Bird species showing decline
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A report released recently by the National Audubon Society indicates a number of bird species are decreasing in number all over the country.
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Global warming could cut a swathe through the planet's species over the coming centuries, warns a study released Wednesday that shows a link between rising temperatures and mass extinctions reaching back half a billion years.
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By Steve Dube  Spectacular flocks of starlings are no longer such a common sight in the Welsh countryside. The latest State of Birds in Wales partnership report reveals that the Welsh breeding population has declined by up to 43% since 1994.
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One in 10 of all bird species is likely to disappear by the end of the century, according to a study published today. A further 15 per cent of birds could be on the brink
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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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As many as 122 species have disappeared since 1980, and 1,900 are in danger of becoming extinct.
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Animal and plant species have begun dying off or changing sooner than predicted because of global warming, a review of hundreds of research studies contends.
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A new study estimates that if the nearly 12,200 animals and plants currently listed as threatened or endangered disappear, another 6,300 "affiliate" species could also be lost.
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The number of large mammals has fallen sharply across most of the planet as a result of human activity, a study says.
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One of Earth&#39;s rarest birds might have gone into extinction following the death of one of the last known po&#39;ouli. The aging male po&#39;ouli died in captivity
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PARIS, Feb 1 (IPS) - Environmental and scientific experts agree that  degradation of biological diversity has reached historical  dimensions, but a North-South divide is emerging over action to  counter this crisis.
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By building homes on prairies, draining wetlands and clearing forests, humans are diminishing bird populations, according to a new National Audubon Society study.
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A VITAL lifeline is being thrown to woodland creatures in the region threatened with extinction.  Some butterflies and moths are in severe decline, but the Forestry Commission is taking action to improve their plight.
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Farmers who provide "bed and breakfast" for wild birds could help reverse the decline in farmland species, experts say.
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The populations of nearly two dozen common American birds &#151; the fence-sitting meadowlark, the frenetic Rufous hummingbird and the whippoorwill with its haunting call &#151; are half what they were 40 years ago, a new analysis found.
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The world&#39;s biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, the recognized global watchdog on endangered species said Wednesday in announcing its annual list of most vulnerable wildlife.
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Some might think fewer rodents would be a good thing, but scientists are concerned about the dwindling populations of two small fury creatures on New Mexico's list of endangered mammals.