For the first time in more than ten years, there has been a confirmed sighting of one of the rarest and most enigmatic animals in the world, the Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) from the Annamite Mountains of Laos and Vietnam. The Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (also known as Laos) has announced that in late August villagers in the central province of Bolikhamxay captured a Saola and brought it back to their village.
The Aquatic Tenrec, Limnogale mergulus, is listed as ‘Vulnerable’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. This nocturnal, semi-aquatic mammal, also known as the Web-footed Tenrec, is endemic to the eastern humid forests and central highlands of Madagascar. It feeds on aquatic invertebrates and may be dependent on the availability of permanent, clean and fast-flowing water where its prey thrives.
Poachers kill three elephants in Uganda every year, John Makombo, the acting head of the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), has said.
The California Fish and Game Commission, in response to a Center for Biological Diversity petition, voted today to designate all populations of the mountain yellow-legged frog as a candidate species, the first step toward a formal listing as endangered or threatened under the state’s Endangered Species Act. The frogs live in high-elevation waters in California’s Sierra Nevada and Transverse ranges.
Wildlife officials say a massive fish kill in Louisiana was not caused by oil from the BP oil spill.
Based on a rigorous review by a team of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists of previously released preliminary data, the Service has compiled an expanded report of the birds rescued and collected during the response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Poor visibility? No problem for a dolphin on the prowl. Using echolocation, or sonar, dolphins can “see” their environment, including fish up ahead and even meals buried beneath the sand.
A hunchback dinosaur of sorts once roamed what is now central Spain. The meat-eating beast sported a humplike structure low on its back, a feature never previously described in dinosaurs, and one that has scientists scratching their heads.
The PloS Biology Journal, a respected scientific journal, published a paper Wednesday entitled Bringing the Tiger Back from the Brink – the Six Percent Solution, which presents a powerful case for the need to refocus efforts on the protection of the last remaining strongholds for the tiger.
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