A major extinction is likely, and we’ll also suffer, UN experts warn
If we don't do it, we're just as screwed as them.
Tag: wildlife
World’s largest marine reserve established in the Ross Sea, off the coast of Antarctica
A great victory for wildlife.
Wildlife populations expected to plummet 67% by 2020 compared to fifty years ago
'A wake-up call to marshal efforts to promote the recovery of these populations.'
How bringing cougars to cities could actually save lives
These big cats could save a lot of people -- if we let them.
Poachers kill three rangers, wound park manager in Congo
Sad news comes from African wildlife parks again: three rangers were killed in Democratic Republic of Congo's Garamba wildlife park. Two ...
How A.I. and game theory is fighting poaching and illegal logging
Park rangers risk their lives on a daily basis to protect wildlife from poachers. They're also underfunded and understaffed, so ...
White Nose Bat Syndrome spreads deeper into the U.S. — first case confirmed west of the Rockies
The first case of white nose syndrome, a disease that has wreaked havoc on bat populations in the eastern U.S. ...
Drug trafficking is wiping out an unlikely bystander: wildlife
Central America is home to one of the greatest biodiversity on the planet. It's here among its rainforests that you ...
Global Wildlife Populations Down by 50% in just 40 Years
Global wildlife populations have decreased by more than half, concludes a new report released by the WWF. The extent of ...
Scientists find snake no one believed existed
A small island, unique wildlife 1100 km off the coast of Mexico, there lies a small chunk of rock called ...
Fences threaten local fauna, instead of protecting it
Photo: conservationafrica.net In some parts of the world you can find fences that stretch for hundreds ...
Wildlife photographs of the year awarded
Every year, the Natural History Museum awards several prizes in wildlife photography: elephants, dugogns, gavials, mushrooms, mice and many, many ...
Salmon versus Gold clash in Alaska
It's the already a clichee: the big, international company wants to do some highly profitable operations, threatening the native wildlife ...
A Stunning New Species of Black-and-Yellow Horned Viper discovered in Tanzania
Hyderabad, Jan 12,2012: A strikingly black-and-yellow snake with horn-like scales above its eyes has been discovered to stun the wildlife ...
Smithsonian Wild – a database of wildlife photos 200,000 captured with automated cameras
Some animals in the wild are so elusive and hard to glimpse that they're almost impossible to capture with a ...
Extremely rare baby seahorse sighting
Seahorses are just as elusive as they are cute, so diver Neil Garrick-Maidment, the executive director of the Seahorse Trust ...
Ecuador will receive 3.6 billion $ not to drill for oil in a historic pact
The race for oil drilling is tougher than ever, and the effects are quite often extremely damaging for the environment ...
Natural Geographic launches Nat Geo Wild
I don't know about you but I was thrilled to find out Natural Geographic was launching another baby, dedicated to ...
Giant squids take to California
Yes ladies and gents, giant squids are all over the California beaches. Each of the squids weighs about 40 pounds, ...
13 countries make a plan to save tigers
Just a short while ago, I was telling you about the extremely worrying decline of the Siberian tigers (and not ...