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Há 2 dias · Roughly 99 percent of threatened and endangered species are at risk because of human activities. The principal threats are habitat loss and degradation, the spread of invasive species, the growing influence of global warming, chemical pollution, unsustainable hunting, and disease.
2 de mai. de 2024 · Estimates show that only some 14,600 Sumatran orangutans still exist, and the species are considered critically endangered by the Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute in ...
Há 1 dia · Diversity and distribution. A total of 4381 endemic plants belonging to 1007 genera and 176 families have been reported from India (Singh et al. 2015).In the present study, a total of 1076 endemic plants including 1061 angiosperms (977 species, 13 subspecies, 71 variety), 03 gymnosperms (3 sp.,) and 12 pteridophytes (10 sp., 2 subsp.,) belonging to 100 families and 432 genera were compiled as ...
Há 2 dias · The Mary River turtle ( Elusor macrurus) is one of Australia’s largest freshwater turtles, weighing up to 8kg. You might know it as the bum-breathing punk turtle – it can stay underwater for days, extracting oxygen through its cloaca, and algae growing on its head can look like a mohawk. It’s also one of the most threatened.
26 de abr. de 2024 · A new study in the scientific journal Science provides the strongest evidence to date that not only is environmental conservation successful, but that scaling conservation interventions up would be transformational for halting and reversing biodiversity loss, a crisis that leads to ecosystem collapse and a planet less able to support life.
Há 3 dias · In their new Endangered Species Research article, Dr Carpenter-Bundhoo and Mr Moffatt outline the difficulties of implementing a conservation strategy for this fish and propose some solutions. The species’ conservation is especially important, given projected sea levels rises mean that many of the lowland freshwater coastal streams where Australian brook lamprey live are likely to become ...
Há 5 dias · National Geographic (formerly The National Geographic Magazine, sometimes branded as NAT GEO ... global warming, and endangered species.
