10,000 Birds
JULY 10, 2012
More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. The Gray Crowned-Crane is a new addition to the list of the world’s Endangered species, creeping up a category from Vulnerable.
Critter News
MAY 9, 2010
Tags: habitat europe portugal environment wildlife endangered species.
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Critter News
SEPTEMBER 6, 2009
The hunting and selling of ortolans, which have suffered a Europe-wide decline of 40-50% in the last 40 years, has been illegal in France since 1999. Tags: poaching france endangered species. It is time to make the state face up to its responsibilities." Plucked and roasted, they are served whole.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2012
It turns out that the steppe is one of the places tulips come from and is a center of tulip species diversity. Wikipedia cites three competing theories : It is unclear who first brought the Tulip to northwest Europe. The Dutch didn’t get tulips until at least the mid to late 1500s. How did tulips arrive in Holland?
Critter News
MAY 15, 2009
At the same time, the opinion of the European Parliament is that these objectives have to be achieved without impeding research on various serious diseases in Europe, reported the parliament’s press room. Tags: animal experimentation europe animal research medical research. I really hope this passes.
10,000 Birds
JULY 9, 2015
Birds included common species such as Black Drongos , Jungle Babblers and a Hoopoe. During the Pleistocene, Dholes were found across the Northern Hemisphere, including Europe and North America, sharing their space with sabre-toothed cats. These days, the species shares habitats with Tigers, Snow Leopard, Bears, etc.
10,000 Birds
MAY 19, 2012
It has recently been reclassified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List; this category is reserved for only the most threatened species in the world. If this bird did become extinct, it would be the first pheasant species to have been lost in the 400 years since proper records began.
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