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Following the report that the Yangtze river dolphin – baiji are probably extinct, scientist has concluded that they are now extinct after a six-week survey. ====================== BBC A freshwater dolphin found only in China is now “likely to be extinct”, a team of scientists has concluded. The researchers failed to spot any Yangtze river dolphins, [...]

BBC An expedition to a remote forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo has uncovered six new animal species. Conservationists discovered one new bat species, a new rat and two new species each of shrews and frogs. The region, which is in eastern DR Congo, near Lake Tanganyika, has been off limits to researchers since [...]

WWF One silverback male and three female mountain gorillas have been killed this week in the Virunga National Park in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The bodies were discovered in the southern sector of the park by local rangers. All four mountain gorillas were shot, but it is unclear who killed them and [...]

Uni of Leicester : In Central Siberia alone, fires have destroyed 38 000 km2 in the extreme fire year of 2003. In that year the smoke plumes were so huge that they caused air pollution as far as in the United States. An international team of scientists believes that Siberian fires are influenced by climate [...]

Discovery Channel World demand for shark fin soup has resulted in a marine ecosystem domino effect that is reducing shellfish numbers to the point where an American soup favorite, clam chowder, is now under threat, according to a Current Biology paper published earlier this month. : The relationship between shark fin soup and clam chowder [...]

AP People once thought nothing of killing the green turtles on these islands for their meat and eggs, decimating the rare species’ ranks along the way. But local efforts to save the creatures – through a nesting reserve, a veterinary clinic and even a beach patrol – still aren’t guaranteed to revive the species’ numbers, [...]

AP As the summer swelters on, skyscrapers and apartments around the city will crank up air conditioners and push the city’s power grid to the limit – but some have found a cool alternative. Some office towers and buildings are keeping their AC use to a minimum by using an energy-saving system that relies on [...]

reuters Costa Rica has lost up to half of its monkeys over the last 12 years as developers expanding into their jungle habitat isolate them in small communities, scientists said on Thursday. Populations of monkeys including howler, white face, spider and squirrel monkeys have declined by the thousands, scientists at a seminar estimated. : The [...]

msnbc Crews have managed to control two huge forest fires that forced the evacuation of 14,000 people from homes, hotels and camp grounds at one of Europe’s top tourist areas, officials in Spain’s Canary Islands said Wednesday. : However, environmentalists said the fires could be a disaster for species that are unique to the Canaries. [...]