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Global trade in African grey parrots banned
Oct 02, 2016 (AFP)
Delegates at a global wildlife conference on Sunday voted to ban international trade in African grey parrots, one of the world's most trafficked birds. Prized f...
Seven species of bees now listed as endangered
Oct 01, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service added seven species of bees to the endangered list, a first for bees in the country, which have seen declining populations ov...
Two accused in S.African court for 'freeing' penguin
Sep 30, 2016 (AFP)
Two men have appeared in court in South Africa accused of stealing a penguin called "Buddy" from a marine park and releasing him into the sea, police said Frida...
Tough times for S.Africa's all-female anti-poaching unit
Sep 29, 2016 (AFP)
South Africa's all-female "Black Mambas" anti-poaching team had never lost a rhino since they were formed in 2013, but the killing of two animals earlier this m...
Bees have emotions: Good food puts them in a good mood
Sep 29, 2016 (UPI)
New research suggests certain bee behaviors meet the criteria for emotional states. In a recent study, biologists at Queen Mary University of London found bees ...
Gecko evolution proof small changes yield big results
Sep 29, 2016 (UPI)
Only 60 percent of geckos have adhesive toe pads. Of the 40 percent that do not, many belong to the genus Gonatodes, a group of dwarf geckos. But new analysis s...
'Ecological traps' pose risk to British Columbia grizzly population
Sep 28, 2016 (UPI)
Though human development hosts a range of man-made treats for hungry bears, towns and suburbs are often a death trap. For humans, an encounter with a bear might...
All global trade banned in endangered pangolins
Sep 28, 2016 (AFP)
The shy, scale-covered pangolin is to receive the highest level of protection against illegal trade to try to save it from extinction, after a vote Wednesday by...
France's last ivory carvers faced with extinction
Sep 28, 2016 (AFP)
Annick Colette-Fremond is the fifth generation of her family to practise the art of ivory carving -- and she may be the last of her line, due to new rules in Fr...
Fire that threatened Peruvian villagers is extinguished
Sep 26, 2016 (AFP)
Firefighters and villagers put out a wildfire Monday that threatened people and wildlife for two weeks as it charred vast stretches of the Amazon rainforest in ...
African elephants 'suffer worst decline in 25 years'
Sep 25, 2016 (AFP)
The number of African elephants has dropped by around 111,000 in the past decade, a new report released Sunday at the Johannesburg conference on the wildlife tr...
Shy pangolins need world spotlight to survive
Sep 25, 2016 (AFP)
Reclusive, gentle and quick to roll up into a ball, pangolins keep a low profile. But they are also the world's most heavily trafficked mammal, and experts at t...
Elephants divide meeting aimed at saving species
Sep 24, 2016 (AFP)
The world's biggest conference on the international wildlife trade got underway Saturday in Johannesburg, but African countries lashed out at Western charities ...
Camera traps in Angola capture rare photos of big cats, honey badgers, elephants
Sep 23, 2016 (UPI)
Conservationists have revealed an impressive series of new images from one of the largest camera trap surveys in Africa. The new photographs, captured by motion...
How CITES works, and 5 species to look out for
Sep 22, 2016 (AFP)
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) is a treaty to protect wild animals and plants against over-exploitation through commercial ...
Fate of Africa's rhino, elephants to dominate wildlife meet
Sep 22, 2016 (AFP)
Global conservationists and policymakers meet in South Africa from Saturday to chart a way forward in the fight against escalating wildlife trafficking that cou...
'Living fossil' crabs mysteriously dying in Japan
Sep 15, 2016 (AFP)
Hundreds of horseshoe crabs -- known as "living fossils" because they are among the Earth's oldest creatures -- have been found dead in southern Japan, confound...
Tiny red-eyed frogs find safe haven in Nicaragua
Sep 13, 2016 (AFP)
Thousands of tiny frogs with bright green skin and big red eyes have found a safe haven from climate change in a Nicaraguan nature reserve. The red-eyed tree fr...
Eats shoots and rarely breeds: giant pandas 'still at risk'
Sep 13, 2016 (AFP)
The giant panda may have been taken off the endangered species list, but the emblematic black and white bear still faces a plethora of risks including epidemics...
Scientists build embryos with non-egg cells
Sep 13, 2016 (UPI)
Scientists at the University of Bath have done what many thought impossible. They've turned non-egg cells into a viable, life-producing embryo. Parthenogenotes ...
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