Tag: "threatened species"

Steller sea lions - Credit: NOAA

Steller Sea Lion Numbers Still Declining In Some Areas

Researchers from NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center have published the results of their 2009 count of Steller sea lion pups in Alaska, which shows improvement in some areas and further decline in numbers in others.

Fossilized seahorse specimen - Courtesy of Jules Zalohar

Hippocampus: Some Help for Imperiled Seahorses

Seahorse Ways Co. runs a culturing farm of seahorses in Minami-Kyshu, Japan hoping to help reverse the decline of the species.

The oldest fossils date back 13 million years to the Middle Miocene (found in the Tunjice Hills in Slovenia) and are of two pipefish-like species.

Irrawaddy dolphins, Mekong River, Cambodia - (c) David Dove-WWF Greater Mekong

Mekong Dolphins on the Brink of Extinction

A new WWF report has revealed that the Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mekong River are on the brink of extinction due to pollution.