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Orangutans threatened by oil palm plantations
Are polar bears a threatened species?
The “resurrection“ of the ivory-billed woodpecker
Poachers threaten Indian tigers
Endangered species in 2007
Giant panda released into the wild
Amphibians adversely affected by pollution
Antarctic penguins under threat

 

External news links

August 30, 2011 China Consumerism Latest Threat To Africa's Elephants: Report

May 19, 2011 Plant, Animal Extinctions Often Exaggerated: Study 

December 6, 2010 U.S. Proposes Calling Two Types Of Seals Threatened 

November 5, 2010  Judge Asks U.S. To Review Polar Bear Listing

October 28, 2010 Fifth Of Vertebrates Face Extinction: Study 

October 19, 2010 World Needs Urgent Action To Stop Species Loss: U.N

September 30, 2010 Fifth Of World's Plants Endangered: Global Study

May 24, 2010       Rare Black Rhinos Relocated To Africa's Serengeti

May 11, 2010     World Governments Fail To Halt Biodiversity Loss

February 11, 2010 Asian Affluence Endangers World Tiger Population

September 4, 2009 New-Found Asian Antelope Said Close To Extinction 

July 3, 2009     More Than 800 Wildlife Species Now Extinct  

November 7, 2008 FEATURE - Measuring Extinction,
Species By Species

October 13, 2008 "Lost" Deer Rediscovered in
Indonesia

August 29, 2008 Endangered Sumatran Elephants,
Tigers Get Boost

March 19, 2008 Tiny Mexican Porpoise Near Extinct From Fish Nets

January 21, 2008 Giant Newt, Tiny Frog Identified as
Most at Risk

November 13, 2007  Six of 8 Bear Species at Risk of Extinction - Group 

June 4, 2007   Scientists Scramble to Save US Shorebird

April 13, 2007  Amur Tiger Pounces Back From Near Extinction - WWF 

February 13, 2007  US Urges Tougher Policing of Wildlife Black Market 

January 16, 2007  Scientists Try to Save World's Rarest Creatures

November 24, 2006 Chinese River Dolphin Almost Certainly Extinct 

November 2, 2006  Mistaken Theory Harms Conservation Efforts - UK Study

October 26, 2006  More Sharks Than Estimated Killed for Fin Soup  

May 2, 2006
Polar Bears, Hippos Added to Threatened Species

March 27, 2006
World Must Tackle Wildlife Smuggling, UN Official Says

February 20, 2006
UK moths "in serious decline"

October 13, 2005
EU Suggests Controls to Stop Octopus Overfishing

September 27, 2005
China Tiger Trade Would Doom Species, WWF Says

September 12, 2005
Captive Breeding Seen as Lifeline for Amphibians

September 14, 2005
Frog action plan to cost millions

September 6, 2005
Conservationists Warn Great Apes Face Extinction

September 1, 2005
Apes 'extinct in a generation'

August 22, 2005
Russian Trawlers Flout Cod Quotas in Arctic - WWF

August 17, 2005
Web Shoppers Destroying Endangered Wildlife -Report

August 8, 2005
Indian Task Force Says Tigers under Siege

July 29, 2005
FEATURE - Australia Seeks to Breed Test-Tube Sharks

April 07, 2005
Primate Species Face Extinction, Report Says

March 15, 2005
Danger at flight's end for Mexico's monarchs

February 18, 2005
Group Seeks Protection for Polar Bears



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