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Fish brought back from extinction with help from UK zoo
More than 1,500 tequila fish have now been returned to the Teuchitlan River, south-west Mexico.
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More than 1,500 tequila fish have now been returned to the Teuchitlan River, south-west Mexico.
About 28% of the 138,000 species assessed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature are now at risk of vanishing.
Insects are disappearing at a rate of just under 1% a year with much variation from place to place.
An Garda Síochána said it responded to a “theft incident” at a hotel in the Dublin at approximately 1.30pm.
A new study has found that plant extinction is occurring up to 500 times faster than ‘natural’ rates.
Following a UN report and Ireland’s declaration of a climate emergency, why is biodiversity crucial to the survival of our planet?
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan said this move will put pressure on the government to be more ambitious with its policies.
Over one million animal and plant species are now at risk of extinction.
Scientists have gathered his genetic material and are working on techniques to preserve the subspecies.
From Norwegians to Native Americans, people are using rap music to keep indigenous language alive.
The bird used to be widespread in Ireland but is now only found along the north coast of Donegal and in the west of Mayo and Connemara.
Cheetah numbers in Zimbabwe have plunged by more than 85% in 16 years.
The species population has dropped around 40% in the past 30 years.
Mammoths lived on Alaska’s St Paul Island in the Bering Sea until about 5,600 years ago.
Shark nets, ocean pollution and baited hooks are being blamed for the dwindling numbers.
The people of Inis Meáin are campaigning hard to get a second teacher for their primary school – but so far their protests are falling on deaf ears.
Who are the Viking tour going to shout at now?
“If something is wrong with the largest, most powerful group in the sea, then something is wrong with the sea, so it’s a relief to find they’re in good shape.”
The poor thing didn’t stand a chance. *sniff*
For every endangered animal in a pet shop or home – ten others could have died during capture or transportation.
It has emerged that the Tasmanian tiger – the last of which died in 1936 – was wiped out by human actions rather than an unknown disease.
Bees from Sweden to be released into British countryside as Irish centre warns that some Irish bee species under threat…
The Irish hare, red squirrel and red deer are all in danger of being wiped out by invasive foreign species, according to new research.
Different environmental factors are combining to accelerate the process of extinction in the oceans.