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snow leopard roaring
Earth Matters
ConservationInstitute Team

Snow Leopard Facts

Native to the rocky and snowy highlands that are associated with its name, the snow leopard is a descendant of the wild cat and panther

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Blue-Ringed Octopus (Saspotato/Flickr)
Animal Profiles
ConservationInstitute Team

10 Most Poisonous Animals in the World

When you think of poisonous animals, what springs to mind? Spiders? Scorpions? Snakes? Jellyfish? Most of the world’s most poisonous animals are either reptiles, arachnids,

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Olive Baboon in front of blurred background
Conservation
ConservationInstitute Team

Primate Conservation Initiative

According to the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources or the World Conservation Union), over 1/3 of primate species are

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By joelbeeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46659902
Conservation
ConservationInstitute Team

Pollution

Many pollution-related mechanisms degrade ecosystems and maintain them at degraded states. Some of the pollution topics are addressed below. Oil PollutionPersistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)Dead ZonesMarine DebrisNoise Pollution

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By JMKubler - During a visit at the zooPreviously published: none, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24343622
Animal Profiles
ConservationInstitute Team

Steller’s Sea Eagle

Seasonal change in habitat use in Steller’s sea eagles By: Mutsuyuki Ueta, Michael J. McGrady, Hajime Nakagawa, Fumio Sato and Vladimir B. Masterov Abstract Habitat-use

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pacific sleeper shark
Endangered & Threatened Species
ConservationInstitute Team

Pacific Sleeper Shark Population Increasing

Information suggests that Pacific sleeper shark abundance is increasing. Pacific sleeper shark data was analyzed from fishery independent longline surveys in the Gulf of Alaska

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Sleeper Sharks Threat

Sleeper sharks are often caught on commercial sablefish long-line gear in Alaska with consistent catches in Prince William Sound and Southeast Alaska waters. Sleeper sharks

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