Hacker News with Generative AI: Endangered Species

Baby red handfish 'thriving' in captive-breeding program in Tasmania (abc.net.au)
A Tasmanian marine research project has handed "one of the world's rarest fish" a lifeline.

Conservation, Marine Biology, Endangered Species, Australia

5 points by PaulHoule 16 days ago | 0 comments

Miles of Russian Forest Couldn't Keep These Two Tigers Apart (nytimes.com)
When Russian scientists released a pair of orphaned Amur tiger cubs into the wild in a remote corner of Russia’s far east in 2014, they were trying to save a species.

Wildlife, Conservation, Russia, Endangered Species

18 points by Thevet 37 days ago | 12 comments

Scientists Clone Two Black-Footed Ferrets from Frozen Tissues (smithsonianmag.com)
Researchers have cloned two black-footed ferrets from preserved tissue samples in an effort to conserve the creatures, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced last week.

Cloning, Conservation, Endangered Species, Genetics, Science

96 points by Brajeshwar 61 days ago | 18 comments

Red squirrels 'to vanish from England' unless vaccine against squirrelpox funded (theguardian.com)
Red squirrels will soon disappear from England unless the government funds a vaccine against squirrelpox, one of the biggest groups set up to protect the species has warned.

Wildlife Conservation, England, Vaccines, Endangered Species

7 points by pseudolus 62 days ago | 0 comments

Why langurs drink salt water (idw-online.de)
Endangered Cat Ba langurs defy poor environmental conditions and show remarkable adaptation

Wildlife, Biology, Adaptation, Endangered Species

17 points by gmays 71 days ago | 28 comments

Species in Pieces (species-in-pieces.com)
30 species. 30 pieces. 1 fragmented survival.

Conservation, Biodiversity, Endangered Species

67 points by microflash 88 days ago | 7 comments

You could push it to extinction: social media is putting rarest wildlife at risk (theguardian.com)
From breeding spots overrun by visitors to photographers disturbing endangered species, experts say the rarer the find is, the bigger the problem

Wildlife Conservation, Social Media, Endangered Species, Environmental Impact

5 points by beardyw 114 days ago | 0 comments

Conservation, South Asia, Birds, Endangered Species

4 points by PaulHoule 140 days ago | 0 comments

Conservation, Endangered Species, Botany, Environment

3 points by aguaviva 151 days ago | 1 comments