Dozens of Species of Primates Are Under Threat, Study Finds
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A third of the 394 known species of apes, monkeys, lemurs and other groups are listed as threatened with extinction in a new report from the World Conservation Union.
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Mankind's closest relatives are teetering on the brink of their first extinctions in more than a century, hunted by humans for food and medicine and squeezed from forest homes, a report on endangered primates said on Friday.
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About a quarter of all plants known to be threatened in the wild are growing in the world's botanic gardens.
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Apes, gazelles, crocodiles, dolphins, vultures and parakeets are all in danger as the global extinction crisis escalates.
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One of man's closest relatives, the pygmy chimpanzee, may be much closer to extinction than previously thought, a conservation group said Thursday.
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There are 19 macaque species in Asia and one in Africa, and they are said to be second only to human beings in their wide geographical distribution.
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There are more species of venomous fish&#151;some 1,200&#151;than all other venomous vertebrates combined, new research suggests.
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WASHINGTON - Frogs, toads and newts face worldwide environmental threats, according to a new study by more than 500 scientists from over 60 nations.
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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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More than 200 European bird species, including 70 in the UK, are under threat, a study warns.
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A rare species of mountain sheep could face extinction if it is not given a safe haven from the conflicts tearing apart its natural habitat in central and south Asia, conservationists say.
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Habitat loss, climate change and infectious diseases are pushing a growing number of species toward extinction, according to a report yesterday by the World Conservation Union.
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Ten percent of all bird species are likely to disappear by the year 2100, and another 15 percent could be on the brink of extinction, according to a new study by Stanford University biologists.
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Almost a third of the world's amphibian species are confronted by the prospect of extinction, naturalists say.
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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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The number of large mammals has fallen sharply across most of the planet as a result of human activity, a study says.
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WASHINGTON -- Recent outbreaks of ebola among people in Africa also killed thousands of gorillas, a species already