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Snow leopard genes could help estimate populations
15 10 2008 Counting the endangered snow leopard has been an imprecise science so far, but a new genetic test could give a much clearer picture of the state of their population
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Can cold showers and coral gardening save the reefs?
15 10 2008 With the world's corals in a desperate plight, researchers are considering some extraordinary rescue plans. weighs them up (full text available to subscribers)
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Viewing animals like shares reveals vanishing species
15 10 2008 While prospects for the world's mammals appear as grim as ever, a novel census method reveals how less prominent groups of species are faring (full text available to subscribers)
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American icons aren't the animals they used to be
15 10 2008 Do hybrid wolf-coyotes, grizzly-polar bears and cattle-bison deserve protection - and are we to blame for their existence?
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Map reveals species most at risk from climate change
09 10 2008 A huge project aims to work out which species most need help to survive climate change of the 17,000 species assessed, over a third are at risk
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Stock index for life reveals vanishing species
09 10 2008 While prospects for the world's mammals appear as grim as ever, a novel census method is revealing how other less prominent groups of species are faring (full text available to subscribers)
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Early birds get to survive changing climate
07 10 2008 Birds that haven't adjusted to the realities of a warming world are worse off than their more flexible counterparts, suggests a first-of-a-kind study
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World's mammals are in crisis, Red List reveals
06 10 2008 A massive assessment of the planet's mammals finds one in three marine species, and one in four on land, are being pushed towards extinction
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Hidden populations give lynx a fighting chance
03 10 2008 The world's rarest cat may avoid extinction after new populations are found across Spain
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Half of world's primates face extinction
03 10 2008 The situation is "far more severe" than thought, with south-east Asian monkeys at the most critical risk and only a few conservation successes
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'Lost world' of gorillas discovered in the Congo
03 10 2008 A critically endangered gorilla population in the vast forests of northern Congo is double that of previous estimates, according to a new census
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Human tragedy follows loss of India's vultures
03 10 2008 A mass poisoning that killed millions of vultures may have indirectly claimed the lives of almost 50,000 people bitten by rabid feral dogs (full text available to subscribers)
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Hawaii's endangered birds starved for cash
03 10 2008 The US government spends much less money on recovery programmes for endangered Hawaiian birds than it does on mainland birds
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Climate maps offer wildlife hope of sanctuary
03 10 2008 A new way to predict how habitat zones will shift or vanish could help usher endangered species to safety (full text available to subscribers)
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Lethal parrot disease may be caused by horse virus
03 10 2008 A disease that has pushed one parrot species to the edge of extinction is tentatively linked to a group of viruses
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Saving species doesn't harm the world's poor
03 10 2008 Do environmentalists destroy the lives of poor people by taking over wild areas in the name of conservation? No, says new research
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Humpback whales come off the danger list
03 10 2008 After a 42-year hunting ban, humpback whales are now classed as "least concern" pro-whaling countries may now try to get the ban lifted
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Rabies tragedy follows loss of India's vultures
03 10 2008 A mass poisoning that killed millions of vultures may have indirectly claimed the lives of almost 50,000 people bitten by rabid feral dogs (full text available to subscribers)
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Bugs lead drug-hunters to medicinal treasure
03 10 2008 Bioprospectors looking for medicinal plants in the jungle have a new guide brightly-coloured insects like to sit on them
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Virgin rainforest targeted for oil drilling
03 10 2008 An area of the western Amazon almost as large as Texas has been provisionally earmarked for oil and gas exploration
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Ecotourists scare away endangered wildlife
03 10 2008 Nature-loving visitors to protected animal reserves can make carnivorous animals like bobcats and coyotes scarper, a new study says (full text available to subscribers)
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UN aims to protect Iraqi wetlands
03 10 2008 The marshlands of Mesopotamia were drained under Saddam and are now recovering plans are now afoot to list them as a World Heritage Site
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Climate change could stop corals fixing themselves
03 10 2008 By 2100, most of the world's coral reefs could be living in waters that lack the minerals for them to repair damage, as a result of ocean acidification
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Rare parrot needs the right food to breed
03 10 2008 Putting the endangered New Zealand kakapo on a version of the Atkins diet may not after all help it to lay eggs
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Legalise hunting of endangered species, says report
03 10 2008 Bans on the hunting of endangered animals in many regions aren't working is it time to turn hunters into conservationists? (full text available to subscribers)
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