From the Forest to the Footnote: Why Students Must Write About Wildlife

From the Forest to the Footnote: Why Students Must Write About Wildlife

Open any news feed, and nature is pleading for attention. Forests burning, bees vanishing, coastlines drowning, not in metaphors, but in real, measurable collapse. It’s no longer just the work of scientists or activists to sound the alarm. Students (yes, even high schoolers) now play a crucial role in documenting, interpreting, and influencing public awareness […]

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Lake District hikers called to join hunt for England’s only mountain butterfly as scientists fear climate change may squeeze it from its habitat

Lake District hikers called to join hunt for England’s only mountain butterfly as scientists fear climate change may squeeze it from its habitat

Hikers enjoying the peaks in England’s largest national park are being asked to keep their eyes on something other than the spectacular views this summer. Wildlife experts at charity Butterfly Conservation are asking trekkers in the Lake District to keep a look out for England’s only butterfly that lives in the mountains, the mountain ringlet. […]

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Wildlife crime crackdown in jeopardy worldwide after US funding cuts

Wildlife crime crackdown in jeopardy worldwide after US funding cuts

In 2019, Malawi registered a massive win in the fight against the illegal wildlife trade. Intelligence-driven operations culminated in the arrest of more than a dozen members of the Chinese-led “Lin-Zhang gang,” one of Southern Africa’s most prolific trafficking syndicates. Found to be in possession of hundreds of pieces of elephant ivory, rhino horn, pangolin […]

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Even hippos, elephants and monkeys are fleeing bloody gang violence in Mexico’s Sinaloa province

Even hippos, elephants and monkeys are fleeing bloody gang violence in Mexico’s Sinaloa province

Organized crime and violence in the Mexican state of Sinaloa has forced a local sanctuary to close and transfer at least 700 animals – including elephants, tigers, lions, ostriches, chickens, monkeys, crocodiles, and hippos – to a new location 212 kilometers (approximately 131 miles) away. The animals were relocated from the Ostok Sanctuary in Culiacan, […]

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