Java Stingaree Declared Extinct, A Grim Milestone For Marine Biodiversity
The extinction of the Javan Stingaree marks the first occurrence of a marine fish extinction caused directly by human activity.
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The extinction of the Javan Stingaree marks the first occurrence of a marine fish extinction caused directly by human activity.
In 1862, German naturalist Eduard von Martens was part of a multiyear expedition to . That July, he found himself in a fish market in the city of Jakarta on the island of Java, then part of a Dutch colony. For a naturalist from temperate Germany, such a market must have been full of tropical […]
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has declared the Java Stingaree, a small species of ray related to stingrays, is extinct.
The government of Papua New Guinea has declared two large new marine protected areas, capping a six-year effort in consultation with local communities on how to curtail the harvest of threatened species and restore the health of fisheries that people have depended on for generations. The MPAs, announced Nov. 12, surround the waters of the […]
The stingray-like creature was added to the IUCN Red List. Find out more.