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Marine fish are moving towards the poles due to climate change

Published on: May 31, 2023
16:25

London, May 31 (Prensa Latina) Most of fish populations in the sea are responding to global warming by relocating towards colder waters nearer the north and south poles, the scientific journal Global Change Biology published Wednesday.

Chunk of plants, animals in U.S. at risk of extinction

Published on: February 6, 2023
17:14

Washington, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) More than a third of animal and plant species in the U.S. could go extinct while more than 40% of ecosystems are at risk of collapse, a new report from a conservation group has found.

76 percent of insects fall outside protected areas

Published on: February 1, 2023
17:07

Washington, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) Insects play a key role in nearly all ecosystems, yet 76% of the world's well-studied insects lasck adequate protection in protected areas, according to a study published in One Earth.

Fourth anaconda verified after two decades

Published on: November 22, 2022
16:19

Tbilisi, Nov 22 (Prensa Latina) Scientists from Ilia State University, Georgia succeeded in extracting DNA from some old, pre-existing tissue samples. They used these to substantiate and verify the specific status of the new species.

Threat of global extinction may be greater than previously thought

Published on: July 26, 2022
09:08

Washington, Jul 26 (Prensa Latina) Amid increasingly dire headlines foretelling a grim outlook for the Earth’s biodiversity and environment, results of a new survey conducted among more than 3,300 scientists show the extent of extinction might be even worse than previously thought.

Mexico must protect the ‘vaquita’

Published on: August 15, 2021
00:30

Mexico, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) Faced with the risk of extinction of the vaquita, a porpoise endemic to the northern end of the Gulf of California in Baja California, Mexico, the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (NACEC) demanded Mexico's protection of that species.

Following Panda, China removes Tibetan antelope from endangered speci

Published on: August 11, 2021
10:36

Beijing, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) China eliminated the Tibetan antelope from the 'endangered' species list, after a significant growth in its population was confirmed, media informed on Wednesday.

Regulations on animal welfare in Cuba come into effect

Published on: July 10, 2021
10:28

Havana, Jul 10 (Prensa Latina) The coming into effect of legal regulations of decree-law on Animal Welfare in Cuba on Saturday is the result of a social demand and establishes guarantees for wildlife protection.

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