Threat to Orang Utans' Future
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By Jaswinder Kaur  KOTA KINABALU: The orang utans in Kinabatangan could die out in less than 50 years.
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Low sperm counts and other  reproductive problems are preventing pregnancy among Malaysia&#39;s  endangered rhinos, a worrying trend that wildlife experts say  could hasten the animals&#39; extinction.
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Indonesia's tropical rain forests are disappearing 30 percent faster than previously estimated as illegal loggers raid national parks, threatening the long-term survival of orangutans, according to a U.N. report released Monday.
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CHICAGO - In what her keepers call "Maggie's Extreme Makeover," one of Brookfield Zoo's female orangutans has had her appearance and zeal restored through treatment for a previously undiagnosed thyroid condition.
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Almost a third of the world&#39;s frogs, toads, salamanders and other amphibians are threatened with extinction within 100 years, according to a study.
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The critically endangered Sumatran tiger will become extinct unless Indonesia takes swift action to clamp down on the illegal sale of the big cats' body parts across the Southeast Asian country, conservationists say
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To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS  Contact: Tom Lalley of the World Wildlife Fund, +1-202-778-9544, tom.lalley@wwfus.org   BALI, Indonesia, Feb.
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KIJAL, Malaysia, Aug 18  - Malaysia, once a major breeding ground, is in danger of losing its ocean-roaming leatherback turtles as humans eat their eggs, trap them in fishing nets and encroach on nesting sites, scientists said on ...
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Man and mother nature are threatening at least six distinct species of African giraffe, which are highly endangered and could face extinction if not protected, a study warned Saturday.
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JAKARTA/BANGKOK (DPA): Thailand, under growing pressure to repatriate some 100 orangutans allegedly smuggled into the country from Indonesia, plans to shift the apes from a private zoo to a safe centre, probably in Chiang Mai, a minister said on Thursday.
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For centuries the Tsaatan people have roamed Mongolia with the reindeer that provide their livelihood. But disease and inbreeding now threaten their herds&#151;and cultural future. With photo gallery.
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By ARTHUR MAX THE HAGUE, Netherlands - If you think the problem of endangered species is all about tigers, elephants and orangutans, ask a violinist where he gets his bow.
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Using helicopters to count endangered orang-utans gives very accurate estimates of the great apes' numbers, researchers report in Plos Biology.
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Pygmy chimpanzees, one of humanity's closest living relatives, have been pushed to the brink of extinction in the war-battered Democratic Republic of Congo, conservation group WWF International said on Thursday.
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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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Hundreds of medicinal plants are at risk of extinction, threatening the discovery of future cures for disease, experts warn.
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Attacks by elephants on villages, people and other animals are on the rise. Some researchers are pointing to a species-wide trauma and the fraying of the fabric of pachyderm society.