Researchers found evidence of inbreeding and small colonies in rusty patched bumblebee populations. A first-of-its-kind rangewide genetic study of the endangered rusty patched bumblebee found ...
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The conservation status of orcas varies by population. Some groups are considered endangered due to threats like pollution, habitat loss, and reduced prey availability. Current estimates suggest that ...
A necropsy found the endangered whale, a mother to a young calf, had suffered “catastrophic injuries” consistent with being struck by a ship, according to a release from the National Oceanic ...
There are no orcas to speak of in Western literature ... Is that a healthy number? Or are they endangered? No one knows, because researchers began counting them only in the 1970s and aren ...
Besides, the small Javan rhino population is also extremely vulnerable to extinction due to natural catastrophes, disease, poaching and potential inbreeding ... leopard subspecies are still critically ...
“These critically endangered orcas are finally getting the federal habitat protections they desperately need,” said Julie Teel Simmonds, an attorney at the Center. “This long-overdue habitat rule will ...
A critically endangered population of orcas, numbering only 40 individuals, inhabits the outer coastal waters of the Iberian Peninsula. Since spring 2020, these whales have been dramatically ...
Orcas have long been categorized as a single species, although some scientists have questioned this classification in recent decades. Now, researchers propose that two orca populations in the ...
They also make up the bulk of the diet for endangered orcas in the waters of the Salish ... Just 73 whales remain, inbreeding is a severe problem, and scientists are warning of extinction.
These critically endangered lemurs mostly live in trees ... fosa combined with low reproductive rates and a potentially high inbreeding in the lemur population of Betampona could affect the ...