Global bird populations face dramatic decline in coming decades, study predicts
... one-third of the amphibians and 42 percent of all turtles and tortoises. "Even though only 1.3 percent of bird species have gone extinct since 1500, the global number of individual birds is estimated to have experienced a 20 to 25 percent reduction during the same period," wrote Sekercioglu and CCB co-autho...Study: Pigeons can sense the Earth's magnetic field; ability might allow them to return home
...the Earth's magnetic field to navigate just as sea turtles do. "Because of their amazing homing ability, ...ptiles. "She has already trained four turtles to press little paddles to get food when a certain kind of magnetic field is present in a tank," Loh...Census of Marine Life - Discoveries and Highlights 2004: Scientists add 4m+ records, 13,000 species
...eon along North America's west coast (POST) and of turtles and tuna transiting the Pacific (TOPP). Data on th... to Hawaii, and tracked endangered leatherback sea turtles as they fanned out from their nesting beaches in Costa Rica. The animals provide valuable insights a...2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species reveals 15,589 species at risk of extinction
...in three amphibians (32%) and almost half (42%) of turtles and tortoises are now known to be threatened with extinction, along with one in eight birds (12%) and one in four mammals (23%); There are major gaps in our knowledge of threatened species, and many species-rich groups have been poorly assessed: am...