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• Half of mammals are in decline, study finds
Mammals are declining faster than we thought," said Jan Schipper, lead author of a companion study being published this week in the journal Science. The International Union for Conservation of Nature released the data compiled by 1,700 experts in 130 ...
• Climate change helps spread deadly diseases
BARCELONA, Spain - A "deadly dozen" diseases ranging from avian flu to yellow fever are likely to spread more because of climate change, the Wildlife Conservation Society said on Tuesday. The society, based in the Bronx Zoo in the United States and ...
• Kenya's elephants send text messages
... as a way to protect both a growing human population and the wild animals that now have less room to roam. Elephants are ranked as "near threatened" in the Red List, an index of vulnerable species published by the International Union for Conservation ...
• Satellites collect data on sea temperatures
We just need to build up a new body of knowledge and understanding about what works and what doesn't work," said Roger McManus, Conservation International's vice president for global marine programs. "Then we should be able to improve our management ...
• Two-ton rhino adopted by Kenya park rangers
This week's Red List of Threatened Species, an index annually published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, indicates at least 25 percent of wild mammal species are at risk of extinction worldwide. Most of the threats come from loss ...