Focusing on Wildlife
  • About Us
  • Support
  • Log In
  • Home
  • News
  • Polls
  • Contact
  • Petitions
  • WildFocus
  • Competitions
Skip to main content

Focusing on Wildlife

  • Triton’s Trumpet (Snail), Genus Charonia by Paamul Jack
  • Face-off at Sunrise by Glenn Perrigo
  • Collared Inca (Coeligena Torquata) by Glenn Bartley
  • Tarangire Red Elephant by Noushka Wildlife
  • Lion on the Rocks by Karin van Zyl
  • Rainbow Starfrontlet by Glenn Bartley
  • About Us
  • Support
  • Log In
  • Home
  • Petitions
  • WildFocus
  • Photo Competition

Tag: apes

POLL: Should elephant and ape captivity be banned?

POLL: Should elephant and ape captivity be banned?

December 2, 2020February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 5 Comments

Naturalist and expert Jane Goodall is throwing her support behind a new bill in Canada. Manitoba Senator Murray Sinclair is pushing for an ambitious animal welfare reform that includes banning the captivity of apes and elephants in the country. Called the “Jane Goodall Act,” the bill would ban zoos and similar entities from getting new […]

Read More

Marooned in shrinking forests, Bornean orangutans hang on as disaster looms (Part I)

Marooned in shrinking forests, Bornean orangutans hang on as disaster looms (Part I)

October 14, 2014December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 1 Comment

The great apes are among some of the most endangered species on Earth, the targets of poachers and the victims of deforestation. However, from time-to-time there comes news of hope. A study published recently in Oryx describes the dire situation faced by Bornean orangutans, as well as an ambitious project to help save them. The […]

Read More

Making movies to save Uganda’s great apes

Making movies to save Uganda’s great apes

July 6, 2013December 23, 2019 Supertrooper Leave a comment

A new series of films aims to protect Uganda’s great ape species (mountain gorillas and chimpanzees) by bringing entertaining and educational movies to a rural audience living on the edges of Kibale National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Produced with heavy input from locals, these films are acted with an all-Ugandan task to teach […]

Read More

Beaten and captured orangutan dies in Indonesia’s Aceh Province

Beaten and captured orangutan dies in Indonesia’s Aceh Province

July 4, 2013December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 5 Comments

An orangutan in Indonesia’s Aceh province died last Thursday after being beaten by residents of a local village attempting to capture the animal. The case casts a tragic spotlight on what is becoming an increasingly serious problem in the region, as habitat decline and weak law enforcement leave wild orangutans at risk of being killed […]

Read More

Tigers, orangutans, rhinos: Sumatra’s big mammals on the edge of extinction

Tigers, orangutans, rhinos: Sumatra’s big mammals on the edge of extinction

June 14, 2013December 23, 2019 Supertrooper Leave a comment

Karman Lubis’s body was found near where he had been working on a Sumatran rubber plantation. His head was found several days later a mile away and they still haven’t found his right hand. He had been mauled by a Sumatran tiger that has been living in Batang Gadis National Park and he was one […]

Read More

Why responsible tourism is the key to saving the mountain gorilla

Why responsible tourism is the key to saving the mountain gorilla

May 22, 2013December 22, 2019 Supertrooper Leave a comment

The sunlight poured through the canopy, casting dappled shade over Makara, a large silverback mountain gorilla, as he cast his eyes around the forest clearing, checking on the members of his harem. A female gorilla reclined on a bank of dense vegetation of the most brilliant green, clutching her three day old infant close to […]

Read More

Endangered primates and cats may be hiding out in swamps and mangrove forests

Endangered primates and cats may be hiding out in swamps and mangrove forests

May 14, 2013December 22, 2019 Supertrooper Leave a comment

What happens to animals when their forest is cut down? If they can, they migrate to different forests. But in an age when forests are falling far and fast, many species may have to shift to entirely different environments. A new paper in Folia Primatologica theorizes that some 60 primate species and 20 wild cat […]

Read More

An insidious threat to tropical forests: over-hunting endangers tree species in Asia and Africa

An insidious threat to tropical forests: over-hunting endangers tree species in Asia and Africa

April 15, 2013December 22, 2019 Supertrooper Leave a comment

A fruit falls to the floor in a rainforest. It waits. And waits. Inside the fruit is a seed, and like most seeds in tropical forests, this one needs an animal—a good-sized animal—to move it to a new place where it can germinate and grow. But it may be waiting in vain. Hunting and poaching […]

Read More

Most Viewed

  • A bison in Yellowstone national park in Wyoming. The animals, also known as buffalo, can weigh up to 2,000 pounds. Photograph: blickwinkel/Alamy 25-year-old woman gored and tossed 10ft in ... 434 views
  • A cougar attacked a girl playing at a church camp in Washington State. She has now left intensive care. Photograph: Max Allen/Alamy A mountain lion attacked a nine-year-old girl ... 403 views
  • An alligator warning sign is posted in waters near the scene where a man was found dead. Photograph: Martha Asencio-Rhine/AP A man died searching for Frisbees in ... 315 views
  • A pod of narwhals off Greenland. Scientists at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources believe the population fell from about 1,900 to 400 between 2008 and 2016. But a local hunter says: ‘Old people say that there are more now than before.’ Photograph: Carsten Egevang Without a hunting ban, there is high ... 266 views
  • Frank Logan was mauled by a great white shark and survived by playing deadCredit: Alamy I was mauled by great white shark ... 214 views
  • One of the dead birds found by Peter Stronach at Loch Fleet nature reserve, near Dornoch, Scotland. Photograph: Peter Stronach The highly infectious avian flu is killing ... 174 views
  • © Hindustan Times Smuggling of exotic animals in India reaches ... 167 views
  • Lead Image Source : Andy Wilcock/Shutterstock James Cromwell is Helping Build a Sanctuary ... 133 views
  • Early signs suggest the red-billed leiothrix, native to south-east Asia, may be establishing itself in southern parts of the UK. Photograph: Mei Yongcun/Xinhua/Alamy The extremely invasive red-billed leiothrix could pose ... 127 views
  • Lead Image Source : ifaw/Facebook 7 Stranded Dolphins Rescued by Dozens of ... 117 views

Most Commented

  • There are estimated to be about 480 wolves in 40-odd packs in Sweden. Photograph: Nature Picture Library/Alamy Swedish government aims to cull wolf population ... 7 comments
  • A cougar kitten is seen in an undated photo. Two kittens were illegally shot and killed on Vancouver Island, according to the B.C. Conservation Officer Service. (Shutterstock) Cougar kittens killed, dismembered by poachers on ... 6 comments
  • Once helplessly stranded, the whales are subjected to complete chaos, commotion, and yelling as hunters start the practice of dragging them ashore. Imagine the terror these highly social and complex beings go through as the entire pod is being demonished in a tremendous bloodbath. Credit: Ingi Sørensen Pilot whales killed in season’s first Faroese ... 5 comments
  • A bison in Yellowstone national park in Wyoming. The animals, also known as buffalo, can weigh up to 2,000 pounds. Photograph: blickwinkel/Alamy 25-year-old woman gored and tossed 10ft in ... 5 comments
  • A stock photo shows a cobra. The most common cobra in Tanzania is the Egyptian Cobra. MRJO2405/GETTY IMAGES Snake Charmer Dies After Playing With Cobra ... 4 comments
  • Maasai in the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya / credit: Henrik Hansen on Unsplash Maasai In Tanzania Face Eviction As Government ... 4 comments
  • Jason Bechtel / Flickr Creative Commons Idaho Fish and Game kills five grizzly ... 4 comments
  • A pod of narwhals off Greenland. Scientists at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources believe the population fell from about 1,900 to 400 between 2008 and 2016. But a local hunter says: ‘Old people say that there are more now than before.’ Photograph: Carsten Egevang Without a hunting ban, there is high ... 4 comments
  • Great white sharks will be returning to the coast during summer, where they could face killer whales (Image: Getty Images) Shark-eating killer whale spotted off US coast ... 3 comments
  • A criminal compliant alleges that Anthony killed the bear inside a national park. Neal Herbert / NPS “The Bear Whisperer” Host Charged With Poaching ... 3 comments

Galleries

  • Ducks
  • Swans
  • Insects
  • Large Landbirds
  • Mammals
  • Seabirds
  • Small Landbirds
  • Waders
  • Geese
Top 25 Blogs of 2021

Threatened Bird Species

  • Species Champions
  • CR: Critically Endangered
  • EN: Endangered
  • VU: Vulnerable
  • NT: Near Threatened
  • Threatened Bird Species
Top Zoo and Wildlife Photography Blogs
Top 10 UK Wildlife Photography Blogs

Categories

  • Blogs
  • Books
  • Competitions
  • Editorials
  • News
  • Petitions
  • Polls
  • Videos
  • Wildlife
Top Photography Blogs
Outdoor Photography

Mount one of our logos on your website

Focusing on Wildlife
Fatbirder's Top 1000 Birding Websites
 
  • About Us
  • Support
  • Subscribe
  • Privacy Policy
  • WordPress Hosting
  • Contact
  • Exchange Links
  • Want to Join Us
  • Species Champions
  • Promote Our Logos
  • Galleries
  • WildFocus
  • Upload an Image
  • Members Galleries
  • Photo Competition
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
sparkling Theme by Colorlib Powered by WordPress