Tag: endangered animals
Animals You Didn’t Know Are Endangered
On the subject of the Endangered Species List, a few animals stand out as superstars: polar bears, giant pandas, rhinos, snow leopards… However , the list is so big that there are many species you may never have suspected are endangered. Here are some of them. Zebras image credits An symbol of the African [...]
How Traditional Medicine Affects Animal Species
From the stores in Vietnam to the pharmacies of China, the communities of the Congo to the forests of Bolivia, traditional medicine fuels a need animal parts, endangering the survival of an astonishing number of animal species. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons In Asia, bile taken out from the moon bear is used to deal [...]
New Most Endangered Animals
It is so alarming that we have to write these articles much to often. There are thousands of endangered animals across our planet that are feared to be on the road to extinction. Whatever their habitat is, the endangered animals are either at risk due to human activities in that area or a climate change [...]
Whale Meat from Greenland is More Consumed by Tourists Than Residents
The global ban on whaling enables exemptions for scientific research (which Japan states, though few save the Japanese government believe this) as well as subsistence hunting in locations where whaling is a common cultural activity. Greenland is one of such latter places. Still an analysis by the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society finds that much [...]
Groundbreaking Ways of Protecting Endangered Species using Technology
With the leap in technology and the human inclination for ingenuity and innovation, there are many solutions that have come up for protecting some of the species that are endangered and even on the brink of extinction. Science with gadgetry and technology had provided myriad concepts in this field whether it is technology that is [...]
Endangered Species of the Week – Leatherback sea turtle
Species Dermochelys coriacea The leatherback sea turtle is one of the biggest of all the living sea turtles. Also referred to as the lute turtle, it is the 4rth biggest modern reptile, after the crocodilians. You can easily identify it as it lacks the bony shell, which makes it different form other modern sea turtles. What you will find in [...]
Endangered Species of the Week – Bactrian camels
Species Camelus bactrianus Bactrian camels can be currently found in the remote areas of the Gobi and Taklamakan Deserts in Mongolia. It is one of the two species of camels that is surviving and has 3 humps on its back, rather than the single hump of their Arabian relatives. It is these humps that give the animal to survive the harsh conditions of the desert. These are the [...]
Endangered Species of the Week – Sumatran rhinoceroses
Species Dicerorhinus sumatrensis Sumatra rhinoceroses is the only existing species of the genus Dicerorhinus. Although it is still a large mammal, but is the smallest rhinoceros. Habitat Sumatran rhino lives in thick tropical forests of although is still a large mammal and Borneo. It is also found in swamps, rainforests and cloud forests in Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Laos, Malaysia, species. In ancient [...]
Endangered Species of the week – Red-crowned Crane
Species Grus japonensis Red-crowned Crane is also referred to as Manchurian Crane or Japanese Crane. This large east Asian crane is among the rarest cranes in the world. Because of its small population, the species is classified as Endangered and the numbers continue to dwindle due to loss of wetlands due to industrial development and [...]
Endangered Species of the week – Asiatic Cheetah
Species Acinonyx jubatus venaticus Extinction is not new and in the wild, the future of the Asiatic cheetah is uncertain and is a global problem. Living in an unsuitable environment the extinction rate is all the more accelerated due to ignorant human beings. The term “ cheetah” originates from the Hindi word chitraka, which means speckled. It [...]
Endangered Species of the Week – Chinese alligator
Species Alligator sinensis Habitat Native only to China, the Chinese alligator likes living in freshwater habitats like swamps, rivers, ponds, streams and lakes. It spends about half of the year is spent in hibernation. They are restricted to Anhui, a small province of eastern China.. Recent surveys by the Wildlife Conservation Society has come up with the alarming [...]
Endangered Species of the Week – Mountain gorilla
We started a awareness project to help protect endangered species. This week hero is a Mountain Gorilla. Species Mountain gorilla Gorilla beringei beringei Habitat There are two populations of Mountain gorilla. One of them is found in Central Africa among the Virunga volcanic mountains . The other is found in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. Status There are less than 800 mountain gorillas worldwide as per the recent statistics. In Belgium, there is [...]
Most Endangered Species in Amazon Rainforest
Man is hell bent on destroying the environment in the name of ‘development’ without realizing that that it’s leading to the extermination of several species from our forests. It has been stated that over half of the globe’s animals are living in rain forests. With the fast disappearance of these amazon rainforests several of these endangered animals. [...]
