Biodiversity
African Elephant Species Critically Endangered
Following population declines over several decades due to poaching for ivory and loss of habitat, the African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is now listed […]
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Biodiversity
Discovering Hoolock Gibbons in Assam
Benjamin Kaman A new subspecies of the western hoolock gibbon has been described recently from northeastern India, which has been named the Mishmi Hills […]
Biodiversity
Study Finds Climate Crisis Driving Great White Sharks Into Colder Waters, With Devastating Effect on Wildlife
Brett Wilkins Warming oceans—a key measure of the climate crisis—are forcing great white sharks into colder waters, where they are causing a devastating decrease […]
Biodiversity
European bison recovering, but freshwater dolphins face extinction: IUCN Red List
While the European bison (Bison bonasus), Europe’s largest land mammal, has moved from Vulnerable to Near Threatened due to conservation efforts, the latest IUCN Red […]
Biodiversity
US Coral Reefs vulnerable and in a state of decline
Coral reefs in both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans received a “fair” score in the first-ever condition status report for U.S. coral reefs released […]