http://species.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for species en Wed, 16 May 2007 20:32:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1926159 unknown@Netscape.com The jeopardized health of Earth's depleted ecosystems is putting our own health in danger as more and more diseases like AIDS, West Nile and Ebola could jump from animals to find a home in humans, new research shows. Wed, 16 May 2007 20:32:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1926159healthdiseasespeciesSciencebiodiversityNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1691497 unknown@Netscape.com Scientists recognise that species continually disappear at a background extinction rate estimated at about one species per million per year, with new species replacing the lost in a sustainable fashion. By even the most conservative measure - the current rate of extinction is 100 times the background rate. And more likely much higher. Tue, 01 May 2007 12:56:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1691497ExtinctionspeciesenvironmentconservationScienceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1564141 unknown@Netscape.com A new census of the world's most endangered cat, the Amur or Far Eastern leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), shows that as few as 25 to 34 are left in the wild, renewing fears for the future of the species. Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:01:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1564141AmurleopardEndangerdspeciesExtinctionenvironmentconservationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1469957 unknown@Netscape.com Xiongsen is the world's biggest battery farm for rare animals, including 1,300 tigers. The stock is worth hundreds of millions of dollars in China. Until now there has been a ban on tiger products, but that could be about to change. After a decade of lobbying by Xiongsen, China is preparing to call for a lifting of the ban. Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:53:23 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1469957chinaendangeredspeciesAnimalcrueltytigersXiongsenNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1357367 unknown@Netscape.com A worldwide scientific effort to catalog every living species has topped the 1 million milestone. Sun, 08 Apr 2007 19:53:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1357367speciescataloglifeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1226870 unknown@Netscape.com Tiger is a pretty impressive cat. He's huge and he's only 2 years old, CBS News chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan reports. This Tiger Woods - and his famously named pals Madonna and Cathay - are all South China tigers, the most endangered species of big cats in the world today. Sat, 31 Mar 2007 02:03:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1226870ChinesetigerssouthAfricaendangeredspeciesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1150952 unknown@Netscape.com The Orangutan, one of man's closest and most enigmatic cousins, could be virtually extinct within five years after it was discovered that the animal's rainforest habitat is being destroyed even more rapidly than had been predicted. Sun, 25 Mar 2007 04:42:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1150952enviornmentorangutansspeciesExtinctionrainforestNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1073391 unknown@Netscape.com More bird species in the USA are ranging farther north and even staying there for the winter in a possible sign of adaptation to global warming, ornithologists and conservation groups say. Some indicators come from the recent Great Backyard Bird Count, which found more swallows, orioles and other common birds in uncommon locations. Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:38:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1073391ClimatechangebirdspeciesterritoryNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1001532 unknown@Netscape.com Scientists have identified a leopard found on the South-East Asian islands of Borneo and Sumatra as a new species of great cat, the global nature protection body WWF reported on Thursday. Genetic and skin tests on the creature, now dubbed the Bornean clouded leopard, have shown that it is almost as different from clouded leopards found on the Asian Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:42:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1001532catleopardBorneospeciesenvironmentNews http://web2announcer.com/go/876226 unknown@Netscape.com It seems like a no-brainer: People concerned with saving the environment should protect those places with the most species and that are under the biggest threats, right? WRONG. This scientist argues that such short-sighted conservation actually misses more species than it protects and literally changes the course of evolution... for the worse. Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:25:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/876226evolutionendangeredspeciesanimalshotspotsconservationscienceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/835734 unknown@Netscape.com One of Britain's largest puffin colonies is being wiped out by an invasive plant that is thriving in warmer temperatures brought about by climate change. In just seven years the colony of 29,000 breeding pairs of puffins on the island of Craigleith, has been reduced to fewer than 3,000. Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:57:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/835734globalwarmingenvironmentPuffinInvasivespeciesClimatechangeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/804193 unknown@Netscape.com The aye-aye may be one of the most repellent animals in the world. It also happens to be on the verge of extinction. (photo essay) Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:32:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/804193ScienceendangeredspeciesconservationayeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/785644 unknown@Netscape.com Twenty new species of sharks and rays have been discovered in Indonesia in a five-year survey of catches at local fish markets, Australian researchers said Wednesday. The survey by CSIRO, represents the first in-depth look at Indonesia's sharks and rays since Dutch scientist Pieter Bleeker described more than 1,100 fish species from 1842-60. Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:02:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/785644IndonesiaspeciessharksraysScienceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/746128 unknown@Netscape.com Several strange creatures including a psychedelic octopus have been found in frigid waters off Antarctica in one of the world's most pristine marine environments. Sun, 25 Feb 2007 21:03:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/746128SciencespeciesantarcticaoceanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/694675 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S. proposed listing polar bears as threatened with extinction under the Endangered Species Act because the animals' habitat is melting. "Polar bears are one of nature's ultimate survivors, They're able to live and thrive in one of the world's harshest environments. But there's concern that their habitat may literally be melting." Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:36:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/694675PolarbearsendangeredspeciesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/692682 unknown@Netscape.com Working in the remote forests of Cambodia, conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have just discovered Southeast Asia's only known breeding colony of slender-billed vultures, one of the world's most threatened bird species. Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:11:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/692682CombodiaslenderbilledvultureendangeredspeciesconservationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/669007 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was under orders to decide whether to remove the eagle by today. However, a court-approved agreement is allowing the agency to delay the decision while it makes additional studies. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:11:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/669007americanBaldEagleendangeredspecieshabitatdestructionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/669591 unknown@Netscape.com The simultaneous effect of habitat fragmentation, overexploitation, and climate warming could accelerate the decline of populations and substantially increase their risk of extinction, a study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B has warned. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:29:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/669591ExtinctionhabitatenvironmentspeciesScienceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/645405 unknown@Netscape.com Genetic tests of North American birds show what may be 15 new species including ravens and owls -- look alikes that do not interbreed and have wrongly had the same name for centuries, scientists said on Sunday. Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:56:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/645405birdspeciesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/506401 unknown@YahooMyWeb.com No description for this story Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:25:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/506401antsneuronsneuroncollective intelligencefoodpatternstanford universityargentine antsspecies of antsthe colonycolonypatrollersNestpatrollerspeciesforagersharvester antsforagerdeborah m. gordonfood resourcesfree internet tvlive tvWildlifewildlife refugehummingbirdshummingbirdinternet televisiontvvideosVideomusic videosStreamingtv guidewavelitinternational film festivalswildlife experiencescamssuborbital flightgrouse mountain http://web2announcer.com/go/506400 unknown@YahooMyWeb.com No description for this story Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:11:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/506400antsneuronsneuroncollective intelligencefoodpatternstanford universityargentine antsspecies of antsthe colonycolonypatrollersNestpatrollerspeciesforagersharvester antsforagerdeborah m. gordonfood resources http://web2announcer.com/go/427156 unknown@Netscape.com There are now just a few thousand tigers left. Seven hundred mountain gorillas. A hundred Iberian lynx. Can we do anything to help them? Emine Saner looks at 10 animals we just have to save - and how you can get involved. Sat, 03 Feb 2007 08:48:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/427156speciesExtinctionconservationenvironmentWildlifeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/27044 unknown@YahooMyWeb.com No description for this story Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:30:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/27044Earthspecieslongeratmosphere http://web2announcer.com/go/2702 unknown@Netscape.com China is to auction licenses to foreigners to hunt wild animals, including endangered species, a newspaper said on Wednesday. Wed, 09 Aug 2006 18:21:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2702Newsendangeredhuntchinaspecies