The world’s wealthiest nations are “exporting extinction” by destroying 15 times more biodiversity internationally than within their own borders, research shows. Most wildlife habitats are being destroyed in countries with tropical forest, according to the study which looked at how wealthy countries’ demand for products such as beef, palm oil, timber and soya beans is […]
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Shot, poisoned and beaten to death: why leopard killings are soaring in Pakistan
Inside the Pakistan Museum of Natural History, in Islamabad, two taxidermists work on a leopard skin. They scrape away at the remaining flesh and sprinkle the underside with boric acid powder. It’s difficult to look away from the two holes where the leopard’s eyes should be. “We ask conservation groups, if they find any dead […]
![“This does not look like normal hunting behaviour”: remarkable footage shows orcas hunting in a way never filmed before “This does not look like normal hunting behaviour”: remarkable footage shows orcas hunting in a way never filmed before](https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/62/2025/02/Orca.jpeg?w=750)
“This does not look like normal hunting behaviour”: remarkable footage shows orcas hunting in a way never filmed before
The pod of orcas was filmed playing with their food – but not for the reason you might think. A new wildlife show has filmed something never seen before among orcas: a mother teaching her calves to hunt. “This does not look like normal hunting behaviour,” the narrator says in the video as the mother […]
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Illegal Wildlife Trade Sparks Massive Global Rescue of Endangered Animals
The illegal wildlife trade is once again in the spotlight after a major international crackdown that saved thousands of at-risk creatures from traffickers. Teams of police, customs agents, and border officials united to track down suspects, shutting down hidden networks that profit from endangered species and put critical ecosystems at risk. According to an article […]
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First Sighting of Critically Endangered Plains-Wanderer in Australia in More Than 3 Decades
The first sighting of the critically endangered Plains-wanderer in Australia in more than three decades was detected by Zoos Victoria in two areas of remnant grassland west of Melbourne, reported The Guardian. Evolutionarily speaking, Plains-wanderers are unique. As the only member of the Pedionomidae family, there is no other bird like it on Earth. “They’re […]
Humpback whale swallows and then spits out kayaker off Chile coast
A huge humpback whale briefly scooped a kayaker in its mouth in the seas off the coast of southern Chile before spitting him out unscathed in a dramatic incident caught on camera. The kayaker, Adrian Simancas, was out with his father last weekend in the seas off the town of Punta Arenas, when the whale […]
![A ‘recipe for extinction’: can the US’s envied nature protections survive Trump and his ‘God squad’? A ‘recipe for extinction’: can the US’s envied nature protections survive Trump and his ‘God squad’?](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a03e4619d030c0a16cb7c4acb2a8f66abef6a25f/0_347_5204_3123/master/5204.jpg?width=660&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
A ‘recipe for extinction’: can the US’s envied nature protections survive Trump and his ‘God squad’?
Donald Trump has already begun dismantling parts of the envied US endangered species protections in his quest to boost oil and gas drilling, in part using a panel with an ominous name: the God squad. A slew of early actions by the Trump administration has set about throwing open more land and waters for the […]
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Elephant in the womb? Thailand brings in birth control for pachyderms
Thailand will begin giving birth control to a small number of wild female elephants this year, as the country struggles with the growing problem of human-elephant conflict. Asian elephants have been classified as endangered since 1986. But Thai authorities say that conservation efforts mean the country’s population is growing at a rate of 8% each […]