Greenzoner.comHello Greenzoners! We already spoke about phytoplankton, sea otters and others. Now let’s talk about something more exotic – orangutans. 🙂
Recently orangutan’s populaion on Sumatra island (south-east Asia) have undergone significant decline. For now there’s only 6,600 individuals left and orangutans are now endangered species. The reason of this reduction is, as it often occured, massive deforestation of tropical areas. (more…)
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Eco News #25 – Declining orangutan population
November 5th, 2012Eco News #14 – Tropical species adapting to Global Warming
August 19th, 2012Recently we spoke of fish adapting to changing climate, as well as coral reefs. Now about tropical species.
Those species, that used to live in warm, humid areas, like lizards or insects are ectotherms – animals that require heat from environment to prosper correctly. That makes them dependent of temperature, which means – changing temperature would cause harm to them.
Eco News #10 – African Painted Dog
July 23rd, 2012Hello Greenzoners! Have you ever heard about african Painted Dog? 🙂
This race of a dog lives in Africa and it was claimed to be an endangered species in over 2/3 of countries it lives in. (more…)
Eco News #8 – dolphin shows in South Korea banned
June 27th, 2012Even if we find dolphins performing amazing acrobatics, South Korean government decided to ban catching dolphins in purpose of using them in shows.
