Articles in the Habitat Category

Rare reptile hatchling found on New Zealand
By solonavi
Posted in Discovery, Endangered & Extinction, Protected Sites on 20 March 2009
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AP A hatchling of a rare reptile with lineage dating back to the dinosaur age has been found in the wild on the New Zealand mainland for the first time in about 200 years, a wildlife official said Thursday. : Tuatara are the last lizard-like descendants of a reptile species that walked the Earth with [...]

Rare vine in Hawaii designated endangered species
By solonavi
Posted in Endangered & Extinction, Habitat on 20 March 2009
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AP A rare Hawaii vine has been added to the endangered species list, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday. It’s the second species to be classified as endangered by the Obama administration. The first was the reticulated flatwoods salamander, an amphibian native to south Georgia, north Florida and coastal South Carolina. It was [...]

Southeast Asia reflects on tsunami’s anniversary
By solonavi
Posted in Coral Reefs, General, Protected Sites on 26 December 2008
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Yahoo News Scientists thought it would take a decade for Southeast Asia’s coral reefs to heal after 2004′s deadly tsunami but they said Friday that Indonesia’s reefs have bounced back with surprising speed, restoring livelihoods to countless small communities. The findings came as communities across the Indian Ocean remembered the disaster that struck Dec. 26, [...]

Federal Protection of Coral Habitat Draws Lawsuit Threat
By solonavi
Posted in Campaign, Coral Reefs, Habitat on 5 December 2008
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Center for Biological Diversity SAINT PETERSBURG, Florida – NOAA’s Fisheries Service is increasing its protection of threatened elkhorn and staghorn corals in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands through a new rule to prohibit activities that result in death or harm to either species. The new regulations took effect on November 21 and [...]

Acidic seas threaten coral and mussels
By solonavi
Posted in Coral Reefs, Habitat on 2 December 2008
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Impact of rising carbon dioxide levels far worse than previously thought

MEET TEAM EARTH
By solonavi
Posted in Campaign, Protected Sites on 2 December 2008
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You can fight climate change by protecting forest as a member of Team Earth. Learn more by watching the video.

No Recovery for Atlantic Cod Population
By solonavi
Posted in Discovery, Endangered & Extinction, Habitat on 30 November 2008
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A new study predicts for the first time that a major population of Atlantic cod, near Newfoundland, Canada, will essentially go extinct within 20 years, despite best attempts to manage it.

Amazon deforestation accelerates
By solonavi
Posted in Campaign, Habitat, Protected Sites on 29 November 2008
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The destruction of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has accelerated for the first time in four years, Brazilian officials say.

Satellite images show 11,968 sq km of land was cleared in the year to July, nearly 4% higher than the year before.

Arctic sea ice at lowest level ever
By solonavi
Posted in Arctic, Habitat on 16 September 2008
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WWF Arctic sea ice may well have reached its lowest volumes ever, as summer ice coverage of the Arctic Sea looks set to be close to last year’s record lows, with thinner ice overall. Final figures on minimum ice coverage for 2008 are expected in a matter of days, but they are already flirting with [...]

Second Borneo rhino caught on camera
By solonavi
Posted in Endangered & Extinction, Protected Sites on 16 September 2008
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1st Borneo Rhino caught on camera WWF An image of a second wild Borneo rhino has been captured by scientists in Malaysia using a motion-triggered camera. Only 25-50 Borneo rhinos, a subspecies of the critically endangered Sumatran rhino, are thought to exist. They are found in the interior Heart of Borneo forests of Sabah, Malaysia. [...]