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Remember Wren?
One in eight bird species may go extinct |
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19 May 2008 |
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| 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 ... |
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| Topics: biodiversity, endangered species, lists, news, wildlife, World Conservation Union (all these topics) |
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Trouble a-Bruin
Six of world's eight bear species under threat of extinction |
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12 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 12:01 PM on 12 Nov 2007 Pop quiz: Can you name the world's eight bear species? (Answer: American black, Asiatic black, brown, polar, panda, sun, sloth, and Andean. Gummy and Care are not acceptable answers.) Six of those eight are under threat of extinction, as the sun bear today joined four of its bear-ethren in the "vulnerable" classification on the World Conservation Union's Red List of Threatened ... |
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| Topics: endangered species, lists, news, wildlife, World Conservation Union (all these topics) |
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