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emagazine EDGE The long-beaked echidna does not share much in common with the golden-rumped elephant shrew, although both are endangered. Despite living on the edge of extinction, however, they’re both largely overlooked by the conservation world—mostly because they’re weird. : But thanks to a new program from the Zoological Society of London, a homely face [...]

BBC Almost every tree in Britain is likely to be home to a Barkfly, and now a new family member has come to stay – all the way from the Atlantic Islands. The Barkfly, Atlantopsocus adustus, which has no English name, has been found colonising stretches of Cornish coast. The tiny fly may have reached [...]

From the previous report on the BLuefin Tuna ================================== WWF Members of the international body responsible for the management of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea must agree to a moratorium on fishing for this imperilled species or risk the end of a valuable fishery. WWF is calling on the International Commission for the Conservation [...]

MSNBC Rescuers on Monday recovered the bodies of three sailors after a Russian freighter sank near the Black Sea, while a slick of oil from a sunken tanker began washing onto beaches. Officials were assessing what could be the worst environmental disaster in the region in years. : As many as 10 ships sank or [...]

iol The debate on the future of the perlemoen industry does not adequately reflect that this popular marine species is in crisis and is facing imminent extinction, a coalition of leading local environmental groups has warned. If perlemoen becomes extinct, affected fishing communities will lose a source of income forever, they have emphasised. But one [...]

WWF A WWF survey has discovered several marine turtle nesting sites on the beaches of Senegal, prompting calls from conservationists to improve protection of the endangered species. The survey — conducted by WWF staff, Senegalese wildlife officials and the local community between July and September — discovered nine new green turtle nests on the beaches [...]

Discovery Channel A Japanese company is launching fake shark fins in China, hoping to tap a market as prices for real ones rise amid concerns the species is being hunted to extinction. :Nikko Yuba Seizo Co. a Japanese food-processing company, said it had developed artificial shark fins made out of pork gelatin. Its top executives [...]

Discovery Channel A swimming sea cucumber, a Nemo-like orange fish and a worm with tentacles sprouting from its head are among dozens of possible new species found during a survey of the Celebes Sea, researchers said Tuesday. A team of U.S. and Filipino scientists plunged up to three miles underwater in early October in an [...]

ScienceNow : It’s not easy to guess which species are going to be hit hardest by logging, climate change, and other threats to the world’s forests. Ecological data on many animals are scarce, and teasing apart tropical food webs can be next to impossible. Erik Meijaard, an ecologist at the Balikpapan, Indonesia, branch of The [...]

AP Dallas Zoo officials are moving forward with a plan to turn animal droppings, cardboard and tree limbs into power for several buildings and irrigation for the zoo’s landscaping. The waste, including Jenny and Keke’s elephant poop, will go into a biogas generator. The gas that is created will help with heating, water and electric [...]