Island-dwelling insects have not been spared the ravages of humanity that have pushed so many of their invertebrate kin into freefall around the world, new research on Fijian ant populations has found. Hundreds of thousands of insect species have been lost over the past 150 years and it is believed the world is now losing […]
Tourist Sparks Outrage After Pouring Beer Down Elephant’s Trunk
An elephant never forgets—and neither does the internet. A Spanish tourist who filmed himself pouring beer down an elephant’s trunk at the Ol Jogi Conservancy in Kenya is now facing international backlash and investigation by local authorities. The man, who posts as Skydive_Kenya on Instagram, quickly deleted the video after it went viral, but not […]
Petition: Stop the Cruel Turtle Smuggling Trade Threatening U.S. Species
Hundreds of turtles across the U.S. are being ripped from the wild and stuffed into socks, diapers, or boxes labeled “toys” – all to fuel a cruel international trade. Recently, a smuggler in Brooklyn pleaded guilty after attempting to ship 850 turtles worth $1.4 million to Hong Kong. Many of these animals were Eastern box […]
Petition: Stop Florida’s Cruel Black Bear Hunt
Florida’s black bears were once on the brink of extinction. Through decades of effort, their numbers have slowly grown, but now, state officials have voted to allow a brutal hunting season for the first time in a decade. This December, 187 bears could be killed in just 23 days. Hunters will be allowed to use […]
Calls for ‘disrespectful’ US influencer to leave Australia after shocking crocodile stunt
An Aussie crocodile expert is calling on an American influencer to be deported after he chased and wrestled two juvenile crocodiles and posted the footage to his millions of online followers. Mike Holston, who calls himself ‘The Real Tarzann’ online, shared footage that showed him running after a small freshwater crocodile near Cape York over […]
Are shark attacks on the rise in Australia? And what is being done to reduce the risk of fatal interactions?
Mercury Psillakis had spotted the shark. Moments before he was fatally attacked by what is believed to have been a 3.5-metre great white last Saturday at Long Reef beach in Sydney, the surfer warned his friends about the animal. “Merc saved his friends in the surf,” his family said in a statement this week. “He […]
This Little Marsupial Was Almost Extinct But Recovered Totally During Australian Mega Drought
For an Australian marsupial facing extinction on a continent-wide scale, the news of an oncoming drought back in 2001 probably felt like the coming of the end times. But in a surprising break from the narrative, the ampurta (Dasycercus hillieri) a rat-sized predatory marsupial that was listed as Endangered in 1999, thrived through the lean […]
Man banned from chasing dolphins on his jet ski
A man has been issued with a police warning after using his jet ski to deliberately disturb a pod of dolphins in Cornwall. The incident, which occurred in St Austell Bay in June, saw the man approach the marine mammals and reportedly encourage others to do the same. Devon and Cornwall Police confirmed the man, […]