Concern over rare duck's decline
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One of the UK's rarest breeding ducks almost halves in the past decade, a new survey reveals.
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Recent sightings of the ivory-bill&#8212;believed extinct for 50 years&#8212;have experts hopeful the species can make a comeback if its forest habitat gets better protection.
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One of the rarest birds on Earth came closer to being wiped out - if not already extinct - with the death of one of the last three believed to exist, officials said.
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Several common species of North American birds have suffered drastic population declines since the arrival of the West Nile virus eight years ago, leaving rural and suburban areas quieter than they used to be and imposing ecological stresses on a variety of other animals and plants, a new study has...
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An extremely rare Hawaiian bird has died in captivity, possibly marking the extinction of its species only 31 years after it was first discovered.
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The Preble's meadow jumping mouse, once seen as a costly impediment to development, is now viewed by the government as a critter that never really existed &#151; and is no longer in need of federal protection under the Endangered Species Act.
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More than 30% of North America's bird populations are in "significant decline" according to conservationists.
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Heathland species are in danger of extinction because of the poor condition of their habitat, conservationists warn.
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The UK government says that the severe decline in Britain's farmland bird populations is slowing down.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pulled two species be pulled from the endangered list on Monday and recommended that four be downlisted from endangered to threatened on Monday, saying there's been much progress toward wildlife recovery in California.
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SALMON, Idaho  - Two thousand mallard ducks in Idaho likely died after they ate moldy grain and contracted a fatal infection, scientists said on Thursday.
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A new report has found that more than 40 per cent of all European bird species are threatened and may disappear soon due to intensive agriculture and climate change.
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THE LIVES lives of dozens of birds - including three rare avocet chicks - are in danger after an oil spillage polluted a North-East nature reserve.  Staff at WWT Washington Wetland Centre, on Wearside, were last night monitoring the water at Wader Lake after oil was found.
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One of the rarest birds on Earth came closer to being wiped out &#151; if not already extinct &#151; with the death of one of the last three believed to exist, officials said.
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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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More than 1,000 mallard ducks have died along a single creek in southern Idaho, and officials on Wednesday tested tissue samples to find out why.
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Urgent action is needed to prevent further declines in albatross and petrel populations, wildlife groups recommend.