NewsBeat SocialTag: population
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Bird Thought to be Extinct Rediscovered in Myanmar
03/17/15 3:31 PM PST
The Myanmar Jerdon's Babbler was thought to have gone extinct in the 1940's, but was rediscovered by scientists in the Bago region
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First Gray Wolf Spotted in the Netherlands Since 1897
03/16/15 11:44 AM PST
A lone gray wolf was spotted and captured on camera in the Netherlands, where wolves have been extinct for more than a century
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China's Wild Panda Population On The Rise
03/09/15 2:17 PM PST
The Chinese government announced that the country's wild panda population is up nearly 17% since 2003
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15 Tons of Confiscated Elephant Ivory Burned in Kenya
03/04/15 3:54 PM PST
President Uhuru Kenyatta is the third leader of Kenya to ceremoniously set fire to seized elephant ivory tusks in an effort to end illegal poaching
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World's Rarest Big Cat Makes Major Comeback
02/26/15 2:06 PM PST
The population of the world's rarest big cat, the Amur leopard, nearly doubled in just seven years, according to the WWF
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200 Million Moved from East Asian Countrysides to Cities in Past Decade
02/17/15 4:48 PM PST
Rapid urbanization in the East Asian region poses a challenge to policy makers
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India, Nepal are Tiger Heavyweights: WWF
02/04/15 5:34 PM PST
The symposium is organized by Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation of Nepal and World Wildlife Fund
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Report Says Ebola Has Wiped Out 1/3 of Primate Populations
02/02/15 1:06 PM PST
Since the 1990s, the Ebola virus has wiped out nearly one third of the world's population of gorillas and chimpanzees
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India's Tiger Population Up 30% Since 2010
01/26/15 11:24 AM PST
Thanks to camera trappings, researchers find India's tiger population is on the rise - from 1,411 tigers in 2008 to 2,226 in 2014
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Study: Populations of Large Mammals in Russia Declined Rapidly After Fall of Soviet Union
01/23/15 3:45 PM PST
A new study finds that the populations of seven out of eight species researched declined sharped after the fall of the USSR from economic repercussions
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Florida Passes New York as 3rd Most Populous State
12/24/14 11:48 AM PST
The Sunshine State leapfrogs the Empire State into third place on the Census Bureau list of state populations
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Ho Ho No! Global Reindeer Populations Plummet
12/19/14 2:15 PM PST
New research sheds light on decreasing reindeer populations around the world