Name: Panya the pygmy hippo. Age: About three weeks. Appearance: Adorable, to a world-conquering degree. God, I’ve never wanted to hear about a three-week-old pygmy hippo more. Right? Everything is so bleak at the moment, only the sight of a tiny baby animal can save us now. How tiny are we talking? Oh, unbelievably tiny. […]
Category: Wildlife
Peregrine falcons retain trade protections, despite downlisting bid by Canada and US
The U.S. and Canada have failed in their bid to loosen restrictions on the international trade in peregrine falcons, with delegates to CITES, the global wildlife trade convention, voting against it at an summit underway in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The two countries had submitted a joint proposal to move peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) from CITES Appendix […]
Viral Drunk Racoon Merch Raises Funds for Animal Shelter Care
A drunk raccoon stumbling through a Virginia liquor store could have been a forgettable viral clip. Instead, it became a moment of generosity that now supports care for vulnerable lives. The raccoon nicknamed Trashed Panda inspired limited edition merchandise that has raised more than one hundred eighty thousand dollars for a local animal shelter. According […]
Baby Otter He Rescued Jumps Into His Boat Every Time She Sees Him After He Returned Her to the Wild (WATCH)
A wild animal is acting like she’s his ‘significant otter,’ after he saved her life, and returned her back to her lake habitat. Their relationship began when Mats Janzon was on a walk in the woods near his home in Sweden. He heard a soft peeping sound and carefully moved closer to investigate. He soon […]
Police investigate after white-tailed eagles go missing across UK
One of the first white-tailed eagles to fledge in England for hundreds of years has vanished in suspicious circumstances, alongside two more “devastating” disappearances of the reintroduced raptor. Police are appealing for public help as they investigate the disappearances, which are a setback to the bird’s successful reintroduction. Their disappearance is being investigated by several […]
Saving critical winter habitat for monarch butterflies may depend on buy-in from their human neighbors
The monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) population has plummeted by 80% to 95% since the 1990s, depending on the region and monitoring method. A major cause of the species’ decline is deforestation in central Mexico, where eastern monarchs spend the colder winter months of their annual migration from Canada and the northern United States. Since 1980, […]
Hundreds Of Sea Turtles Are Freezing As Climate Change Disrupts Coastal Waters
Along the beaches of Cape Cod, volunteers are braving freezing winds to search for stranded sea turtles and other vulnerable animals that can no longer swim. Drawn north by warming seas, these young turtles become trapped when temperatures suddenly drop, leaving them cold stunned and close to death. It is a heartbreaking scene, but also […]
Countries Agree to New Protections for Imperiled African Hornbills
Countries agreed Wednesday to new limits on the international trade in African hornbills. The spectacular birds, which play a key role in African forest ecosystems, are threatened by the growing global sale of hornbill parts. The new restrictions were agreed to at a meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species now underway […]