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Improving protected areas, creating new ones, and interconnecting them are necessary in order to prevent many species from extinction, scientists say.
The researchers identified key factors that affect survival of animals after studying how 25 large mammal species in India reached extinction. They suggested densities of local human population and forest cover as some of the [...]

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List of New Species Discovered in 2008 Released.

by fredgrover on September 30, 2009

A species study undertaken last year along the Mekong River in the southeastern areas of Asia has recently published its report.
The WWF International has revealed that in 2008 over 100 plants were discovered on this site, together with 28 fish species, 14 amphibians, two new mammals and one bird species.  The new finds are the [...]

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