The most threatened tortoise in the world is being sold openly at a plant and animal exposition in the heart of Indonesia’s capital, highlighting concerns about the rampant — and growing — illegal pet trade.
Would you believe that dear and sheep can turn from herbivorous to carnivorous. From vegetarians to meat eaters … it happened!
Volunteers and government officers scrambled on Friday to save geese and other wildlife damaged by an oil spill in a southern Michigan river as the Canadian company that owns the ruptured pipeline said the crude had been contained.
Being transparent (or nearly so) doesn’t mean animals have nothing to hide. On the contrary, their lack of pigmentation can help them elude predators who literally see right through them. Transparency also allows THESE creatures to conserve precious resources, a benefit anyone can see.
New measurements find that the maximum length of a duck’s penis depends on the company he keeps. And in this case, it’s his fellow males who make the difference.
The Golden-rumped Sengi, Rhynchocyon chrysopygus, is listed as ‘Endangered’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Also known as the Golden-rumped Elephant-shrew, this species has a large, flexible snout, with which it forages through leaf-litter for invertebrates. Its range is along the coast of Kenya, from the Mombasa area north to the mouth of the Tana River. There is no longer any evidence that it crosses the river – instead, a potentially different species is found between the Tana [...]
The largest wildlife census of its kind conducted in Chernobyl has revealed that mammals are declining in the exclusion zone surrounding the nuclear power plant. The study aimed to establish the most reliable way to measure the impact on wildlife of contamination in the zone. It was based on almost four years of counting and studying animals there. Read the full story HERE.
The illegal hunting of wild animals taints Namibia’s international image.
Following the recommendations of IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), important rainforest areas in Madagascar and the Everglades National Park (USA) have been added to the List of World Heritage in Danger at the World Heritage annual meeting, currently taking place in Brasilia.
Self-defense is a requirement in the animal kingdom, with copepods, frogs, cobras and other animals utilizing unique protection mechanisms that throw off predators and amaze us human observers, even when the secrets behind some of these tricks come out of the bag. Find out more HERE!
Why does one kind of turtle escape hungry tiger sharks, but another doesn’t? National Geographic’s Crittercam® helps researchers find out how one turtle species stays off the shark’s dinner menu.
The Kaibab National Forest has finalized a plan for the Williams Ranger District intended to rein in decades of damaging, unmanaged off-road vehicle use and a sprawling road system. But the district’s decision will open more than 1,100 miles of road to all motorized uses, including adding user-created routes that were not designed by the Forest Service. The decision also allows hunters to drive up to one mile from any open road to retrieve a downed elk throughout the entire [...]
The Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey, Rhinopithecus avunculus, is listed as ‘Critically Endangered’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The range of this unusual and distinctive primate has been drastically reduced, and it is now known from just five isolated locations within Vietnam.
Some invasive Burmese pythons have high levels of mercury, enough to merit concern from anyone interested in hunting them to eat, according to preliminary research by USGS researchers.
The World Heritage Committee decided to remove the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) from the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger, despite IUCN´s recommendation to the contrary.
A new oil spill is sullying waters in Michigan after a pipeline leak sent more than a million gallons of crude into a river tributary, officials said Wednesday.
Vast portions of Madagascar’s unique biodiversity could be lost – possibly forever, and at incalculable cost to ordinary Malagasy and the world – by the continued suspension of environmental funding in response to an ongoing political crisis, says a new report by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the main environmental donor.
Helicopters, machine guns, bullet-proof vests, R250,000 night-vision binoculars, prescription tranquillizers, axes, saws… these are all tools of the grisly trade in rhino horns. And one man is prepared to go to extreme lengths to stop it. Ed Hern, owner of the Rhino and Lion Park near Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg, believes poisoning the horns of rhinos will result in consumers of the product falling ill or dying and knock the demand for this illegal product hard. Read the full story [...]
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