NZ scientists save endangered parrot through genome sequencing
WELLINGTON: New Zealand scientists have tried to save kakapo, a nocturnal, flightless, critically endangered New Zealand parrot, through genome sequencing, reported Xinhua. Scientists have sequenced the genomes of 169 kakapos, which were nearly all of the individuals that were alive when the researchers started the work in 2018, according to a study published Tuesday in […]
Rescued pangolin and baby handed over to SFC
BINTULU: A civic-minded individual handed over a six-kilogram pangolin together with its pangopup (a pangolin baby) to the Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) Bintulu Regional Office representative yesterday. The pangolin and its baby were rescued by the individual when he sighted them on his way to work near Batu 4 Road, Bintulu-Miri. “Our Enforcement and Protection […]
Pangolin to be listed as totally protected wildlife
KUCHING: The Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) is currently in the process of listing the endangered pangolin species under the ‘Totally Protected Wildlife’ category in the Sarawak Wildlife Protection Ordinance. “It is in the process now as we are amending the Wildlife Ordinance 1998. “We will include pangolin as totally protected species in the amendment to […]
‘Superfungus’ threatens last Panamanian golden frogs
Cocooned from the outside world, some 200 critically endangered golden frogs are living a sheltered existence in Panama, protected from a devastating fungus that threatens to wipe out a third of the country’s amphibian species — a situation scientists describe as “critical”. The frogs, which are yellow or gold with black spots, enjoy a controlled […]
Man meets false gharial on way to work
BETONG: An employee of Ladang Lingga near Tanjung Assam was surprised by a crocodile as he was about to start the night shift. The plantation’s auxiliary police officer, Mohd Hadri Noor Kamal, was walking to his work place when he came across the reptile. Betong District Civil Defence (APM) officer Desem Samuel said Hadri contacted […]
Endangered Lake Titicaca giant frog gets a chance at preservation
LA PAZ, Bolivia: An international team of scientific institutions will join forces to preserve the future of the Lake Titicaca giant frog, an endangered species, Bolivia’s natural history museum said. “In a coordinated effort, a cross-border team has been formed for the conservation and study of the emblematic Titicaca water frog (Telmatobius culeus) with the […]
Prompt attention for longhouse
KAPIT: A 40-door longhouse Rumah Bundong Tajok at the foot of Bukit Goram along Sungai Kapit which has been endangered by soil erosion got an immediate attention of local people’s representative Jefferson Jamit Unyat. The Bukit Goram rep last Tuesday paid a working visit to the community dwelling especially to inspect the site of severe […]
