Could the eastern gorilla go extinct?
Honolulu — The world's largest living primate has been listed as critically endangered, making four of the six great ape species only one step away from extinction, according to a report released Sunday at the World Conservation Congress in Hawaii.The International Union for the Conservation of Nature, or IUCN, cited illegal hunting in downgrading the status of the eastern gorilla on its Red List of Endangered Species. The list contains more than 80,000 species, and almost 24,000 of those are ..>> view original[ September 6, 2016 ] SpaceX may turn to other launch pads when rocket flights resume Falcon 9
SpaceX says launch pad 39A, last used by the space shuttle program in 2011, should be ready for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches in November. Credit: NASA Ground crews could face months of cleanup and repairs to SpaceX’s primary launch pad at Cape Canaveral after a rocket explosion wrecked the facility last week, but officials said that other pads in Florida and California could support Falcon 9 flights when the booster is ready to blast off again. Managers are assessing damage to SpaceX’s pr..>> view original[ September 7, 2016 ] Soyuz spaceship lands in Kazakhstan Mission Reports
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft touched down in Kazakhstan at 9:13 p.m. EDT Tuesday (0113 GMT Wednesday). Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Less than a week after winding up a successful spacewalk, outgoing space station commander Jeff Williams, America’s most experienced astronaut, joined two Russian cosmonauts for a fiery return to Earth Tuesday, closing out a 172-day mission with an on-target landing in Kazakhstan. Descending under a billowing orange-an..>> view originalHawaii whales off endangered list - Honolulu Star
Although most humpback whale populations were taken off the endangered species list, they will continue to be protected under other federal laws. Boaters watch a humpback off the coast of Gloucester, Mass. JO KERNS / SPECIAL TO THE ...>> view originalHawaii's Endemic Life is Fast Disappearing; 87 Percent in Danger of Extinction
Sep 07, 2016 04:00 AM EDT Hawaii received a blow to its conservation efforts during the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress in Honolulu as it was revealed how much the country's flora are in danger of disappearing. According to a release from IUCN, a total of 38 plant species endemic to Hawaii have already gone extinc plus four other species that are classified as extinct in the wild. Furthermore, of the 415 that were part of the union's Red List ..>> view originalNASA's Juno spacecraft sends back first detailed images of Jupiter
Scientists have reported exciting new discoveries about Jupiter after NASA’s Juno spacecraft sent a trove of images of the planet taken during a trek from its north to south poles late last month. The images were released Friday. The mission is the first flyby of its kind in a series intended to dig deeper into what makes Jupiter tick. Juno made the journey on Aug. 27 at a range of about 2,500 miles above the planet’s clouds. NASA wrote on its website that the JunoCam transmitted six megabytes ..>> view originalWhy NASA Picked Space Rock Bennu for Its Asteroid-Sampling Mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — What's so special about Bennu? NASA had literally thousands of potential targets for its asteroid-sampling OSIRIS-REx mission, which is scheduled to launch Thursday (Sept. 8) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station here. But the agency decided on a space rock named Bennu, because the asteroid checks off three important boxes. "Bennu's size, primitive and carbon-rich composition and orbit make it one of the most fascinating and accessible asteroids, and that is wh..>> view originalOcean Warming Now at Dangerous Level; Wreaking Havoc in Marine Life, Human Health
Sep 07, 2016 04:00 AM EDT For so long, the world's seas have gotten the brunt of the heat -- literally. Climate change has heated the ocean to dangerously high temperatures and a recent analysis compiled by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed the disastrous consequences to come, from super storms to change in marine life behavior. The comprehensive paper, entitled "Explaining ocean warming: causes, scale, effects and consequences," described the swift warming of t..>> view original'Real' Loch Ness Monster? Large 164-million-year-old fossil unveiled in Scotland
Is the Loch Ness Monster real? Maybe it was once, in a different lake. The BBC reports a large, 164-million-year-old fossil has been found in Edinburgh, Scotland. Researchers are calling the newly unveiled ichthyosaur, a dolphin-like dinosaur, the "Storr Lochs Monster." According to the Telegraph, the fossilized skeleton was actually found 50 years ago on the Isle of Skye by a local power station manager. It was preserved in National Museums Scotland's storage facility, but only able to be ext..>> view original
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