Sentences with phrase «giraffe population»

New insights enable improved protection measures for the giraffe According to estimates by the World Conservation Organization IUCN, the world's giraffe population is about 100,000 individuals — showing a decreasing trend.

According to estimates by the World Conservation Organization IUCN, the world's giraffe population is about 100,000 individuals — showing a decreasing trend.

There are more than 40,000 southern giraffes, but fewer than 5000 northern giraffes, and given that the total giraffe population has dropped from 150,000 to about 90,000 in the past 30 years, northern giraffes could be in trouble in the near future, the researchers say.

If you were sad hearing about the decline of the giraffe population, then you're really not going to like this report.

«We hope that the publication of the giraffe genome and clues to its unique biology will draw attention to this species in light of the recent precipitous decline in giraffe populations,» Cavener said.

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As the petition asserted, «the giraffe has suffered a major reduction in population size across its range primarily due to habitat loss, commercial overutilization, and severe poaching, and such decline continues unabated.»

Giraffes are at risk from the expansion of farmland to feed a rising human population and from killings for their meat, often in areas of conflict such as South Sudan, according to the IUCN, which groups scientists, governments and activists.

The survey documented the presence of the highly endangered northern giraffe Kordofan subspecies, likely to be the last remaining population in CAR and in danger throughout much of its range in Africa.

The first aerial assessment of the impact of Central African Republic's recent conflict on wildlife and other natural resources in the northern part of the country shows that wildlife populations have been depleted in large areas of their former range, yet there is hope as some populations of Kordofan giraffe, giant eland, buffalo, roan, and other key species that still survive in low numbers.

Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, it killed 90 % of the cattle and large proportions of domestic oxen used to pull plows, and decimated wild buffalo, giraffe, and wildebeest populations.

Gene analyses reveal that there are not one, but four giraffe species (09/09/2016) Scientists from the Senckenberg and the Giraffe Conservation Foundation have analysed the genetic relationships of all major populations of giraffe in the wild... more

Angola and South African Giraffes can be uniquely identified by their maternal gene profile For the study, the researchers created a profile of the subspecies» mitochondrial DNA, using tissue samples from about 160 giraffes from various populations across the entire African coGiraffes can be uniquely identified by their maternal gene profile For the study, the researchers created a profile of the subspecies» mitochondrial DNA, using tissue samples from about 160 giraffes from various populations across the entire African cogiraffes from various populations across the entire African continent.

Pupils will then be shown a slide which demonstrates, with the example of giraffes, how natural selection can ensue within a population of organisms over time.

The area features sizeable mammal populations, including black rhino, Rothschild's giraffe, greater kudu, lion, cheetah and wild dogs.

There are also healthy populations of lion — originally from the Etosha National Park in Namibia — leopard, hippo, giraffe, zebra, hyena and elephant.

Aside from rhino the reserve has over 340 species of bird, a large and healthy elephant population, cheetah, hippo, hyena, jackal, giraffe and wild dog.

Lake Nakuru National Park is a fenced area, which provides a sanctuary to one of the largest populations of rhinos in Kenya, as well as Rothschild's giraffes, leopards and lions.

The tremendous selection of wildlife includes nearly 400 bird species recorded and over 100 species of mammals, most notably massive herds of elephant and a healthy population of predators including lion, plus zebra, buffalo, giraffe, kudu, impala, steenbok, wildebeest and sable.

In the northwest, you can witness wildlife in all its glory — the Hwange game reserve is home to nearly 400 bird species recorded and over 100 species of mammals, most notably massive herds of elephant and a healthy population of predators including lion, plus zebra, buffalo, giraffe, kudu, impala, steenbok, wildebeest and sable.

The report indicates that in some of the most popular national parks the population of such species as lions, wildebeests, giraffes, buffalos and zebras has declined 59 percent between 1970 and 2005 — and in other parts of Africa, the numbers have fallen even more dramatically, in some cases up to 85 percent.