Sentences with phrase «endangered rhinoceros»

The last living male of an endangered rhinoceros species has fallen ill.

At eight years old, Alyssa Carter is already a hero for the endangered Rhinoceros.

Not exact matches

Interpol's research focused on the trade of rhinoceros, elephants, and tigers, as all international trade in those endangered species is prohibited.

Although rhinoceroses are endangered, legalizing the trade in rhino horns may be the best way to protect them from poachers.

For instance, the last birth of an endangered northern white rhinoceros was in 2000.

Manas Wildlife Sanctuary Although Asian one - horned rhinoceroses, tigers, and other endangered mammals managed to survive 15 years of a rebel occupation in this World Heritage Site in India, they still face the threat of logging and poaching due to the shortage of park police.

Elephants, hippopotamuses and rhinoceroses are among these «mega-herbivores,» and despite their large size, their populations are endangered.

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

Efforts to save the endangered Sumatran rhinoceros should focus on preserving a subspecies in Borneo, says a team of American, Indonesian, and Malaysian researchers.

He's Latino and a high school English teacher, a description and perspective that's perhaps as rare as the critically endangered northern rhinoceros, he says on his popular blog.

[1] It is an important breeding site for northern elephant seals and the endangered Steller's sea lion, as well as several species of seabirds, including rhinoceros auklets, Brandt's cormorants and western gulls.

Glimpse the endangered Asiatic one - horned rhinoceros in Chitwan National Park, and a chance of spotting the elusive Royal Bengal tiger

There people can catch glimpses of the sadly endangered species like the one - horned rhinoceros, Indian bison, sloth bears, Bengali tiger and many more.

From the friendly Royal Bengal Tigers of Bandhavgarh National Park and the endangered Single - horned Rhinoceros of Kaziranga that hold 2/3 of their population to the World Heritage birding paradise Keoladeo National Park.

These items will be enhanced by a loan of Warhol's 1983 silkscreen series «Endangered Species,» including images of a tiger, a butterfly, a zebra, an orangutan, a rhinoceros, a ram, an elephant, a frog, a panda and an eagle.

Thanks to a Tumblr post by Cem Aridag, a Turkish journalist in my new Blogging a Better Planet course at Pace University, I became aware of a creative approach to conveying the plight of endangered wildlife — a mock Facebook chat involving a tiger, panda, rhinoceros and other species facing various threats: Read more...

The World Wildlife Fund and Indonesian park officials have released video of Javan rhinoceroses obtained from camera traps in Ujung Kulon National Park, which is thought to be the last refuge of the critically endangered species.

Palm oil plantations decimate orangutan populations and threaten other endangered species such as tigers, rhinoceros, and elephants indigenous to Malaysia and Indonesia, the two countries that produce 85 percent of the world's palm oil.

This lush rainforest island, divided between Indonesia, Brunei and Malaysia, is home to the endangered Bornean orangutan, the critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros, and about 1,000 pygmy elephants that are unique to the island.

Etosha National Park in northern Namibia, one of Africa's major wildlife sanctuaries, 2 is home to the critically endangered black rhinoceros.5, 6 Climate change threatens biodiversity in the park and elsewhere in Africa, 11 and a warmer, drier climate in Namibia could put tourism at risk.10

Namibia's Etosha National Park, designated as a game reserve in 1907, is one of Africa's major wildlife sanctuaries.2 It centers around a huge, parched depression of silver - white minerals — the Great White Place or Place of Dry Water for which the park is named.3 This ancient, evaporated lake deposit of salt minerals fills with water only after heavy rains.4 The park harbors more than 100 types of mammals, including rare and endangered species such as the black rhinoceros, black - faced impala, tssesebe, and gemsbok.2 Etosha is also home to more than 300 species of birds and more than 100 species of reptiles.4

The ecosystem of Namibia's Etosha National Park harbors one of the largest populations of the critically endangered black rhinoceros.

JAKARTA — The Javan rhinoceros, one of the world's most endangered species, continues to persevere in its last remaining sanctuary, the latest census from the Indonesian government has found.

He studied conservation biology and fell in love with the Sumatran rhino, the smallest — and the most critically endangered — member of the rhinoceros family.

Bears, rhinoceroses, a variety of reptiles and amphibians and other endangered animals considered delicacies or thought to have medicinal properties routinely fall victim to the black market.

India has over 441 animal sanctuaries and 80 national parks which are home to several endangered species of animals (Bengal Tigers, Asiatic Elephants, Snow Leopards, Indian Rhinoceros) and many different species of birds (Great Indian Bustard, Himalayan Monal Pheasant,, White Breasted Swiflet, Griffon Vultures) just to name a few.

The species (there is still ongoing debate whether it is a distinct species or a subspecies of the white rhinoceros) is called Ceratotherium simum cottoni and is thought to have gone extinct in the wild over 10 years ago, even though it is still listed as critically endangered (possible extinct in the wild) in the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species, an entry that was last updated in 2011.