February 2017 Archive | News Releases

February 16, 2017

Can’t we all Just Get Along – Like India’s Cats and Dogs?

February 16, 2017 – A new WCS study in India shows that three carnivores – tigers, leopards, and dholes (Asian wild dog) – seemingly in direct competition with one other, are living side by side with surprisingly little conflict.

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February 13, 2017

Climate Change Impacts on Threatened and Endangered Wildlife is Massively Underreported, Scientists Say

February 13, 2017 – A team of scientists reporting in the journal Nature Climate Change say that negative impacts of climate change on threatened and endangered wildlife have been massively underreported.

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February 08, 2017

Dr. Jonathan Slaght to be Honored for Work to Conserve Blakiston’s Fish Owl

NEW YORK (February 8, 2017): The WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) announced today that Dr. Jonathan Slaght will be honored for his work in Russia to conserve the Blakiston’s fish owl, an endangered species and the largest owl in the world.

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February 07, 2017

A Deadly Virus is Killing Saiga Antelope in Mongolia

Gobi-Altai and Khovd Provinces, Mongolia, Feb. 7, 2017 -- Saiga antelope have been dying over the last two months in alarming numbers in the Great Lakes Depression of western Mongolia bordered by the Altai Mountains and China.

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February 06, 2017

Scientists Confirm Dorado Catfish As All-Time Distance Champion of Freshwater Migrations

February 6, 2017 – An international team of scientists has confirmed that the dorado catfish (Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii) of the Amazon River basin holds the record for the world’s longest exclusively freshwater fish migration, an epic life-cycle journey stretching nearly the entire width of the South America continent.

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