Amphibian species imperiled worldwide
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Disease, climate change and habitat loss are threatening one-third of the world&#39;s fragile species of frogs, toads, newts and salamanders, according to the first global assessment of amphibians.
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Australian scientists once marveled at an unusual frog that could turn off its gastric juices and brood its young in its stomach. But by 1981, the southern gastric-brooding frog had completely disappeared.
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A recent census of the world's primate population finds that many of them are in danger of disappearing
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Small, warty, and poisonous enough to kill crocodiles, the cane toad has wreaked havoc in parts of Australia. Experts say climate change is benefiting the invasive species.
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BANGKOK : Conservationists are preparing for key battles at a global wildlife summit in Bangkok as officials warn that the battle to save endangered species is being hampered by lumbering bureaucracy, unwilling governments and a cash crisis.
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The extinction of whole species, once specific to isolated islands, is becoming a trend across continents.
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The turtle is one of the longest-lived creatures Earth has known, but at least half of all turtle species are now in serious danger of extinction.
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A giant Chinese salamander that predates  Tyrannosaurus rex and the world's smallest frog are among a  group of extremely rare amphibians identified by scientists on  Monday as being in need of urgent help to survive.
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As part of the most comprehensive study on worldwide avian biodiversity to date, researchers from Stanford University predict that within a century, 10 percent of bird species in the world will be extinct, with an additional 15 percent endangered.
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A total of 15,589 species of animals and plants are threatened with extinction, according to the so- called Red List of endangered species produced by the IUCN World Conservation Union.
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Conservationists concerned about the extinction of plants and animals may be overlooking the danger to thousands of other species that depend on the threatened ones.
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Description: A long-awaited assessment of frog, toad and salamander populations around the world finds nearly one-third of species are threatened with extinction.
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Whole species of animals from frogs to leopards, living in vulnerable areas and with nowhere else to go, face extinction due to global warming, scientists said on Wednesday.
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A THIRD of the world&#39;s frogs, toads and newts are on the brink of extinction thanks to pollution and loss of their habitat, a study published today warns.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil -- This building is the seventh circle of hell for anyone whose skin crawls when viewing a tangle of slithering snakes, whose spine stiffens when standing next to a teeming box of white mice, whose imagination turns baroque when contemplating the potential effects of reptile venom...
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Global biodiversity is shrinking at an unprecedented rate and the prognosis given by one of the world&#39;s leading conservation bodies, at the opening of a major environment conference here, is alarming.
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Studying the zebra fish spinal cord, grooming habits of the Barbary macaque and the regional impact of dams.