Sentences with phrase «study endangered species»

By collecting fecal samples sniffed out by these dogs, researchers are able to study endangered species worldwide.

In the short term, such gene banks allow scientists to study endangered species and learn how best to sustain them in the future.

Scientists hadn't realized that the fish — the world's largest at roughly the size of a school bus — frequented these waters, and the gas field soon became a hotbed for studying this endangered species.

While studying endangered species, she was shocked to discover that Hawaii has the greatest number of endangered species of all of the United States.

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Several studies have found traditional Chinese herbal supplements to be tainted will all sorts of things, including actual pharmaceutical drugs, heavy metals and even DNA from endangered species like the snow leopard.

He has been a practicing ornithologist and conservation biologist for 30 years, specializing in integrating behavioral studies of rare and endangered bird species with habitat conservation planning.

The species was assessed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2009 after more than two decades of population studies indicated that its numbers had plummeted by more than 99 percent over three generations.

Center for Coastal Studies image taken under NOAA permit 633-1763 under the authority of the U.S. Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act

In its recent paper in Ecology Letters, the team concluded that eight of the 15 species studied would become endangered or go extinct.

A study in Science found that species non-specialists proposed to add to the endangered list were more at risk than species put on the list by experts at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

«Our study is the first to provide empirical evidence that artificial insemination with long - stored spermatozoa is not only possible but also beneficial to the genetic diversity of an endangered species,» said David Wildt, lead author, senior scientist and head of the Center for Species Survival aspecies,» said David Wildt, lead author, senior scientist and head of the Center for Species Survival aSpecies Survival at SCBI.

Schwartz now wants to do a Yellowstone - wide hair study to help pin down grizzly population trends — information that could prove pivotal in the hot debate over whether the animals are prospering enough to be removed from the U.S. endangered species list (Science, 23 April 1999, p. 568).

The first comprehensive genetic study of humpback whale populations in the North Pacific Ocean has identified five distinct populations — at the same time a proposal to designate North Pacific humpbacks as a single «distinct population segment» is being considered under the Endangered Species Act.

Last year a study by the National Academy of Sciences reported that in the last three decades the Steller sea lion population dropped from several hundred thousand to about 30,000 — so few that they are now listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

A study in the journal Public Library of Science ONE found that calling an endangered species «rare» may focus the kind of attention on it that could speed its demise.

The study, which ran over a 10 - month period, reveals important gaps in current efforts to protect these endangered sharks and suggests key locations that should be protected to help the survival of the species.

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.

Scientists know a great deal about blue whales off California, where the endangered species has been studied for decades.

«This study helps make sense of the challenge faced by thousands of rangers working on the frontlines to protect elephants and other species across Africa,» said co-author Julian Blanc of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) secrespecies across Africa,» said co-author Julian Blanc of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) secreSpecies (CITES) secretariat.

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.

«Understanding the context under which blue whales make calls is a critical step in developing non-invasive, non-lethal acoustic methods to study population trends and recovery status of this endangered species,» Širovi?

Water development, including damming, harms 91 percent of endangered fish species and 22 percent of endangered birds in the United States, according to a study published in Bioscience [subscription required].

But the same study shows that the iconic species» living space is becoming more fragmented by roads, and that the panda still has less habitat today than three decades ago, when it was first listed as endangered.

Ruedas — who has traveled around the world studying small mammals and discovering new species — said the rabbit discovery in South America could affect how animal species are identified as unique, which is an important step when determining if a species is endangered.

«By studying the microbial community in the panda's gastrointestinal tract, we gain a better understanding of panda nutrition, which could help improve the health and reproduction of the endangered species.»

The researchers studied two different species: the highly endangered red - shanked douc and the mantled howler monkey.

In 2012, the researchers provided pre-publication results from their study to a working group that was advising NMFS on the endangered species review.

With five species classified as critically endangered, two as endangered, one as vulnerable the need of further collecting and studying those species and exploration of the relevant areas is warranted.

The intricate social hierarchy of the California condor, an endangered species, is something that could not be studied until recently due to the severe reduction of this population in the wild.

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin told a crowd recently that efforts to include the polar bear on the endangered species list are based on «these global warming studies that now we're seeing (is) a bunch of snake oil science.»

And although the study didn't focus on endangered species, all the scientists worry that the virus may be causing them further harm.

«Scientific evaluation of rhino diets improves zoo: Study highlights success of changing diet for reproduction in endangered species.»

In the study, when Web visitors were offered the opportunity to view photos of either endangered Nepalese gharials or common voles online, they chose rare species most often.

An endangered fish along the coast of California — the tidewater goby — may actually be two species rather than one, according a study published July 27, 2016 in the open - access journal PLOS ONE by Camm Swift from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, US, and colleagues.

Scientists climbed several rare and endangered tree species on Penang Hill to document the orchids, ferns, and epiphytes (or air plants) thriving at such heights and to press leaf samples for further study.

A recent study by the Environmental Defense Fund shows that of species on the first endangered list drawn up in 1967, those that are recovering received an average of almost four times as much funding as the ones that are declining.

The technique is likely to be very powerful and has numerous potential applications, including the study of endangered species, which is often difficult because of regulations and permitting requirements, says Natalia Ivanova, lead DNA scientist with the Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding in Guelph.

Further, the findings of the new study confirm the unique nature of Arabian Sea humpback whales, which recently was listed as «Endangered» under the US Endangered Species Act by evaluating extinction risk of this discrete population.

Consumers will pay higher prices for palm oil made by companies that help to protect endangered species, finds a new study by North American and U.K. researchers.

«We're trying to protect an endangered species,» said INHS herpetologist and postdoctoral researcher Sarah Baker, a collaborator with Allender on several studies.

We are piecing together a puzzle of both the ecology of this endangered species and the areas that are most critical to them,» said Dr. Alistair Dove, Vice President of Research and Conservation at Georgia Aquarium, a co-author on the study.

Conservationists are debating, for example, whether the western grey wolf should have been removed from the Endangered Species list because genetic studies suggest some of them are wolf - coyote hybrids.

If the spread of some species endangers others or damages ecosystems, we should study and respond to this on a case - by - case basis, without making any prejudgement.

A survey of studies has determined that climate change has had a particularly dire effect on mammals and birds on the endangered species list.

Slated for the ax are the Center for Materials Research and Education, which seeks to improve preservation and curation techniques for museum artifacts, and the Conservation and Research Center (CRC), a 1290 - hectare rural breeding and study facility for threatened or endangered species, operated by the zoo.

«Bolstering a hidden population of an endangered species is better than starting a new population in the area,» said Ethan Kessler, a graduate student of natural resources and environmental sciences at the University of Illinois and a co-author of the study.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) consistently disregarded scientific advice when determining how much land to protect for endangered species during the George W. Bush Administration, a new study shows.

Though once widespread, this endangered species is only limited to fragmental mountain forests, and the highest altitude (up to 4,500 meters) of any primate, making them a fascinating subject for evolutionary biologists to study to reveal the genetics behind their adaptations.

The first specimen was found in 1974 and the second in 1990, but over the years, the plant was wrongly assigned to three different Solanum species before a study led by University of Utah botanist Lynn Bohs identified it as an entirely new but likely endangered species.