Sentences with phrase «endangered african»

The California Academy of Sciences is home to a bunch of endangered African penguins (as

Africa - CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom — It may seem unlikely that a tree known locally as «red stinkwood» would elicit the kind of attention shown to other endangered African species.

In 2012, poachers were responsible for the deaths of 668 endangered African rhinos, driven in large part by the demand for their «medicinal» horns in the black markets of Asia — up from just 17 killed in 2007.

What at first can look like mass media appropriation, as in the work of rock star - worshipping artist Richard Prince — who showed a nose cone plastered with images of the band Kiss last summer in East Hampton as well as pictures of Sid Vicious over Jackson Pollock's photo at his show at Guild Hall — Joester's work has more in common with Montauk's Peter Beard, who takes his own photos of endangered African wildlife and uses them as the basis for multi-media collage using mud, blood, feathers and paint.

DRWN (Carunculatus) features models of endangered African crane legs cast in graphite and resin.

For a Cape Town beach with a unique twist head to Boulders Beach; its soft sand and slightly warmer sea (Boulders is on the Indian Ocean's False Bay coastline) are home to a large colony of endangered African penguins.

The Knysna National Lake Area is another gem, with a huge lagoon that's home to the endangered African Black Oystercatcher bird.

You can sometimes see the rare African black oystercatcher and occasionally an endangered African penguin.

The funds from Georgia Aquarium's penguin specialty plate help to support the conservation of the endangered African penguin.

Part of the Table Mountain National Park, Boulders Beach is a popular gathering place for the endangered African penguin.

This contemporary pale ale brings attention to Georgia Aquarium's most popular aquatic birds, the endangered African penguins.

Spidering, P.A., Gunther, M.S., Somers, M.J., Wildt, D.E., Walters, M., Wilson, A.S., Maldonado, J.E. (2010) Inbreeding, heterozygosity, and fitness in a reintroduced population of endangered African wild dogs.

Finally, «Stop the Ivory» (1:30) sees Alexander Skarsgård and Margot Robbie advocating for the endangered African elephant.

Endangered African species like elephants, rhinos, and lions march closer to extinction each year.

The effects of big - game hunting, breeding and wildlife conservation on endangered African animals are investigated in this documentary.

The recent birth of a female Grevy's zebra foal at the Saint Louis Zoo marks another milestone in a long - running Washington University in St. Louis research partnership that is making significant contributions to the preservation of Grevy's zebra and the equally endangered African wild ass.

One way genetics is being used is to help endangered African cheetahs.

In 1990, researchers tried to vaccinate some packs of endangered African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in Tanzania and Kenya against rabies, assuming the disease was behind a recent dip in numbers.

Amarula, the South African producer of cream liqueur, has released a special edition of 400,000 bottles with its elephant icon in order to raise global awareness for the same remaining number of the endangered African species.

Not exact matches

INDIANAPOLIS — Endangered Species Chocolate (ESC) announced today that its chocolate bar line has received certification by Fairtrade America and is now offering the first ever chocolate bars made in America from Fairtrade certified West African cocoa beans that can be fully traced from farm to chocolate bar.

Endangered Species Chocolate has donated over $ 1.3 million of product sales in the past three years to wildlife advocate organizations around the world, such as The African Wildlife Foundation.

Through Stonyfield YoKids» sponsorship of AZA SAFE they will be supporting conservation efforts for 10 endangered species, including the African Penguin!

The African penguin is on the Association of Zoos and Aquarium's top 10 list of endangered animals in need of immediate and intensive conservation measures.

Since gaining worldwide attention from April The Giraffe's live - streamed pregnancy in 2017, the park has been able to grow its staff and add a number of new exhibits, including the critically endangered Bongo antelopes, toucans, the Discovery Station, and an African lion exhibit.

It's laudable for Prince William to campaign to protect these endangered animals — at stake is nothing less than the survival of the African and Asian elephants — but his sincerity would ring a lot more true if he showed the same respect for other animals, instead of shooting and killing them without a second thought.

Kwame Nkrumah tells us in Africa Must Unite (1963) that «if we do not unite and combine our military resources for common defence, our individual [African] States, out of a sense of insecurity, may be drawn into making defence pacts with foreign powers which may endanger the security of us all».

In early October, the triennial meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites), the world's largest wildlife trade conference, granted the African grey parrot the highest level of international protection, including the prohibition of international commercial trade of the animal.

Led by scientists from ZSL (Zoological Society of London) and published in the Journal of Animal Ecology, the study highlights how African wild dogs — already classified as Endangered by the IUCN Red List — raise fewer pups at high temperatures.

African wild dogs are one of the world's most endangered carnivores and their populations are in decline, with estimates suggesting that fewer than 700 packs currently remain in the wild.

«Global demand for ivory has long been a significant factor in the poaching of African and Asian elephants, driving these species towards extinction — to such a degree that both types of elephants are now considered endangered or protected species.»

In 1989, after the number of African elephants had declined from 1.3 million to 600,000 in less than a decade, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) banned all international trade in ivory.

A South African court has sentenced a rhino poacher to 77 years in jail, the heaviest penalty imposed by authorities desperate to halt a wave of poaching that is threatening the population of the endangered animals.

Although African elephants are listed as an endangered species, with between 500,000 and 600,000 left in the wild, some African countries continue to push for legalizing trade in ivory tusks.

«African protected area saving endangered megafauna.»

The success could make it easier for wildlife conservationists to help such endangered species as the African painted dog or the Ethiopian wolf, says study coauthor Alexander Travis, a...

Findings from the study could help feline preservationists implement breeding strategies in captivity for rare and endangered species such as the African black - footed cat.

In the first study, Lyons and her team used the 99 Lives consortium to identify a genetic mutation that causes blindness in the African black - footed cat, an endangered species often found in U.S. zoos.

Video footage from these camera traps are providing vital information about this critically endangered species as well as an array of other charismatic animals such as the bonobo, African palm civet, and potto who also inhabit the Lomami National Park.

Among other changes on the list, the African gray parrot - famed for its skill in mimicking human speech - was rated endangered, one step worse than its earlier category as vulnerable.

Young African Penguins, an endangered species that breeds in South Africa and Namibia, seem hardwired to follow signals up the coast (yellow lines) in search of anchovies (purple) and sardines.

A South African company has been indicted in Alabama for selling illegal rhinoceros hunts to Americans and secretly trafficking in the endangered animals» horns

African non-human primates are highly endangered and require non-invasive sampling methods to gain insight into their health.

The African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) was declared endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 1990.

So, if sometimes the males, for example, African - American males or certain Hispanic males are even endangered in science.

As a result, understanding changes in population size for social species — several of which, such as African wild dogs and southern resident killer whales, are endangered — requires understanding of what goes on within groups and how individuals fare when they strike out on their own.

In an effort to encourage (endangered) African penguins to mate, the Greensboro Science Center in North Carolina has started encouraging certain pairings to maintain a genetically diverse population.

Three endangered species are featured in this fable; i.e the Leopard, the Chimpanzee and the African Elephant.

In the News: At an auction in Texas, someone spent $ 350,000 to hunt and kill a black rhino in the African country of Namibia.Black rhino are very endangered.

In his book, Young, Black, and Male in America: An Endangered Species, J.T. Gibbs writes, «the majority of African American males, particularly those in urban centers, are categorized and stereotyped by the five Ds: dumb, deprived, dangerous, deviant, and disturbed.»

Sisulu's leadership and service on behalf of his fellow countrymen put him at odds with the ruling South African government and endangered his life and the lives of his family.