Census Uncovers Thousands of Species
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WASHINGTON - Peering deep into the sea, scientists are finding creatures more mysterious than many could have imagined.  At one site, nearly two miles deep in the Atlantic, shrimp were living around a vent that was releasing water heated to 765 degrees Fahrenheit.
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GLAND, Switzerland, Dec. 19  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At least 52 new species of animals and plants have been identified this past year on the island of Borneo, according to scientists.
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By Steve Connor  Thousands of species of marine animals have been discovered by a team of biologists investigating the rich ocean wildlife living around the Philippine island of Panglao.
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Biologists are checking the diversity of fish in the Lower Salt River and reservoir lakes.
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The discovery of the multicolored species, named Bugun Liocichla, is the first in the country in more than 50 years.
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By the end of the century one in 10 species of birds in the world will be extinct and a further 15 per cent will be on the brink of extinction according to one of the largest studies of avian biodiversity.
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Dozens of new species of animals and plants including a catfish with protruding teeth and a tree frog with striking bright green eyes have been found in the past year in the forests of Borneo, a WWF report said on Tuesday.
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Marine scientists say they have discovered 178 new species of fish and hundreds more new species of plants and other animals in the past year, raising the number of life-forms found in the world's oceans to about 230,000.
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More than 180 species added to the World Conservation Union's annual threatened species list
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More than 15,000 species, from sharks to frogs to fir trees, are facing extinction and the total is rising faster than ever before, conservationists and scientists said Wednesday.
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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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By the end of the century one in 10 species of birds in the world will be extinct and a further 15 per cent will be on the brink, according to one of the largest studies of avian biodiversity.
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A leading researcher of marine mammal acoustics, William A. Watkins created a database of thousands of underwater calls from more than 70 species.
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Snakeheads are drawing attention to the proliferation of non-native species nationwide.
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From the lowland gorillas of Africa to corals of the Galapagos Islands, more than 16,300 species are threatened with extinction, the World Conservation Union said on Wednesday in its annual Red List.
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Almost 16,000 species are now threatened by extinction, according to the World Conservation Union&#39;s annual Red List released today.
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A new Audubon study is one of the most comprehensive looks at bird-population trends in North America.