Rare Zoo-born Rhino Returns to Land of Ancestors
Save the Rhino International
A rare Sumatran rhinoceros, the first born in captivity in more than 100 years, arrived in the country of his ancestors on Tuesday as part of an international breeding programme.
Andalas had set off from the Cincinnati Zoo for the 40-hour journey that took him via Amsterdam to the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta, where [...]
Wild Bactrian Camel
The wild Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) a two-humped ancestor of domesticated camels, is now considered “critically endangered” according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), a non-profit conservation organization based in Cambridge, England.
Perhaps only 950 wild camels survive in their native desert habitat of northwest China and Mongolia—many of [...]
Marine turtles
Marine turtles fulfil important roles in marine ecosystems
Marine turtles feed many species in the open ocean. The small turtles eat tiny animals that they find in the floating seaweed concentrations where they live. Fish, sharks and birds in turn prey upon the young turtles. The marine turtles fill an important ecological role by [...]
Pandas
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Pudu
The pudú (Pudu spp.) is considered to be the world’s smallest deer and lives throughout the lands of Argentina and Chile in South America. Scientists have split the main pudu species in two sub species: the Southern Pudu and the Northern Pudu. Nevertheless, both of them are endangered species and need preservation, being one of [...]
Mountain Yellow-legged Frog
Listed as Critically Endangered because of an observed population decline, estimated to be more than 80% over the last three generations, inferred from a decline in its area of occupancy, and from the effects of introduced predators, pollutants and pathogens. The generation length is assumed to be five years.
The habitat of this species [...]
Polar bears
The Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) moved into the threatened categories after being reassessed as Vulnerable for the 2006 Red List. Recent modelling of the trends for sea ice extent, thickness and timing of coverage predicts dramatic reductions in sea ice coverage over the next 50.100 years due to global climate change. It is suspected [...]