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Microchips to Protect Rhino Horns in Kenya
Efforts to conserve Kenya’s dwindling population of rhinos is set to get a significant boost when WWF-Kenya hands over 1,000 microchips and 5 scanners...
First Persian Leopard Cubs Born in Russia for 50 Years
For the first time in 50 years two Persian leopard cubs have been born in a Russian national park in a major effort to...
Bolivia Designates World’s Largest Protected Wetland
The Bolivian government recently created the largest protected wetland in the world – an area bigger than the Netherlands and Belgium combined, more than...
Thai Prime Minister Announces End to Ivory Trade
With the threat of sanctions against her country looming, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra today pledged to end ivory trade in Thailand, seizing a...
Pet Soup Kitchen Feeds Pets So Poor People Can Feed Themselves
Tom Wargo’s life changed when he saw an elderly woman sharing her only daily hot meal with a cat. "That cat was her only...
EU Adopts Historic Policy to Protect Marine Fisheries
In an outcome hailed by environmentalists, European Union lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to overhaul the region’s troubled fisheries policy to end decades of overfishing.
The...
World Gorilla Population Rises Nine Percent in Two Years
The total world population of mountain gorillas has risen to 880, according to census data released last week by the Uganda Wildlife Authority. That's...
On Their Own: Musings From an Empty Nester
This morning a baby bird fell out of its nest just outside the window that is near my desk. I watched it tumble from...
New Hope for Elephants Under Threat in Central Africa
A groundbreaking regional plan was signed yesterday by Central African countries to strengthen law enforcement and better combat poaching of elephants and other species....
Russia Takes Big Step to Save Rarest Big Cats
The Amur leopard was thrown a lifeline yesterday with the establishment of a new national park in Russia, announced by the World Wildlife Fund,...
No Rhinos Poached in Nepal, First Time in 29 Years
Thanks to strong conservation and law enforcement efforts, not a single rhino was killed by poachers in Nepal, the first such year in 29...
Rare One-Horned Rhino Bouncing Back in Nepal
A National Rhino Census in Nepal released Saturday showed the rhinoceros population increasing 22 percent since 2008.
The animal count, conducted in three national parks,...
Endangered Rhino Population Doubles in Past Decade With New Habitat
Conservation efforts have more than doubled the number of black rhinoceros in African reserves over the past decade.
There are currently about 4,700 of the...
Mountain Gorilla Numbers Soar
The number of mountain gorillas living in the Virunga Massif in central Africa has soared by 26.3% since 2003, according to a new census....
Good News Ahead of Tiger Summit: Species Gaining Ground in China
There is some good news ahead of the international Tiger Summit that starts Sunday in Russia, where global leaders will seek to double the...
Grand Banks Cod Stocks Grow 69% Since 2007
Atlantic cod stocks are recovering in the Grand Banks, southeast of Newfoundland, new fisheries figures show. In the last three years cod stocks have...
Push to Save Tigers Leaps Forward at Bali Meeting
Tigers in 13 countries will be safer after a critical meeting this week laid the foundation for world leaders to agree to a historical...
Russia to Create National Parks and Reserves Nearly Size of Switzerland
Polar bears, walruses, sea otters, and other endangered species are all set to benefit from a Russian decision to boost its national protected...
Recycle Your Phone and Save A Gorilla, on World Environment Day
World Environment Day kicks off tomorrow, June 5, in Rwanda, a country of exceptional biodiversity that has made "huge strides in environmental protection," according...
Ninja slugs, Color-changing frogs and Other Weird New Species Discovered
123 new species were discovered in Borneo over the last few years, including a frog with no lungs, a “ninja”...