endangered

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Resurgence of endangered deer in Patagonian ‘Eden’ highlights conservation success

16 Apr 2013

New research shows that collaborative approaches to conservation can give hope to endangered species such as Chilean national icon the Huemul deer...

Mark Turin returning a copy of the grammar of the Thami language to one of his principal research partners and language teachers. Local intellectual Man Bahadur Thami and his daughter on the right. Cokati, Sindhupalcok, Nepal, August 2012.

The vanishing voices of Nepal, Africa – and New York

01 Dec 2012

A Cambridge academic devoted to the documentation of endangered languages has returned to a remote Nepali village to hand over a two-volume...

Seahorses and the "onion world"

24 May 2012

Dr Amanda Vincent – one of the world’s leading experts on seahorses and their relatives – is spending a year at Cambridge’s Department of Geography...

Island language in a sea of change

07 Dec 2011

Norman languages spoken in the Channel Islands for a thousand years are now severely endangered. Cambridge linguist Dr Mari Jones has been analysing...

Endangered languages database launched online

10 Jan 2011

An open database of endangered languages has been launched by researchers in the hope of creating a free, online portal that will give people access...