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“#Race to rescue turtles entangled in plastic on Bangladesh beach” A rescued turtle is released back into the sea at Cox’s Bazar. At least 20 were killed and dozens trapped in tonnes of plastic waste washed ashore At least 20 turtles were dead and dozens more were rescued Sunday after being entangled in plastic waste…
“#Tiger, pangolin farming in Myanmar risks ‘boosting demand’” Tigers—thought to number just 22 in Myanmar—can now be bred for their meat and skin Conservationists have warned a sudden change in Myanmar’s law allowing the commercial farming of tigers, pangolins and other endangered species risks further fuelling demand in China for rare wildlife products. The Southeast…
“#Study reveals scale of habitat loss for endangered birds” A new study warns that the last remaining habitat for several endangered bird species in Europe could reduce by up to 50 per cent in the next century as farmers convert land to more profitable crops and meet increased demand for products such as olive oil…
“#Overharvesting threatens ‘Himalayan Viagra’ fungus: IUCN” Whole communities depend on the income they get from harvesting the fungus A parasitic fungus that grows inside the ghost moth caterpillar and then kills its host by bursting through its head is itself threatened with extinction, the IUCN said Thursday, as demand surges for Chinese medicine’s “Himalayan Viagra”….
“#Climate warming increases Asian carp threat to Lake Michigan by offsetting quagga mussel ‘ecological” The four maps show how levels of the nutrient phosphorus and the presence or absence of quagga mussels in Lake Michigan affect annual weight change for bighead and silver carp. The maps compare conditions in the lake in the 1970s and…
“#Aggressive seaweed smothers one of world’s most remote reefs” In this Aug. 4, 2019 photo provided by Taylor Williams, a new species of seaweed covers dead a coral reef at Pearl and Hermes Atoll in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Researchers say the recently discovered species of seaweed is killing large patches of coral on…
“#To protect threatened beetle, entomologists hope new colony takes hold” Beach Tiger Beetle. Credit: Rodger Gwiazdowski As thousands of hopeful coronavirus shut-ins look forward to heading to Atlantic beaches for the July 4 holiday, University of Massachusetts Amherst entomologist Rodger Gwiazdowski and colleagues are also heading to the beach—but they’ll visit the last quiet natural…
“#High-throughput sequencing tracks historical spread of grapevine viruses” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Grapevine is infected by more than 90 viruses, with new viral species discovered yearly as a result of the newer technology introduced by High-Throughput Sequencing (HTS). Within the last decade, HTS is used for virome identification (the assemblage of viral genomes), which in…
“#Dozens of endangered dorcas gazelles killed by poachers in Niger” The dorcas gazelle, seen here at a zoo in Kuwait, is hunted for its meat in the Sahara Around 40 dorcas gazelles, an endangered species, have been slaughtered by poachers in one of Africa’s largest nature reserves, environmental authorities said Tuesday. Forestry officials at the…
“#Bores’ lasting effect on landscape” Faure Island in Shark Bay, Western Australia. Credit: Graham Fulton Artificial watering points in rangelands are posing an increasing threat to surrounding biodiversity long after the removal of livestock, according to University of Queensland research. UQ researcher Graham Fulton studied the behaviour and impact of 20 bird species on Faure…