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Over the past 50 years, lion numbers have decreased by three-quarters. Only 20,000 to 40,000 of these majestic big cats survive in the wild today. A third of lion deaths are a result of poaching, and even where lions are killed in retaliation over livestock predation, in many cases their body parts are harvested for […]
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / March 2, 2023 / Illumina: Originally published on Illumina News CenterHerds of woolly mammoth once roamed the span of the Northern Hemisphere, from the British Isles across
Africa's elephants are in trouble, and human activity is to blame. For the first time, the IUCN Red List assessed Africa's elephants as two separate species: the African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) and the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana). They found that both species are endangered, and the forest elephant critically so.
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Sumatran rhinos show low inbreeding — but when it happens, collapse is quick by Carolyn Cowan on 29 April 2021 Fewer than 100 Sumatran rhinos are believed to remain on Earth, and the species faces dire threats due to a low birth rate, habitat loss and fragmentation, and poaching. A new study finds that, despite its small size, the population retains significant genetic diversity, and likely has the genomic “toolkit” necessary to survive threats like climate change or disease. The findings are good news for conservationists, but also come with a warning: an analysis of a recently extinc...