Feral Cats ate critically #endangered baby Cuban #crocodiles. 145 attacks were documented. The species only has 3,000 left in the wild. So to preserve #biodiversity 7 feral cats were removed from the breeding farm, stopping the attacks. (1/3)
U.S. House votes to remove wolves from endangered list in 48 states.
AP reports: "The Republican-authored bill comes amid national debate on the wolves’ future. Hunters and farmers across the country maintain the species is stable and have been complaining for years about wolf attacks on game species and livestock. They want to be allowed to legally kill the animals."
Climate change emerging as biggest caribou threat: study
Habitat loss has long been considered the principle cause for concern
“There are a litany of reasons to do restoration and caribou aren’t the only species on the landscape. I think it behooves society to undo the disturbances we’ve created”
New today: More than 1,000 captive trophy-hunting ranches operate in the United States, most of them in Texas. Some routinely offer hunts of endangered or threatened exotic species. This should not be allowed.
Critically endangered sawfish and the rare river shark are facing the highest fishing pressure in a decade in Northern Territory waters. Take action now: https://nwmd.io/s/email/ZBI4BDLEH_ftRWWnK7I=/r
#NorthernTerritory (NT) waters make up the last global stronghold for endangered #sawfish and one of the world's rarest shark species, the #RiverShark. Four of the world's five sawfish species and two of the world's five river shark species call NT waters home.
Right now, sawfish and river sharks are not protected from commercial #gillnets in their #CriticalHabitat along the coastlines of major river systems in the NT.
The Daly River is home to one of the world's very few known #nurseries of critically #endangered#FreshwaterSawfish. It's at this time of year (wet season) that they're the most exposed, as they spend time near the river mouth giving birth to #pups and #breeding.
February 18 is World Pangolin Day draw attention to the plight of the world’s most trafficked animals, these magnificent scaly mammals. There 8 species of #pangolin in Africa & Asia, all endangered, threatened by poachers for their meat & scales (used in traditional medicines) & by habitat loss and deforestation. 🧵1/2
This superb owl is a Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis) a species of true owl. It is a resident species of old-growth forests in western North America, where it nests in tree hollows, old bird of prey nests, or rock crevices.
We know the importance of #biodiversity in our ecosystems. I think keeping some type of "topicdiversity" is equally relevant. But the AI bubble is threatening the presence of papers addressing other "old-fashioned" topics.