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Underrated island with stunning waterfalls overlooked by tourists
Daily Express· 1 hour agoThe island's most popular attraction is the world famous Komodo dragons. From Flores, visitors can...
‘Greatest recovery of a cat species ever achieved’: Iberian Lynx is no longer on brink of extinction
Euronews via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe population of the medium-sized wildcat, endemic to the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe,...
Meet A New Species Of ‘Spitting Cobra’—The Problem Is, It May Already Be Extinct
Forbes· 2 days agoA recent paper published in PLOS ONE documents the existence of a new African spitting cobra species, named the Nyanga rinkhals (Hemachatus nyangensis). The species ...
Mosquito species ‘exploded all over the valley’; What can the health district do?
Las Vegas Review-Journal· 3 days agoAedes aegypti are aggressive daytime biters. Culex quinquefasciatus, the most-trapped mosquito ...
Nile perch invasion triggered genetic bottlenecks in Lake Victoria's endemic cichlids
Science Daily· 5 days agoThe careless introduction of exotic species by humans into ecosystems can lead to truly catastrophic results, as has been proven time and time again. One tragic example is ...
Rising seas endanger Long Island shore bird habitats
Newsday· 8 hours agoThe sparrows are endemic to the marshes on the East Coast — they exist nowhere else in the world. As seas rise, the salt marshes, already just fragments...
Millions of Mosquitoes Released in Hawaii To Save Rare Bird From Extinction - Slashdot
Slashdot· 23 hours agoMillions of mosquitoes are being released from helicopters in Hawaii in a last-ditch attempt to save rare birds slipping into extinction. From a report: The archipelago's endemic< ...
The Iberian lynx is back from the brink of extinction
WJW via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMADRID, SPAIN – 2023/12/14: An Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) pictured in its enclosure at Madrid Zoo....
A Tale of Two Nearly Extinct Giant Salamanders
New York Times· 5 days ago“Salamanders are big, and they’re cool,” said Sena Ishikawa, a master’s student studying the animals at Kyoto University. Such passion for the slippery ...
Gateway - Quartz
Quartz· 5 days agoThe small, evergreen tree or shrub is famously drought-tolerant, with some varieties capable of enduring more than 200 days between waterings. Climate change is scrambling the seasons, wreaking ...