Bangladeshi police have arrested a notorious poacher wanted for 20 years and suspected of killing about 70 endangered Bengal tigers. Saidur Rahman, the local police…
View More Poacher suspected of killing 70 Bengal tigers captured after 20-year pursuitTag: Endangered species
‘A huge surprise’ as giant river otter feared extinct in Argentina pops up
“It was a huge surprise,” said Sebastián Di Martino, director of conservation at Fundación Rewilding Argentina. “I was incredulous. An incredible feeling of so much…
View More ‘A huge surprise’ as giant river otter feared extinct in Argentina pops upTrillions of litres of water released into Murray-Darling fails to help threatened species, research finds
Trillions of litres of water released into the Murray-Darling Basin to benefit the environment has failed to increase the populations of threatened species, according to…
View More Trillions of litres of water released into Murray-Darling fails to help threatened species, research findsLife on the rocks in Brazil’s campo rupestre
When I was a child, my family would drive three hours from our home in Belo Horizonte to visit my grandfather’s ranch near the town…
View More Life on the rocks in Brazil’s campo rupestreSpain’s Endesa power firm sued over electrocution of birds
In Leonard Cohen’s famous song, a bird on a wire is a symbol of freedom, but for thousands of birds it is the equivalent of…
View More Spain’s Endesa power firm sued over electrocution of birdsAustralia confirms extinction of 13 more species, including first reptile since colonisation
The Australian government has officially acknowledged the extinction of 13 endemic species, including 12 mammals and the first reptile known to have been lost since…
View More Australia confirms extinction of 13 more species, including first reptile since colonisationArctic ice loss forces polar bears to use four times as much energy to survive – study
Polar bears and narwhals are using up to four times as much energy to survive because of major ice loss in the Arctic, according to…
View More Arctic ice loss forces polar bears to use four times as much energy to survive – studyHuman activity forces animals to move further to survive, study finds
Human activity is fundamentally altering the distances the world’s animals need to move to live, hunt and forage, according to a study that examined the…
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