Tag: Endangered Species - Page 4
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Africa's Massive Elephant Slaughter Increasingly Militarized, Mafia-ized
In one recent incident a group of elephants was herded together from the air using a helicopter before being gunned down en masse.
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Most Popular Articles of August: Wacky Pedal-Less Bike, Killer Cats, and More
Look mom no pedals! Will this Flintstones style pedal-less bike take off? We also have kitty cam revealing hardened killers, animals more dangerous than sharks, and more.
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Wind Wildlife Mapping Tool Now Includes Critical Habitat for Endangered Species in U.S.
A mapping tool designed to help wind energy developers with early screening for protecting wildlife and natural habitat now has overlays with critical habitats for endangered species..
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Shark-Attack Survivors Join the Fight to Save Sharks
“If we can stick up for sharks, that turns a lot of heads. We all wanted to turn something really bad into something with a positive impact, then our suffering wasn’t for nothing.”
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Endangered Crowned Cranes About to Hatch 3 Eggs on Webcam
The East African Crowned crane species is on the decline, but one dedicated bird sanctuary is about to add three new members to the species!
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Honeybee Swarm Delays Flight at Pittsburgh International Airport
The queen led her minions to the engine of a Delta airplane, delaying the flight until the protected bees could be professionally removed
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Tigers Double in Nepal National Park - But There Are Still Only 37 of the Big Cats
Efforts over the past two years to build tiger numbers and reduce poaching are paying off.
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Mediterranean Fin Whales More Threatened Than Thought
Previous censuses of Mediterranean fin whale populations have wrongly included whales from the Atlantic population, which sometimes visit the region.
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Illegal Wildlife Trade Flourishing in Asian & African Nations: WWF Report
India and Nepal are the only two nations surveyed that get top marks for making progress in preventing trade in elephant, tiger, and rhino parts.
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King of Spain No Longer WWF Honorary President After Elephant Hunting
Since 1968, WWF Spain had King Juan Carlos as honorary president. But that's all over now. After a vote of 226 to 13, the Spanish branch of the WWF kicked him out.
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A Glimpse of What We've Lost: 10 Extinct Animals in Photos
We're in the midst of the sixth great extinction right now, with the rise of humans being behind the unpredented rise in the rate we're losing species. Here's a tiny sampling of what we've already lost, from the dawn of photography till the present day.
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Young Gorillas Observed Destroying Poachers' Traps
After decades of being a prime target for poachers, these critically endangered gorillas have apparently learned to outsmart them -- and even the youngsters are getting in on the act.
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Brazil's Mass Penguin Die-Off 'Natural', Say Scientists
According to Brazil's center for coastal studies, nothing was found on the birds' bodies to indicate any human activity led to the deaths -- though questions still remain.
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Snow Leopards May Lose 30% of Himalayan Habitat Due to Climate Change
As emissions keep rising, treelines are likely to rise as the Himalayan climate becomes warmer and wetter, squeezing out the iconic cats.
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Lemurs Far More Endangered Than We Thought
91% of lemur species, all endemic to Madagascar, have been found to be threatened with extinction in the latest assessment by the IUCN.
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Beach Workers Crush Thousands of Endangered Turtles
Following a disturbing incident recently in which thousands of turtles were mistakenly crushed by heavy machinery, the already imperiled species there has suffered yet another major setback.
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Pandamonium Abounds For Panda Awareness Week
Raising awareness has never been more adorable.
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Saving the "Modern Day Unicorn" from Extinction
We didn't know it existed until 1992, but the saola -- known as the "Asian Unicorn" -- is at risk of extinction. One group of conservationists is working to make sure that doesn't happen.
