Good news for threatened plants
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About a quarter of all plants known to be threatened in the wild are growing in the world's botanic gardens.
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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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Conservationists celebrate a successful summer for a rare butterfly, which went extinct in the UK in 1979.
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A SURVEY found rare and important plants are still thriving in parts of North Wales.   The tendency to move away from mixed farming sparked fears fewer plants connected to arable land, such as the marigold and cornflower, would be seen in Gwynedd.
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The federal government has finished a plan to try to save an endangered plant that is found only in Tennessee.
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The scale of the extinction threat facing animals and plants is made clear in the latest Red List from the IUCN-The World Conservation Union.
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Experts said the study provided a glimmer of optimism in the face of bleak scientific assessments of the vulnerability of ecosystems.
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A collaboration of botanists and computer scientists is being awarded a $50 million federal grant to conduct research into plant biology with an eye toward resolving global problems related to agriculture, environment and energy production.
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Hedgehogs and house sparrows are on an updated list of species and habitats which need protection.
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GUANGZHOU, China - In southern China, it doesnât matter if an animal is an endangered species. As long as it walks, wriggles or jumps, itâs good enough for the pot.
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By Sally Claunch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Jun. 6--ARLINGTON -- Even with the recent rains, many residents are buying plants that don't need a lot of water, nursery owners say.
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Many homes and gardens play host to an increasing number of hazardous plants, and children are most often at risk.
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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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Hundreds of medicinal plants are at risk of extinction, threatening the discovery of future cures for disease, experts warn.
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Landscape corridors encourage biological diversity, at least with plants, a new study shows.
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Reports released this week offer evidence of climate change's impact: Plants and animals are dying and showing up in places they shouldn't, the Arctic is heating rapidly and sea levels are rising. By Stephen Leahy.
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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.