Tag: Endangered Species - Page 6
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Cheetah and Dog Celebrate One Year of Friendship
Cats and dogs are usually thought of as obvious enemies -- but for one young cheetah and his canine companion, life as friends has never been better.
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Midway Atoll Teaches 4 Valuable Lessons to Visitors
Coverage of our trip to Midway has come to a close, but leaves us with much to think about for conservation efforts worldwide.
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Who Were the First 100 Chimpanzees in the United States?
Lori Gruen's compilation of all the details she could find on their lives and deaths.
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The Week in Animal News: Cyborg Lobsters, Painting Parrots and More
A research team has implanted cells into a lobster to use it to produce electricity. A parrot paints pictures of parrots, dead bugs get memorial and more.
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Old Paint is Killing Rare Birds: Cleaning Up Toxic Lead on Midway Atoll
Decades of lead-based paint chipping off old buildings on Midway are taking a deadly toll on threatened seabirds, but efforts by USFWS will hopefully help.
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Kenyan Teen's Invention Saves Lions, Helps Farmers
A 13-year-old inventor in Kenya has come up with a low-cost, eco-friendly way to protect his family's livestock that could also serve as a solution to a serious problem in his country -- managing human-wildlife conflict.
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Polar Bear Protection Plan Ignores Their Biggest Threats
In light of the threats from climate change, one might assume that U.S. policy-makers would aim for a holistic approach towards protecting of polar bears, but instead, they've chosen to take that option off the table.
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Orangutans Smarter Than We Think - Apparently Know the Mechanical Properties of Wood
Some new research reveals the skill with which orangutans build their sleeping nests, and hints at their impressive intelligence.
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Parrot Paints Abstract Parrot Portraits, For Parrots
Chances are you've never heard of Blu Lu, the parrot with a penchant for painting, but she's a rarity indeed.
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Midway's Green Sea Turtles Dine on Jellyfish For Lunch (Photos)
Its not too often you get to see an endangered sea turtle that normally eats seagrass dine on Man o War jellyfish!
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Cameroon Stiffens Poaching Sentences in Effort to Discourage Poaching
Courts in Cameroon have handed down sentences that are unprecedented in the country for their severity in an effort to curb a rash of high-profile poaching incidents.
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Giant Panda Sex Study: Male Surprises Scientists
Males and female pandas just aren't on the same sex schedule. A few days for girls compared to six months-plus for boys. Uh huh.
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Happy Birthday Jane Goodall! How to Celebrate Her Work -- And Help Chimpanzees
It was Jane Goodall's birthday earlier this week — she's 78! Celebrate her accomplishments and help the world's endangered chimpanzees.
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Awkward Panda Romance Ends Without Success
Cupid must be a misguided conservationist; he doesn't like shooting pandas.
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Critically Endangered Baby Pygmy Hippo Takes Her First Swim (Video)
A baby pygmy hippopotamus at the Taronga Park Zoo in Australia, makes her first journey into the water.
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Poachers Make Off With the Horn of a Fiberglass Rhino
A thief has stolen the horn from a rhino model at the Lombardini Game Farm in South Africa.
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Adorable Albino Albatross Chicks Born On Midway (Pictures)
This year, Midway Atoll saw three albino chicks hatched, and two are in nests less than ten feet from each other!
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Proceeds From Disneynature’s "Chimpanzee" Will Benefit the Jane Goodall Institute
In time for Earth Day, a heartwarming film about an orphaned chimp leads to an unlikely bond, raising both awareness and hard cash.
