Conservation

Saving the Iquitos Gnatcatcher

Gnatcatcher Image © Steve Byland The Iquitos Gnatcatcher is the latest addition to the gnatcatcher family. And that's not all. This is a new addition to scientific knowledge about birds...

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Return of the Short-Tailed Albatross

Ornithologists estimate that only about 3000 Short-Tailed Albatross exist in the world. This large but rare sea bird, related to the North Pacific albatrosses, is endangered. They can have wingspans...

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All is not lost for the polar bear, scientists say

Over the past few years, the polar bear has become something of a 'poster animal' for the environmental movement. Rightly or wrongly, campaigners have used the iconic mammal's plight as...

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Felling forests: Russia's way for highways

After the recent opening of the Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone to tourists Russia is back in the news again. The Russian government has recently passed orders to build a new Moscow-St.Petersburg...

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Fish in troubled waters with 30 species endangered

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world's oldest and largest global environmental network that helps the world find pragmatic solutions to the most pressing environment and development...

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