A sprawling multi-state investigation has exposed a brazen poaching scheme that targeted Kansas’s famed whitetail deer, underscoring why strong protections for wildlife and habitat still matter. According to AGWeb’s Chris Bennett, “Operation Cimarron” unraveled an outlaw network that illegally killed at least 119 trophy bucks, trafficked antlers across state lines, and used sham permits to […]
Category: Wildlife
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Month September 2025
Welcome to the “Best Photo of the Month” competition showcasing and celebrating the biodiversity of Planet Earth. Voting is easy and lots of fun. By popular request the number of images to be selected has been increased to six. First click an image and the slideshow will start automatically. Select the SIX images you like best […]
Mountain gorillas are back from the brink. But what happens if they run out of room?
It is sunrise on mount Muhabura, an inactive volcano on the Ugandan-Rwandan border, and Dr Benard Ssebide is in a rush to find a family of mountain gorillas before the tourists arrive. A mass of ferns, vines and thistles encroaches on the path, and the guides hack through brambles with machetes. Above, the forest whistles […]
Big Cat Handler Linked To ‘Tiger King’ Star Joe Exotic Mauled To Death
Ryan Easley died at Growler Pines Tiger Preserve on Saturday, Sept. 20, the southeastern Oklahoma facility said in a Facebook post. He ran ShowMe Tigers and had worked with animals from Joe Exotic and Bhagavan “Doc” Antle. Easley was performing “an act with the tiger when something went wrong, resulting in him being attacked,” Choctaw […]
How to smuggle a wild Galápagos iguana? Pretend it was bred in Africa
At least 60 wild iguanas have been captured, sold and exported from the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador under permits that shouldn’t have been recognized since Ecuador doesn’t allow the export of live iguanas, Mongabay’s Ana Cristina Alvarado reported. Researchers behind a recent study found that traffickers smuggle the iguanas out of the archipelago, then declare […]
Mozambican reserve harbors largest documented breeding population of rare falcon
A new study reports that the Niassa Special Reserve, a 4-million-hectare (10-million-acre) wilderness in northern Mozambique, harbors the largest documented breeding population of Taita falcons. A survey that focused on 35 of the reserve’s towering granite inselbergs found 14 pairs of the birds. The study authors estimate the entire reserve could harbor up to 76 […]
Experts issue warning over distressing trend causing surge in bird injuries: ‘We are issuing this alert’
A wildlife center in California is warning drivers to keep a lookout after taking in dozens of gull fledglings in August. King City Rustler reported that the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals‘ Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Monterey County was looking after 46 young seagulls hit by cars. Many more weren’t so […]
Wild horses return to Spain’s Iberian highlands after 10,000 years
For the first time in more than 10,000 years, wild horses once again roam Spain’s northwestern highlands. The 35 horses introduced by Rewilding Spain are bringing renewed resilience to the land, Mongabay senior editor Jeremy Hance reported. In 2023, an initial 16 Przewalski’s horses (Equus ferus przewalskii), the world’s last fully wild horse, were introduced […]