Read more endangered species stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/76/endangered-species.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:59:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74505/the-tuna-on-your-plate-may-be-endangered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYou might suspect a sushi restaurant that doesn’t specify what sort of tuna you’re eating of trying to pawn off an inferior species. Not so. Researchers using novel DNA barcoding technology found that though nearly a third of tuna sold in 31 US restaurants was the prized—and endangered—bluefin....http://www.newser.com/story/74505/the-tuna-on-your-plate-may-be-endangered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 16:27:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73895/koalas-face-extinction-by-climate-chlamydia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAustralia's koalas face extinction as their population has been decimated by climate change and the loss of trees due to development and wildfires. Six years ago, they were thought to number more than 100,000; today, their count is as low as 43,000. Threats to their diet of eucalyptus...http://www.newser.com/story/73895/koalas-face-extinction-by-climate-chlamydia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 10:28:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73491/humpback-whales-may-lose-endangered-tag.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn attempt to determine whether the humpback whales still need to be saved, the government is reviewing the marine mammals' place on the endangered species list for the first time in a decade. The results look promising: “They appear to be coming back pretty strongly in most of the places...http://www.newser.com/story/73491/humpback-whales-may-lose-endangered-tag.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Nov 2009 11:55:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72370/feds-pitch-polar-bear-habitat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe federal government has proposed designating 200,000 square miles of land, sea, and ice in northern Alaska as a critical habitat for polar bears. The move is "one step in the right direction to help this species stave off extinction," said an Interior Department official. He acknowledged, however, that...http://www.newser.com/story/72370/feds-pitch-polar-bear-habitat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 1:41:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71993/elephants-on-verge-of-extinction.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWithin 15 years, African elephants could be extinct as a consequence of rampant ivory poaching, conservation experts say. Africa's elephant population numbers just 600,000, and that number appears to be dwindling by about 38,000 a year. That’s faster than the birth rate. One animal welfare group is urging...http://www.newser.com/story/71993/elephants-on-verge-of-extinction.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 13:44:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70481/mountain-gorillas-take-fight-to-survive-online.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNot only can your online buddies be any age and in any location, they don't even have to be your species. Tech-savvy advocates of the endangered mountain gorilla are about to launch an umbrella site, friendagorilla.org, that will feature videos, social networking, and blogs—by park rangers, not gorillas....http://www.newser.com/story/70481/mountain-gorillas-take-fight-to-survive-online.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 18:37:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67542/thieves-kill-sumatran-tiger-swipe-pricey-fur-bones.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThieves at an Indonesian zoo slaughtered an endangered tiger and swiped most of its body in a caper officials believe was motivated by greed, the AP reports. “It was sadistic,” said the director of the zoo, where staffers found the remains of the female tiger yesterday. “The killers left only...http://www.newser.com/story/67542/thieves-kill-sumatran-tiger-swipe-pricey-fur-bones.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Aug 2009 15:02:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66202/army-seeks-new-home-for-desert-tortoises.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Army plans to evict more than 1,000 endangered desert tortoises to expand a tank training ground in the Mojave Desert, the Los Angeles Times reports. Conservationists warn that the last effort to shift the tortoises proved disastrous: Many were wiped out by predators, and others traveled up to...http://www.newser.com/story/66202/army-seeks-new-home-for-desert-tortoises.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Aug 2009 3:00:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65329/mexican-wolf-recovery-is-howling-flop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA US effort to relocate endangered wolves along the Arizona-New Mexico border is actually rendering them extinct, the Los Angeles Times reports. Officials moved eleven Mexican gray wolves to the Gila National Forest in 1998, where managers are trapping, penning, and shooting the wolves to control their roaming and cattle-killing...http://www.newser.com/story/65329/mexican-wolf-recovery-is-howling-flop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 26 Jul 2009 15:20:00 CDT