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Thrice postponed UN biodiversity summit set for December
Jun 20, 2022 (AFP)
Originally slated to take place in China, the COP15 conference on biological diversity -- or biodiversity -- is now set for December 5 to 17 in Montreal, they s...
In a parched land, Iraqi gazelles dying of hunger
Jun 18, 2022 (AFP)
In little over one month, the slender-horned gazelle population at the Sawa reserve in southern Iraq has plunged from 148 to 87. Lack of funding along with a sh...
Working 24/7 to save baby manatee orphaned in Colombia
Jun 15, 2022 (AFP)
Nine months later, the baby sea cow weighs as much as an adult woman and is bottle fed round the clock by doting aquarium staff. Though much stronger now, Tasaj...
Far from home, new chance in Mexico for Frida the rescued 'pet' tiger
Jun 12, 2022 (AFP)
Rescued and rehabilitated, she is now a popular attraction at the Reino Animal (Animal Kingdom) park along with hundreds of other exotic creatures taken from mi...
New insights into major transitions on the tree of life
Jun 10, 2022 (SPX)
Evolutionary biologists have long sought to understand the placement of LUCA within this framework, as well as the origin of LECA-the last eukaryotic common anc...
Black Americans bear the brunt of fentanyl 'epidemic' in Washington
Jun 09, 2022 (AFP)
Born in the US capital Washington 65 years ago, the slender African American has been using heroin almost all his adult life. But the advent of fentanyl, an ult...
World's largest breeder to annually rewild 100 rhinos
Jun 07, 2022 (AFP)
The animals will come from a 2,004-strong herd bred by private rhino farmer John Hume, who runs the world's biggest rhino farm on an 8,400-hectare piece of land...
Tanzania rescinds decision to lift ban on wildlife exports
Jun 05, 2022 (AFP)
The ban -- imposed in 2016 -- was in place to safeguard the country's protected animals and birds who were illegally being shipped abroad. On Saturday however, ...
Tanzania lifts ban on wildlife exports
Jun 04, 2022 (AFP)
The decision to lift the ban for an initial six months saw conservationists appeal for monitoring processes to guard against poaching, which has been in decline...
Protests as French hunters held over bear killing
Jun 03, 2022 (AFP)
The police investigation has incensed some locals in the remote Ariege because the 70-year-old hunter suspected of shooting the bear said he fired in self-defen...
Vietnamese police net biggest bear bile haul
Jun 03, 2022 (AFP)
The communist country is a major hub for the illegal trade in wild animals and bears are kept to drain the bile from their gallbladders for use in traditional m...
Gabon takes grassroots approach in anti-poaching drive
Jun 01, 2022 (AFP)
A team from Gabon's anti-poaching brigade then searches the vehicle from top to bottom, looking in every cranny for guns or game. Nothing is found, and the driv...
US girl survives rare attack by cougar
Jun 01, 2022 (AFP)
The cat attacked the girl, Lily Kryzhanivskyy, on Saturday morning while she was camping with her family in Washington state, her uncle Alex Mantsevich wrote on...
Scientists produce chimp genetic map to combat trafficking
Jun 01, 2022 (AFP)
The genomic catalogue, which includes 828 individuals from across their vast African range, can now be used to link kidnapped chimpanzees -- or their meat and b...
Time to put monetary value on conservation, says Gabon
May 31, 2022 (AFP)
British-born Lee White, an ecologist who has helped make Gabon a powerful voice for the environment in central Africa, said Earth's climate and biodiversity cri...
2TK, Canada's migratory bird that fell for Uruguayan resort
May 31, 2022 (AFP)
It's time for "2TK" to set flight from the plush seaside resort and return to Canada, a feat of endurance that fascinates scientists and delights local birdwatc...
'Fuel of evolution' more abundant than previously thought in wild animals
May 27, 2022 (SPX)
Darwinian evolution is the process by which natural selection results in genetic changes in traits that favour the survival and reproduction of individuals. The...
Zimbabwe's ballooning jumbo herds a growing threat to humans
May 26, 2022 (AFP)
He considers himself lucky to be alive following the assault one afternoon in May 2021 near Mabale village on the outskirts of Hwange National Park, the country...
A family of termites has been traversing the world's oceans for millions of years
May 24, 2022 (SPX)
Researchers from the Evolutionary Genomics Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), alongside a network of collaborat...
Zimbabwe rallies allies to push for legal ivory trade
May 24, 2022 (AFP)
Hwange National Park is overflowing with elephants, which now routinely wander outside the boundaries to feed, sometimes running into deadly conflicts with peop...
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