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The biggest killers of wildlife globally are unsustainable hunting and harvesting, and the conversion of huge swathes of natural habitat into farms, housing estates, roads and other industrial activities. There is little doubt that these threats are driving the current mass extinction crisis.
The biggest killers of wildlife globally are unsustainable hunting and harvesting, and the conversion of huge swathes of natural habitat into farms, housing estates, roads and other industrial activities. There is little doubt that these threats are driving the current mass extinction crisis.
Animals around the globe are losing ground to farming and ranching, and their numbers are dwindling at the hands of human hunters. But the question of where to direct precious resources to protect that biodiversity remains vexing.
On March 13, scientists announced that around 10 vaquitas (Phocoena sinus) are left on Earth, just as the environmental group Sea Shepherd said it had found one of the porpoises that had drowned in a gillnet that was probably set to catch a totoaba fish.
An endangered and rare duck species has been spotted in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, local authorities said Tuesday. Animal experts found six of the Baer's pochard, four males and two females, at a reservoir in Alxa League during recent field research, according to the region' ...
Sri Lanka will in May host the 18th Conference of Parties (CoP18) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES. While the main agenda will center on wildlife trade policies and proposed updates to protections for various species, the host count ...
Human appetites are pushing makos and other iconic sharks to the brink of extinction, scientists warned in a new assessment of the apex predator's conservation status.
Canada's natural environment and wildlife are at the core of our national identity. Biodiversity is the cornerstone of our way of life - the health of the natural environment supports our culture, our well-being and our economy. Unfortunately, some of the species in our waters, rivers, lakes and ...
People from across Ontario are declaring solidarity with species at risk and calling for urgent change in the way we affect the natural world that sustains us. Twenty-eight authors, musicians, Indigenous Peoples, businesses and environmental organizations issued a joint statement today emphasizi ...
Scientists are calling for a widespread cull of feral cats and dogs, pigs, goats, and rats and mice to save the endangered species they prey upon.Their eradication on more than 100 islands could save some of the rarest animals on Earth, says an international team.
Anthropogenic trade and development have broken down dispersal barriers, facilitating the spread of diseases that threaten Earth’s biodiversity. We present a global, quantitative assessment of the amphibian chytridiomycosis panzootic, one of the most impactful examples of disease spread, and dem ...
An infectious fungal disease has driven mass amphibian die-offs worldwide and is responsible for the greatest loss of biodiversity attributable to a single pathogen ever recorded, a global study has found.
The newly revamped Pillars of Sabah 2.0 was launched on Saturday night in conjunction with Earth Hour 2019. This time, another 30 Sabah artists have come together to highlight threatened animal species found in the state and featured animals include the Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica), Sumatran ...
Many species of flower-visiting insect are in trouble in Britain, according to a new report from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) near Oxford, which drew on almost 750,000 observations of insects between 1980 and 2013. The study used population records of 353 wild bee and hoverfly spec ...
Satellites scanning the oceans are a valuable new tool to protect sharks, according to scientists. A review of evidence suggests endangered sharks can be protected from threats such as illegal fishing, using the technology.
In the 1970s, frogs in remote regions of Australia and Central America began to suddenly disappear. Researchers investigated whether climate change, UV radiation, or pollution caused the disappearance, but they didn’t find a clear explanation until a small team in northern Queensland realized th ...
Every year, from November through March, leatherback sea turtles arrive to the secluded shores of the Río Escalante Chacocente wildlife reserve on Nicaragua’s Pacific coast to lay their eggs.
Protective measures which began in 1970s could be paying off in allowing green turtle populations to rebound, researchers say
First the good news: A sweeping survey of the Pacific Basin has found the population of endangered green turtles (Chelonia mydas) there is increasing. However, the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), the other target species of the survey, is still very much critically endangered.
Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced plans to conduct in-depth review of the popular animal’s threat status
With as many as a million species threatened with extinction due to mankind's destruction of the planet, there have been scant conservation successes in recent years.
At least a quarter of the world's approximately 8,000 known species of amphibian are recognized as threatened and at risk of extinction.
A new United Nations report warning of a global extinction crisis identifies three parts of the world in particular danger: South America, Africa and parts of Asia.
SENKELE, Ethiopia — In the tall-grass woodland of the Great Rift Valley in southern Ethiopia lies the Senkele Swayne’s Hartebeest Sanctuary. The area has long been a home to the Swayne’s Hartebeest, an endemic subspecies of antelope known locally as Qorkey.
The mammal has come under threat as humans destroy its habitat and kill off massive numbers of insects and invertebrates.
Breakaway gear and ropeless buoys among technology being researched and tested to protect endangered mammals
Grassroots efforts are key to protecting eastern and western hoolock gibbons.
SEOUL - An endangered bird was reintroduced to the wild by South Korean authorities Wednesday, four decades after it went extinct on the peninsula.
A newly reclassified species of lizard that is native to areas now paved by Melbourne’s suburbs could become the first reptile on mainland Australia to be declared extinct.
Four years ago, more than 200,000 endangered saiga antelope dropped dead on the remote steppe grassland of Central Asia in the species' worst recorded mass mortality event.
Thousands of critically endangered snails have been released into the wild after being rescued from the edge of extinction, with a little help from a British zoo.
17 - 20 June 2019, Trondhein, Norway
Despite efforts of local conservationists, demand from China for scales, meat and traditional medicine has made the endangered pangolin the world's most trafficked animal.
Circling vultures bring attention to poachers, so the scavengers were likely poisoned by illegal hunters hoping to evade detection
"These animals were taken from Africa decades ago to display to the public [in European zoos] and now have a real conservation role in Rwanda," Mark Pilgrim, Chester Zoo's chief executive says proudly.
y analyzing records in countries of the Amazon and Orinoco basins -- which include Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador -- researchers categorized 85 past and present initiatives or projects that work to preserve the South American River Turtle, or charapa (Podocnemis expansa), ...
A wild group of endangered Barbary macaques have been observed, for the first time, "consoling" and adopting an injured juvenile from a neighbouring group.
President claims credit as elephant populations rise by nearly half in five years but British experts are wary
People and animals - like Rwanda's mountain gorillas - are under increasing pressure as the climate changes.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the global authority on the conservation status of wild animals and plants, announced Thursday that Masai giraffes, a subspecies spread throughout Kenya and Tanzania, are now endangered, primarily because of poaching and changes in land use.
Once the largest of nine subspecies, Masai giraffe numbers have dropped by an estimated 50 percent in the last 30 years
Seven primate species, two families of rays and thousands more animals, plants and fungi have moved closer to extinction, according to a global analysis
Survey in Sabah highlights importance of wildlife corridors and commitments to sustainable palm oil and timber.
A new research centre is being set up to study the endangered animals’ habitat, behaviour and genetics
Although critically endangered, the population of tamaraw has stabilized and grown over the last two decades.
Despite severe population declines elsewhere, the golden mahseer is flourishing—thanks to the king’s protection.
Valuable metals and minerals pepper the creature's habitat, drawing commercial interest to the sea floor.
The first attempt to reintroduce an extinct mammal in Argentina brings hope for restored ecosystems and increased ecotourism opportunities based on wildlife watching.
European commission moves to halt loss of habitat for migrating turtle doves
In 2014, biologists discovered a population of critically endangered dryas monkeys (Cercopithecus dryas) living 400 kilometers (250 miles) south of their only known range in the Democratic Republic of Congo.