A proposed UK ban on trophy hunting imports risks undermining the conservation of rhinos, elephants and other endangered wildlife, according to a group of leading scientists and conservationists who said African perspectives have been ignored by the government. On Friday, MPs will vote on a private member’s bill to ban trophy hunting imports while, separately, […]
Attempt to feed manatees fails so far, but effort to hold off starvation will continue
An attempt to feed starving manatees appears to have failed so far, as the big marine mammals refuse to recognize floating lettuce as food. State and federal wildlife officials undertook the unusual step of offering food to manatees last month after an unprecedented number of deaths last year, most from starvation. The cause was the […]
We Saved the Puffins. Now a Warming Planet Is Unraveling That Work
I stepped onto the battlefield of climate change, sidestepping carcass after carcass. In the grass were the remains of Arctic terns, common terns, and roseate terns. Along the boulders, researchers pointed out dead puffin chicks. As other climate war zones smolder with wildfire embers, are strewn with flattened homes, or marked by bleached coral, the […]
Investigative Reporters Search For Missing Kingpin In Illegal Sloth Trade
Throughout South America, baby sloths are poached from the wild to be sold to tourists as pets or to be used as photo props. There’s one man, in particular, who is thought to be a leader in the illegal sloth trade: Isaac Bedoya. According to National Geographic, he’s one of Latin America’s most notorious sloth […]
Bald eagle rebound stunted by poisoning from lead ammunition
Bald eagle populations have slowly recovered from near devastation after the government banned DDT in 1972, but another ongoing issue has weakened that rebound—lead poisoning from gunshot ammunition. A new study, published in the Journal of Wildlife Management, finds that despite increasing numbers of bald eagles, poisoning from eating dead carcasses or parts contaminated by […]
Vets in Poland hope antibiotics will save brown bear cub
A veterinarian said Tuesday that a brown bear cub found exhausted in snowy woods in southeastern Poland has been diagnosed with a disease that will be treated with antibiotics. The young male named Ada has been diagnosed with anaplasmosis, a dangerous disease that has affected the cub’s lungs and is probably behind the neurological symptoms […]
Half this year’s little penguin chicks on WA’s Penguin Island wiped out as colony dwindles
Half the little penguin chicks from this year’s breeding season on Penguin Island in Western Australia have died, as the colony dwindles and researchers accuse the state government of failing to act. It is thought up to 20 chicks, which represented 10% of the colony, were lost after New Year’s Day when their parents were […]
Quendas: The cute little helper keeping our gardens and bushland healthy
Quenda are helping to keep Perth’s native urban bushland, and our native gardens, healthy according to new research from Edith Cowan University. Quenda are a native marsupial, and a member of the bandicoot family found in parks and bushland around the Perth metropolitan area. They dig over tons of soil each year and by producing […]