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Scientists find 2-million year-old DNA in Greenland
Dec 07, 2022 (AFP)
"We are breaking the barrier of what we thought we could reach in terms of genetic studies," said Mikkel Winther Pedersen, co-author of a new study published in...
Biodiversity talks open as UN chief calls for 'peace pact' with nature
Dec 07, 2022 (AFP)
Delegates from across the world gathered for the December 7-19 meeting to try to hammer out a new deal for nature: a 10-year framework aimed at saving Earth's f...
We must avoid 'irreversible' damage with new nature deal: UN
Dec 06, 2022 (AFP)
Much of Earth's nature has already been damaged by humans, threatening our finite sources of food, water, medicine, and leaving over a million species at risk o...
How tackling invasive species on land can spark 'stunning' improvements at sea
Dec 05, 2022 (AFP)
A group of experts and scientists from across the world reviewed thousands of studies to build a picture of island health to map out new strategies for protecti...
New program will boost restoration of ecologically vulnerable areas
Dec 05, 2022 (SPX)
The project "Atmospheric Correction Technology for Tower-based Long Path Ecosystem Remote Sensing", which is led by Dr. LIU Xinjie, associate professor with AIR...
NGOs take aim at Indonesia over orangutans, academic freedom
Dec 02, 2022 (AFP)
Indonesia is home to the world's oldest tropical rainforest where the critically endangered apes are losing tracts of their habitat to logging, palm oil plantat...
Ecuador seeks to protect unique Galapagos birds from flu
Dec 02, 2022 (AFP)
The bird flu virus reached South America via migratory wild birds in recent weeks, impacting mainly Peru, where thousands of pelicans and other seabirds have di...
Financing for nature must more than double by 2025: UN report
Dec 01, 2022 (AFP)
The report comes as delegates from nearly 200 countries prepare to meet in Montreal next week to hammer out a new global biodiversity deal. The second "State of...
How bringing back lost species revives ecosystems
Dec 01, 2022 (AFP)
Research has shown restoring so-called "keystone" species -- those with an outsized impact on their environment -- is vital for the health of ecosystems, and ca...
Conservation, indigenous rights, money: COP15 sticking points
Dec 01, 2022 (AFP)
Delegates meet next week in Montreal for UN talks to try and finalise the landmark deal, which is negotiated every 10 years. Here's what you need to know about ...
Bird flu kills almost 14,000 pelicans, seabirds in Peru
Nov 30, 2022 (AFP)
The current bird flu outbreak began in Canada and spread to the United States, which has seen a record 50 million avian deaths, according to the US Centers for ...
Global wildlife summit approves shark protections
Nov 25, 2022 (AFP)
Members of the requiem shark and the hammerhead shark families will now have their trade tightly controlled under the Convention on International Trade in Endan...
Five key decisions at global wildlife summit
Nov 25, 2022 (AFP)
Here are some highlights of the two-week meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Panama. 1) Sharks steal the show No l...
Earth might be experiencing 7th mass extinction, not 6th
Nov 23, 2022 (SPX)
Most dinosaurs famously disappeared 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous period. Prior to that, a majority of Earth's creatures were snuffed out be...
Turtles and see-through frogs on agenda at wildlife summit
Nov 22, 2022 (AFP)
Conservation experts and delegates from more than 180 nations began the week with a decision to maintain a ban on the trade of white rhinoceros horn, despite a ...
Battle to save ghostly Balkan lynx from extinction
Nov 18, 2022 (AFP)
The "forest ghost" which lives in tree-covered mountains straddling Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia, is now among the world's most endangered mammals, scien...
Wildlife summit could upend Hong Kong's shark fin trade
Nov 18, 2022 (AFP)
The city is one of the world's largest markets for shark fin, which is viewed by many Chinese communities as a delicacy and often served as a soup at expensive ...
Zebrafish are smarter than we thought
Nov 18, 2022 (SPX)
In the new study, the researchers discovered that zebrafish can move around environmental barriers while escaping predators. The findings suggest that zebrafish...
Sharks, turtles, disease on agenda of wildlife trade summit
Nov 12, 2022 (AFP)
Conservation experts and representatives of more than 180 nations will gather to study 52 proposals aimed at modifying protection levels set by the Convention o...
World leaders won't attend key biodiversity talks next month: UN
Nov 10, 2022 (AFP)
Hopes are high that a new global biodiversity framework will be agreed at the talks, dubbed COP15, despite a long list of targets that have yet to be agreed. Th...
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