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living on the edge

Tel Aviv University
March 28, 2024

Fish that change their distribution towards the poles due to climate change are declining in abundance

Endangered migratory species

Dr. Asaf Rosenthal
March 11, 2024
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According to a UN survey, almost half of the migratory species suffer damage, and about a quarter are in danger of extinction. The most serious situation is that of the migratory fish species, with almost 97% of them in danger due to overfishing and harmful and unnecessary bycatch

A lament for the human race

Dr. Asaf Rosenthal
December 18, 2023
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Dr. Assaf Rosenthal quotes one of the participants following the climate conference in Dubai: "Humanity must stop using nature as a toilet", "Humanity has become a weapon of mass destruction".

Invasive species sponsored by humans are involved in 60% of plant and animal extinctions; The damage is estimated at about 423 billion dollars per year

Avi Blizovsky
September 6, 2023
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This is according to a report by the UN's IPBES committee, the equivalent of the IPCC that reports on the climate crisis

An act in 29 species that are out of danger of extinction

Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
June 1, 2023

At a time when animal species are disappearing at an alarming rate, new Australian research gives reason for hope, revealing that 29 native species have fully recovered - thanks to human actions

The life expectancy of the honey bee may be half of what it was 50 years ago

Science site The Conversation
November 24, 2022
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The researchers estimate that this figure is the cause or at least strongly related to the beehive collapse syndrome

Is there an eagle in the sky?

Tel Aviv University
November 20, 2022

The researchers who are trying to save the biblical eagle from extinction in Israel

survive by crawling

Tel Aviv University
June 15, 2022
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About a fifth of the world's reptile species are in danger of extinction

The brain size of the animals determined the survival chances of the larger species

Avi Blizovsky
May 10, 2022
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This is according to an article published by researchers who examined the mass extinction of apes over the past tens of thousands of years. The researchers found that the brains of large extinct species were on average smaller than those of large species that survived * Their relatively high intelligence helps them deal with the main cause of extinction - human activity

How do you maintain living systems?

Dr. Asaf Rosenthal
September 7, 2021
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The climate crisis is followed by the collapse of many living systems in large areas of the earth. It is fitting that humanity acknowledges the damage done to humanity and the vital need to remedy its consequences

Warming puts species at risk of extinction and causes an outbreak of pests in agriculture

Dr. Asaf Rosenthal
June 23, 2021
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The TiME organization will purchase 2 areas in Kenya and Brazil and turn them into nature reserves

Haifa University
January 6, 2021
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The African anteater forced to change hours of operation due to environmental stress

Dr. Asaf Rosenthal
December 30, 2020
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Although it is a common animal, it was difficult to see it active during daily trips, since during the day it hides in burrows and only goes out to look for food at night, at least it was until recent years when there are more and more sightings of hardwork activity during the day, mainly in hot and dry areas

The president of Uganda announces the birth of a rhinoceros

Avi Blizovsky
December 20, 2020
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The rhino is a type of southern white rhinoceros, which there is still hope to save after the northern white rhino species became extinct when the last male Sudan died about two years ago. However, in these two years, two calves were born from his frozen sperm from female southern white rhinos at the San Diego Zoo

Elephants die in secret

Dr. Asaf Rosenthal
September 29, 2020
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As of March, about 330 dead elephants were found in Okavango and its surroundings, the initial assumption that the elephants were killed by poachers was disproved since the elephants were not robbed. A second assumption was that the death was caused by the anthrax virus, but it turned out that this was not the cause of death either, other animals were not harmed. The authorities investigated the deaths and apparently found the culprit, Cyanobacteria.