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China Considers 10-Year Fishing Ban in Yangtze River Due to Overfishing
China’s agricultural and fishery authorities in 2003 began imposing an annual three-month fishing ban in the Yangtze River to reverse the continuous decline of aquatic life. As the Yangtze ecosystem ...
October 17, 2019
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World Wildlife Fund Report: 60 Percent Drop in Global Animal Populations
Humans have killed about 60 percent of animals, including mammals, fish, birds, and reptiles, on the planet since ...
October 31, 2018
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Good News on Rain Forests: They Bounce Back Strong, Storing More Carbon Than Thought
When you cut and burn a tropical forest, you're left with a barren plain of cracked red mud, ...
June 13, 2016
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Is This Humanity’s Last Hope? Remote Island in Norway Stores Hundreds of Millions of Seeds
Behind concrete doors on an uninhabited island in Norway, hundreds of millions of frozen seeds are waiting for ...
May 11, 2016
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Ingrid Longauerová
To Stop Mass Extinction, Focus on the ‘Ghosts’
A new study urges scientists to move their focus from species extinction to species rarity in order to ...
December 25, 2015
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Jim Shelton
In Remote Indonesia, Don’t Blame the Locals for Conservation Concerns
A diverse range of human societies have been protecting land and sea resources for centuries—without any outside conservation ...
November 24, 2015
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Arleen Richards
The Modern, Molecular Hunt for the World’s Biodiversity
The news is full of announcements about newly discovered forms of life.
October 29, 2015
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Sean Nee
Wildfires Push Plants to Move North
As California wildfires burn tree canopies and forest floors, plants commonly found in more southern areas of the ...
August 12, 2015
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Andy Fell
Life on the Dunes Needs Wind-Blown Sand
Beginning in the 1880s, coastal dunes in the United States were planted with European beachgrass in an attempt ...
April 29, 2015
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Diana Lutz
Can Zoos Save the World?
Today, many zoos promote the protection of biodiversity as a significant part of their mission. As conservation "arks" ...
November 13, 2014
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Ben A. Minteer
Invasive Species: If We Can’t Beat Them, Maybe We Should Eat Them
What to do about invasive species, which are having a growing and generally detrimental effect on Europe’s environment ...
April 14, 2014
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Shonil Bhagwat
Rapid Grassland Growth Reducing Diversity Globally
A greater level of fertilization is reducing grassland diversity globally, a new study has found.
April 2, 2014
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Kaven Baker-Voakes
Poets Rally in Last-Ditch Effort to Save Langley Forest
Artists and writers rally to save a 25-acre parcel of old forest in Langley B.C.
December 11, 2012
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2012 Top 10 New Species List Highlights Biodiversity Crisis
An iridescent blue tarantula, a sneezing monkey, and a teensy attack wasp are among the top 10 new ...
May 23, 2012
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Diverse Parasites Improve Health in Amphibians
Being exposed to more parasite species could protect organisms from certain diseases, with more benign pathogens outcompeting virulent ...
May 21, 2012
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Cassie Ryan
Cultural and Biological Diversity Hotspots Are Linked
Areas where endangered species are concentrated also tend to be home to numerous endangered languages.
May 7, 2012
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Cassie Ryan
Some Dinosaurs Were Already Declining Before Mass Extinction
Some large herbivorous dinosaurs were already on their way out before the alleged asteroid strike that ended the ...
May 1, 2012
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Scientists Warn of Global Humanitarian Crisis Ahead of Rio Summit
Governments need to address the Earth’s environmental challenges or humanity will face an unprecedented disaster, scientists said.
March 29, 2012
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Giant Prehistoric Penguin Reconstructed in New Zealand
The unique physique of a giant penguin species that existed about 25 million years ago in modern-day New ...
February 27, 2012
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