Brazil’s agriculture minister wants to scrap endangered marine species list
It's having a negative effect on the fishing industry, he claims.
Honeybee pheromones scare away elephants
A new scientific study could save a whole lot of elephants.
Scientists may have just saved the northern white rhino from extinction
With only two members of the species left, a successful egg harvest and fertilization could mean all is not lost.
Australia drops food to hungry wallabies
Thousands of kilos of vegetables will hopefully prevent starvation in burned-out regions.
Nearly 600 suspects arrested in largest anti-wildlife-trafficking operation ever
The World Customs Organization and INTERPOL retrieved thousands of endangered animals during a sweep of arrests across 109 countries.
Elephant poaching declines in Africa, but 15,000 still illegally killed each year
Even though there has been notable progress, at current poaching rates elephants are still in danger of becoming virtually extinct on the continent.
Critically endangered mountain gorillas show impressive population increase
Mountain gorillas have become the only wild apes whose population numbers are known to be improving.
Wealthy philanthropists wage war. On cats.
With a $1 million donation, Andrew and Jane Cliffordhope to double the size of the world's largest cat-free sanctuary.
‘Sides of a Horn’ reveals the human cost of rhino poaching
New short narrative film strives to deepen the global discussion around the illegal wildlife trade.
Slice of paradise created for critically endangered toad-headed turtle
A 297-acre property in rural northern Colombia will become the first and only reserve for the conservation of the Dahl’s toad-headed turtle.
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