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Remember Wren? One in eight bird species may go extinct		19 May 2008	News
Posted at 3:04 PM on 19 May 2008 One in eight bird species is threatened with extinction, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. In the latest update of the IUCN's Red List of threatened species, 190 birds are designated "critically endangered"; eight of those were added this year. Sixteen other bird species were also moved to a higher level of threat on the list, while only two found their prospects ...
Topics: biodiversity, endangered species, lists, news, wildlife, World Conservation Union (all these topics)

That's Life Massive database of species goes online		26 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 12:38 PM on 26 Feb 2008 An online Encyclopedia of Life that aims to eventually include every living organism on the planet has unveiled its first detailed pages. Read up on the 24 species that have entries complete with text, pictures, and video, or sift through 30,000 others with preliminary information. Those involved with the encyclopedia, which got its start from a 2003 paper written by famed biologist E.O. Wilson, hope it will he ...
Topics: biodiversity, endangered species, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Good News, Sad News Six species discovered in Congo, four endangered gorillas shot		09 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Good News, Sad News Six species discovered in Congo, four endangered gorillas shot A research expedition to a remote forest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo found six new animal species -- a bat, a rat, two shrews, and two frogs -- and may have found new plant species as well. The trip, which ran from January to March and was led by the Wildlife Conservation Society, represented ...
Topics: biodiversity, Congo, endangered species, extinction, news, wildlife (all these topics)

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