Latest Stories in Endangered Species - Page 3
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Amazing Dogs Working to Save Species and Ecosystems
These canine conservationists are tracking down poachers, finding treasure for scientists, and protecting endangered species.
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Wood Bison To Be Reintroduced to the Wild in Alaska
North America's largest land mammal is about to be reunited with ancient habitat in a restoration experiment.
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Are Elephants Doomed?
Poaching is on the rise in Kenya, what should be one of the few safe(ish) places for elephants in Africa.
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Top 15 Biodiversity Threats/Opportunities to Watch in 2013
Researchers conducted a "horizon scanning" exercise to identify emerging issues that should be watched closely in 2013.
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30 Biggest Stories of the Year in Animal Conservation and Extinctions
The good, the bad, and the we-can-fix-its of the year all gathered up in one place.
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Nearly 600 Rhinos Killed in South Africa So Far This Year
Despite a global push to protect Africa's most iconic species from avoidable extinction, the elicit trade in animal parts shows no signs of slowing -- and there's a sickening trail of blood to prove it.
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Lonesome George May Not Have Been the Last of His Species
On a remote island in the Galapagos, hybrid turtles have been found that suggest a long-lost purebred companion for the late Lonesome George may survive.
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Operation Rat Kill: 22 Tons of Poison to Kill 180 Million Rats on Galapagos Islands
Usually, air-dropping over 20 tons of poison from an helicopter on a fragile island ecosystem would be a very bad thing...
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Contagious Cancer May Send Endangered Tasmanian Devil Into Extinction
A strange contagious cancer that began in 1996 is threatening to wipe out the entire species. Researchers are finding out that the cancer is evolving to become even more complex.
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Australian Blue Whales are Moving to Antarctica
New research shows that the Australia and Antarctica sub-species are merging and that human activity is likely the cause.
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Mountain Gorilla Population Up 12% in Past Two Years
Mountain gorillas are the only great apes not in decline, thanks to conservation efforts.
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Thai Rhino Horn Trader Jailed for 40 Years in South Africa
Under the cover of then-legal rhino trophy hunts on game farms, Chumlong Lemtongthai exported rhino horn to the Asian black market.
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4 Tons of Illegal Ivory Seized in Hong Kong
A stark example of the the scale of the illegal trade in ivory, and the financial rewards for doing so.
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Pssst! Humans Could Save Endangered Species for a Fraction of Soft Drink Costs
Research published in Science magazine indicates funding for biodiversity commitments must increase.
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Woman Faces Charges For Joyriding Atop a Manatee
Life is a funny thing: one day you're enjoying a sunny day at the beach, taking in the rays and hitching a piggy-back ride atop a manatee -- the next, you're a wanted criminal.
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Botanists Help Rare Plant End a Century of Sexlessness
Who needs the birds and the bees when you've got wingmen like these?
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Photo of the Day: Sleeping Pile of Seal Cuteness
We know it can be hard to get rolling on Mondays. This Hawaiian Monk Seal feels the same.
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4 Leopards Killed by Poachers Each Week in India
Over the past decade slightly under 3000 leopards have been killed in India, with the parts largely being trafficked to Tibet, Myanmar and Laos.
