"I think the one story that inspired this book was meeting a wonderful man called Don Mertin in New Zealand and he explaining to me how he had saved a species of bird called a Black Robin when there were just seven individuals left in the world of which only two were female and only one of whom was fertile."

VOA: special.2009.11.18

He says this has worked in Bolivia, which has a huge population of yacare,a species of crocodile.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

As a result of the study, eleven species of mangrove have been placed on the Red List of Threatened Species.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

In a separate project, scientists identified seven new species of bamboo coral in deep waters near the Hawaiian Islands.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

One of the rarest species of mangrove tree grows in just a few places in East Asia and India.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

As a result,the report says, the rate of plant and animal species disappearing is continuing faster than ever before.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Their ancient languages contain a great deal of information about environmental systems and species of plants and animals that are unknown to scientists.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

We will also tell about a project that scientists hope will protect an endangered species of frogs.

VOA: special.2010.06.29

His team used a method called transient gene silencing to change the genetic structure of the three mosquito species responsible for spreading malaria.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

In two thousand six, scientific census-takers found a hairy new species of crab near Easter Island.

VOA: special.2010.11.09

The scientists believe that six of the species may represent a completely new kind of coral.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

Instead,it belonged to a tyrannosaurid species that lived many millions of years before its T.Rex relative.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

There are four kinds of echidnas: three species are long-nosed, while another has a short nose.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

Scientists have found a new species of blind lobster and giant bacteria, to name a few.

VOA: special.2009.01.13

The health of bird species tells researchers a lot about the condition of the environment.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

In two thousand nine scientists confirmed the discovery of a new species of iguana.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

became a national best-seller. One hundred fifty years after "On the Origin of Species" first appeared, it remains one of the most influential and debated books ever written.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

The animal represents the last species of a kind of deep-water clam.

VOA: special.2010.11.09

Pelicans,herons and geese are just a few of many recovering wetland species.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

They are fantastic." Monica Jimenez and her daughters came from Colombia, a country that has a large number of orchid species.

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

"It's a family that is comprised of more than 20,000 species, all of them are blooming plants."

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

"In the tropics, a lot of tree species don't even form rings that we can see.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

"So when you destroy an individual's ability to communicate, you have really destroyed one of the most important aspects that we have as a species."

VOA: standard.2010.02.11

"Each species of turtle plays a very vital role in the whole ecosystem functioning."

VOA: standard.2010.07.15