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ARKive e-newsletter
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ARKive's World Cup Dream Team10/06/2010
Who needs Ronaldo, Ribery or Rooney when you could have a gibbon for a goalkeeper, a crocodile in defence and a hyena up front? In anticipation of the 2010 World Cup, ARKive has selected its Dream Team that has what it takes to go all the way and lift the trophy. |
World celebrates biodiversity20/05/2010
On May 22nd the world will celebrate the International Day for Biological Diversity. This annual event aims to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity, whilst stressing the importance of its conservation. Throughout the year, as part of our 'Most Wanted' challenge, ARKive aims to highlight the plight of the world's threatened species by tracking down imagery for 17,000 of the most endangered animals and plants. This newsletter features a small selection of ARKive species which play a role in improving human well-being. |
ARKive does the London Marathon21/04/2010
Okay, so we're not actually taking part, but with the London Marathon taking place this Sunday, we've been speculating on the athletic potential of ARKive's finest. Some have the pace, but can they go the distance? Others could be way out of their depth, while the slow and sedentary may be better off cheering from the roadside. Still, we reckon there's got to be a few legitimate contenders, assuming they keep their feet on the ground... |
New faces for 2010 - over 1,000 new species added to ARKive22/03/2010
As part of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity, ARKive has launched its 'Most Wanted' challenge – to track down imagery of the world’s most endangered plants and animals. Since the turn of this year, films and photos have flooded into the ARKive office from all over the world, resulting in the addition of 1,100 new species to ARKive’s growing collection. |
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Many of our closest living relatives – the world’s apes, monkeys, lemurs and other primates – are facing the imminent threat of extinction, according to a new report released today. |
Sir David Attenborough launches ARKive's 'Most Wanted' 2010 Challenge12/02/2010
With the help of the world’s best filmmakers, photographers and scientists, ARKive has already profiled 6,000 of the world’s species, including many of our most charismatic and familiar animals: gorillas, lions, tigers and elephants. Now we’re delving deeper into the weird and wonderful to unmask the mysterious life forms that hide behind names like the major black millipede, jeweled toad and Marley’s golden mole. |
365 days of biodiversity22/01/2010
As part of the International Year of Biodiversity, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has launched the IUCN Red List ‘Species of the Day’. ARKive is delighted to be supporting this fantastic project through the contribution of imagery and authoring of species information, and will be linking to the ‘Species of the Day’ on the ARKive homepage throughout 2010. |
Season’s Greetings from ARKive17/12/2009
This holiday season ARKive goes to the movies, putting an animal twist to some of our favourite Christmas classics. Inspired by the traditional festive films that fill our TV screens at this time of year, we’ve come up with twelve alternative Christmas blockbusters, featuring some of the world’s most threatened species. |
IUCN releases climate change hit list14/12/2009
With the eyes of the world focused on Copenhagen for the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15), the IUCN has released a timely report profiling the species-level impacts of global warming.
Focusing on ten climate change flagship species, including the Arctic fox, beluga whale, clownfish, quiver tree, ringed seal, salmon, and staghorn corals, the report highlights the adverse impacts of climate change on different regions of the world, from the tropics to the poles. |
ARKive dives deeper for digital imagery21/10/2009
ARKive is calling on the global diving community to help in the ongoing search for films and photographs of the world’s most endangered ocean species, raising the profile of marine species. |
Wild CSI (...or Critter Scene Investigation)21/09/2009
Do you have what it takes to be an ARKive CSI? Why not test your faunal forensic skills and see if you can identify the creature behind each of our critter clues. |
I'm a Celebrity... Get me a Kea!20/08/2009
Attenborough, Fry, Strachan… these are just some of the famous fans of ARKive that have contributed to MyARKive’s brand new ‘Celebrity Scrapbook’ feature. Be one of the first to view a collection of ARKive films and photographs selected by some of the world’s most well-known wildlife TV presenters by clicking on the pictures below, and discover which furry critter left Stephen Fry weak at the knees, and why Chris Packham spent eight hours outside a ladies toilet. |
ARKive celebrates the work of Darwin22/06/2009
The ARKive team is pleased to unveil amazing new online material celebrating Charles Darwin’s legacy. This new ARKive content has been supported by the British Council's 'Darwin Now' project, commemorating the bicentenary of Charles Darwin’s birth and 150 years since the publication of On the Origin of Species. The Darwin Now project brings together an exciting series of global events and initiatives that aim to explore the eminent naturalist’s ideas about evolution and their lasting impact in today’s world. At ARKive, we now have 200 'Darwin' species profiles that pay tribute to Darwin’s famous voyage aboard the Beagle. In this e-news is a small selection of some of the animals and plants he encountered. |
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With over 4.5 million web visits already this year from over 220 countries, the ARKive project is building a considerable worldwide following. We’d therefore like to dedicate this latest ARKive enews to you, the ARKive user. Keep on reading to see how you can participate in this global project – tell us what you think of the ARKive website, how you would like to see it develop, which new species you’d like to see on ARKive, contribute your images or just keep in touch with the latest ARKive additions. |
ARKive e-news, International Day for Biological Diversity22/05/2009
The United Nations has proclaimed May 22 as the International Day for Biological Diversity to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. This year, the theme is invasive alien species - one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, and to the economic and ecological well-being of society and the planet.
We have highlighted some examples of species that are facing extinction due to the threats posed by invasive alien species, and also some where this threat has been reduced or where species have been brought back from the brink of extinction. |
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