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Future looks bleak for 1 of world's smallest seal species
Published October 6, 2008, 11:18 am, PhysOrg
One of the smallest seals - the Caspian - has joined a growing list of mammal species in danger of extinction.Scientists from the University of Leeds together with international partners have documented the disastrous decline of the seal - a species found only in the land-locked waters of the Caspian Sea - in a series of surveys which reveal a 90 per cent drop in numbers in the last 100 years.
Field Museum provides gold standard for mammal survey
Published October 6, 2008, 9:01 am, EurekAlert!
( Field Museum ) Several mamalogists at Chicago's Field Museum participated in the IUCN survey of the world's mammals, using the Museum's extensive mammal collections for reference.
Survey finds `bleak picture' for world's mammals
Published October 6, 2008, 8:53 am, Honolulu Advertiser
BARCELONA, Spain — A quarter of the world's wild mammal species are at risk of extinction, according to a comprehensive global survey released here today.
Experts: Half of mammals in decline
Published October 6, 2008, 8:24 am, MSNBC
One in two mammal species on Earth are in decline and at least one in four are at risk of disappearing, according to a survey released Monday.
Mountain lions in Connecticut?
Published October 6, 2008, 8:23 am, Republican-American
Kim DaVino-Garcia believes what she saw was a mountain lion. It was early August when a large, tawny-colored cat with a long tail crept into the pasture where she keeps a half-dozen horses off Newcomb Road in Goshen.
Brasher's birds: Artist's surviving family is devoted to building a museum in Kent for his work
Published October 6, 2008, 8:08 am, Republican-American
If John James Audubon hadn't been so rude, Rex Brasher might not have been so dogged. Some insults bruise men and others ruin them, but Audubon's rebuff gave Rex Brasher his life's purpose.
One in four mammal species at risk of extinction
Published October 6, 2008, 7:45 am, Hamilton Spectator
BARCELONA - A quarter of the world's wild mammal species are at risk of extinction, according to a comprehensive global survey released here this morning.
Future looks bleak for 1 of world's smallest seal species
Published October 6, 2008, 7:15 am, EurekAlert!
One of the smallest seals -- the Caspian -- has joined a growing list of mammal species in danger of extinction.
One Quarter of World's Mammals Face Extinction
Published October 6, 2008, 5:18 am, Scientific American
The baiji dolphin is functionally extinct, orangutans are disappearing and even some species of bats--the most numerous of mammals--are dying out. A new survey of the world's 5,487 mammal species--from rodents to humans--reveals that one in four are facing imminent extinction. [More]
Huge power, bit of a wuss
Published October 5, 2008, 7:36 am, Thursday Magnet
THREE decades after movie audiences were terrorised by Jaws, there is scientific evidence a great white shark really could munch a hole in a boat.
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- BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Extinct tortoise 'can live again': An extinct Galapagos tortoise species could walk again, scientists believe. Writing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers report finding relatives of Geochelone elephantopus alive and well. Cross-breeding these living tortoises might re-create the extinct species - though it could take a century.
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