Could Be Reduce With Technology »
Posted by: myfairlady 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Building on plant virus research started more than 20 years ago, a biologist at Washington University in St. Louis and his colleague at the Donald ...
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