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| 21.02.2025 | The Battle Against Wildlife Trafficking: A Fight for Survival | Wildlife trafficking is a shadowy underworld. It thrives on greed and ignorance. Every year, thousands of animals are smuggled across borders, their lives hanging by a thread. The illegal wildlife trade is a multi-billion dollar industry, d... |
| 21.02.2025 | Ancient deity, pet and endangered species. Why is axolotl Mexico’s most beloved amphibian? | Axolotl attracted international attention after Minecraft added them to its game in 2021 and Mexicans went crazy about them that same year, following the Central Bank’s initiative to print it on the 50-peso bill. “That’s when the ‘axolotlma... |
| 19.02.2025 | Tale of 5 smuggled spider monkeys shows the difficulties of combating illegal wildlife trade | Between 2015 and 2019, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intercepted almost 50,000 live specimens at U.S. ports of entry. More than 1,300 of those were confiscated in Chicago — making it the port with the fifth highest number of live anima... |
| 09.01.2025 | Too Wild, Red Digital Cinema, and Wildmotion launch wildlife filmmaking workshop in Timbavati Big 5 Reserve. | Too Wild Wildlife Filmmaking Course
Too Wild, Red Digital Cinema, and Wildmotion collaborate to offer a wildlife filmmaking workshop at Timbavati Big 5 Game Reserve in South Africa.
We believe storytelling can inspire change, and we’re comm... |
| 18.12.2024 | Baby African penguin released from Denver Zoo’s ICU after “remarkable” recovery | Male and female African penguins look almost identical, so animal experts at the zoo will need to run a DNA test to determine the chick’s gender, according to zoo officials.
“All Zoo babies are precious, but it’s even more special when we h... |
| 01.11.2024 | Global Times: Species thriving thanks to policy, consensus in China | BEIJING, Nov. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Under the global framework for biodiversity, more wildlife species are increasing in number and enjoying a better space for living and breeding in China with the help of advanced technology and more pop... |
| 05.10.2024 | The truth about tuna and mercury: How to choose the most sustainable and safest options | Ahi steak. Akami sashimi. Albacore on sourdough. Whether you smoked yellowfin on the grill or spread skipjack on a sandwich, chances are you’ve had tuna recently.
On average, Americans eat around two pounds (907 grams) of the fish per year,... |
| 07.09.2024 | The Porbeagle Shark: A Struggle for Survival in a Hostile Ocean | The porbeagle shark, a creature of grace and power, now finds itself in a perilous dance with extinction. Once thriving in the cold waters of the North Atlantic, these sharks are now labeled "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List. Thei... |
| 03.09.2024 | ‘Vulnerable’ Porbeagle Sharks Are Hunted Down by Other Sharks Based on Swallowed Trackers, but Why? | By Isaiah Richard
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The ongoing efforts in conserving the porbeagle shark population had researchers inst... |
| 08.07.2024 | These cannibal baby sharks eat their siblings in the womb – and sketches show just how gruesome it can be | As adults, sand tiger sharks are known for being relatively non-aggressive. But as babies, these animals engage in a cannibalistic war with dozens of siblings in which only one survives.
It's all part of a natural occurrence known as intrau... |
| 20.06.2024 | Iberian lynx rebounds from brink of extinction, hailed as the "greatest recovery of a cat species ever achieved" | Things are looking up for the Iberian lynx. Just over two decades ago, the pointy-eared wild cat was on the brink of extinction, but as of Thursday the International Union for Conservation of Nature says it's no longer an endangered species... |
| 10.06.2024 | African elephants have individual name-like calls for each other, similar to to human names, study finds | It turns out that humans might not be the only species that have individualized identifiers for each other. A new study found that African savanna elephants, an endangered species, have name-like calls for each other that resemble human nam... |
| 06.06.2024 | Shark spits out spiky land-loving creature in front of shocked scientists in Australia | A tiger shark has surprised Australian scientists on an ocean research trip by regurgitating a spiky land-loving echidna in front of them.
Researchers from James Cook University said Thursday that they were tagging marine life on the northe... |
| 28.05.2024 | Climate change amplifying Mexico's heat and drought crisis | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Mexico is facing the triple threats of a searing heat wave, drought and in the nation's capital water shortages that experts say is being amplified by climate change.
Threat level: Nearly two-thirds o... |
| 16.05.2024 | Mysterious origin of the "tree of life" revealed as some of the species is just decades from extinction | The "grotesque" baobab tree has long been known as the "tree of life" for its ability to create and maintain its own ecosystem in arid regions. Since the time of the ancient Egyptians, people have marveled at what resear... |
| 09.05.2024 | WWF Japan New “owl” added to campaign calling for a review of the “petization” of wild animals Ahead o f Bird Week | - |
| 09.05.2024 | WWF Japan New “owl” added to campaign calling for a review of the “petization” of wild animals Ahead o f Bird Week | WWF Japan
A new owl has been added to a campaign calling for a review of the practice of turning wild animals into pets, ahead of Bird Week ~A new short video in the form of a quiz “The secret behind that pet that only the caretaker knows” ... |
| 18.04.2024 | Puerto Rican parrot threatened by more intense, climate-driven hurricanes | There were 56 wild, endangered Puerto Rican parrots living around El Yunque National Forest before Hurricane Maria in 2017. After the storm, there was only one survivor.
"I'll admit that a couple of times I just cried," said Tom W... |
| 24.03.2024 | Sixteen bear cubs rescued from home in Laos | BANGKOK: Sixteen undernourished Asiatic black bear cubs have been found in a home in Laos capital Vientiane by a conservation charity, the largest rescue of the year.
The clutch of cubs, also known as moon bears after the white crescent of ... |
| 19.02.2024 | WATCH: Buffel the huge elephant seal is BACK to moult | WATCH: Buffel the huge elephant seal is BACK to moult Images” Facebook/Video/MAKU Visuals/SPCA/Danel Wentzel
It seems Buffel, the HUGE elephant seal, has decided to haul out for his annual moult in Hermanus this year!
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| 12.02.2024 | A baby rhino was born at the Indianapolis Zoo on Super Bowl Sunday | The Indianapolis Colts may have lost any hope of making it to the Super Bowl last month, but the city celebrated a different sort of win this Super Bowl Sunday: the birth of a white rhinoceros calf.
Mom Zenzele, 19, gave birth at around 9:1... |
| 04.02.2024 | Biodiversity under siege: the environmental cost of russian war in Ukraine | Authors: Nadiya Kasyanchuk, Anastasiia Kostenko, Ukrainian YEAs
The russian[1] war against Ukraine, beginning in 2014 and escalating into a full-scale invasion in 2022, has not only led to widespread death, destruction, and displacement, bu... |
| 06.12.2023 | Concern over ‘drone fishing’ in South Africa’s seas | Image: Midjourney AI
“Drone fishing” is a relatively recent innovation in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles. Some recreational anglers are using personal drones to fly baited lines into hard-to-reach areas of water, or to look for good fi... |
| 26.10.2023 | 75 percent of exclusive hardwood may be illegally harvested | 75 percent of exclusive hardwood may be illegally harvested
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The tropical wood type ipê is popular for building exclusive wooden decks, and in North America and Europe, the demand for the mater... |
| 08.07.2023 | Two more pangolins rescued from trafficker | Pangolins rescued by police. Image: Twitter/@SAPoliceService
A suspect has been arrested after being found with two endangered pangolins inside his home in Kuruman in the Northern Cape.
There have been more arrests linked to the trafficking... |
| 24.06.2023 | Orca attacks on boats appear to be 'leapfrogging' across oceans as a yacht is rammed by killer whale north of Scotland | Orcas in Norway. Mike Korostelev/ Getty Images
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An orca repeatedly rammed a yacht in the Shetland Islands, a sailor told the Guardian.
The attack follows a series of orca incidents around the Iberian peninsula.
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| 06.06.2023 | We're losing the battle against bird loss. Scientists estimate North America's bird population is down 3 billion and dropping fast in other countries worldwide. | Hundreds of bird species are experiencing population decline. Knowable Magazine
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In North America, more than half of 529 bird species have declined, according to one study.
Another study of 378 European bird species estimates numb... |
| 01.06.2023 | South Dakota zoo welcomes litter of "critically endangered" red wolves | A litter of six red wolf pups, a highly endangered species, was born at the Great Plains Zoo in South Dakota, the zoo announced Thursday.
The red wolf species, one of two wolf species in North America, has a dangerously small population siz... |
| 27.05.2023 | Here is why mass extinction of Earth’s wildlife is closer than you think… | Now is the time to save the planet’s biodiversity before it is too late
A recent study has revealed that we are closer to a mass extinction of Earth’s wildlife than we think.
ALSO READ: Experts warn more protected areas won’t save biodivers... |
| 13.05.2023 | World Migratory Bird Day 2023: Water Sustaining Bird Life | 13 May 2023 – World Migratory Bird Day highlights the importance of water for migratory birds and calls for more action to protect water resources and aquatic ecosystems. UNESCO World Heritage sites are crucial safe havens for all 12 migrat... |
| 12.05.2023 | Pangolins: The most trafficked animal you haven’t heard about | Pangolins: The most trafficked animal you haven’t heard about Image: Shutterstock
Pangolins are animals that you may not be able to picture in your mind’s eye – here’s a brief overview. Pangolins look very similar to the American armadillo ... |
| 26.12.2022 | Deaths of 3 endangered dolphins in Cambodia raise alarm | Three endangered freshwater dolphins have died within 10 days of each other, alarming conservationists in Cambodia.
The death of a third healthy dolphin in such a brief period indicates "an increasingly alarming situation and the need ... |
| 14.12.2022 | Endangered African tortoises makes way back home from Monaco | Known by the Latin name of Centrochelys sulcata, they are the world’s third-largest tortoise species. Image by Pexels from Pixabay
After a gruelling trip by air and road, several dozen endangered African tortoises groggily poked their heads... |
| 10.12.2022 | Hawaii is Using Drones to Help Find Endangered Plants in Steep Cliffs | Jace Dela Cruz, Tech Times 10 December 2022, 09:12 am
According to a global report, the devastation of the natural world is putting two out of every five plant species in the world at risk of going extinct. Plants and fungi are vital to sus... |
| 07.11.2022 | Greenland Shark Finally Gets Protection | When you might live for up to 500 years, time moves a little different for you. A day might feel like a second, a week might feel like a day, and so on and so forth. |
| 05.11.2022 | Military Activities Amid Russia-Ukraine War May Be Killing Dolphins in the Black Sea | Jace Dela Cruz, Tech Times 05 November 2022, 04:11 am
Humans may not be the only casualties of the raging Russia-Ukraine war, but the conflict may have also killed dolphins and porpoises in the Black Sea.
According to a recent report by the... |
| 27.09.2022 | Chinese Scientists Clone an Arctic Wolf With Beagle as Surrogate Mother | Joaquin Victor Tacla, Tech Times 27 September 2022, 05:09 am
According to a Chinese pet cloning company, the first cloned Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos) in the world was born and was carried by an unusual surrogate mother: a beagle.
As re... |
| 18.08.2022 | Mass Extinction Threat Worse Than Previously Thought, New Research Finds | 2 Mins Read
New research says our understanding of endangered species is limited, and some species may face greater extinction risks than previously thought.
Conservation statuses for nearly 8,000 species with limited population data show a... |
| 30.05.2022 | Machine Learning Predicts ‘More Reptiles’ At Risk of Extinction | Thea Felicity, Tech Times 30 May 2022, 01:05 am
A recent study introducing a unique machine learning approach for estimating extinction risk shows more unlisted reptile species threatened than previously thought.
(Photo : Vitya Lapatey / Un... |
| 05.01.2022 | Toyota Motor : SDGs Initiatives | SDGs Initiatives
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Transformation into a mobility company to offer improved value and expand our contribution to SDGs
Since its founding, Toyota has maintained the Toyoda Precepts, or Five Main Principles of f... |
| 23.10.2021 | The Bumblebee’s Plight: Why It Is Disappearing in the U.S. | The American bumblebee was once the most commonly observed bumblebee in the U.S. Like 11 other bumblebee species, its population has plummeted. Nationally, it has declined about 89% in the past 20 years, according to the International Union... |
| 05.08.2021 | Badger crossings and bee hotels: infrastructures that reduce their impact on the environment | In the first months of 2021, a group of American scientists were keeping an eye on some curious video recordings. They showed a jaguar returning again and againto a ranch located in Sonora, a few kilometers south of where Arizona, New Mexic... |
| 19.07.2021 | NFL star Leonard Williams ripped the heart out of a fish and ate it while it was still beating | New York Giants defensive end Leonard Williams went deep sea fishing over the weekend.
Williams’ prized catch of the day was a giant Bluefin Tuna.
But then he ripped the heart of the fish and ate it while it was still beating.
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| 25.06.2021 | Water vole genome will help boost conservation of one of UK's most endangered mammals | Water vole genome will help boost conservation of one of UK's most endangered mammals
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A new tool to help conserve one of the UK’s most threatened mammals has been released, with the publication of the first high-quality reference... |
| 23.06.2021 | Toyota Motor : SDGs Initiatives | SDGs Initiatives
SustainabilitySDGs
Toyota's SDGs
Transformation into a mobility company to offer improved value and expand our contribution to SDGs
Since its founding, Toyota has maintained the Toyoda Precepts, or Five Main Principles of f... |
| 22.06.2021 | A 600-foot ‘garbage belt’ has taken over a Chinese UNESCO world heritage site and is overwhelming local herders tasked with cleaning it up | Piles of garbage in northwest China’s Hoh Xil nature reserve could threaten wildlife in the area, including the near-threatened Tibetan antelope. Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images
Garbage has piled up for years in spots around UNESCO World He... |
| 07.06.2021 | 16 creatures from the bottom of the ocean that will give you nightmares | Travel 16 creatures from the bottom of the ocean that will give you nightmares
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| 11.05.2021 | A Houston man was arrested after fleeing from his home with his pet Bengal tiger. The big cat is still running wild. | People in a West Houston suburb were shocked to see a Bengal tiger prowling about their neighborhood. Rob Wormald/ Twitter
Victor Hugo Cuevas was confronted by Houston cops after a tiger was spotted lounging on his lawn.
After a short stand... |
| 27.04.2021 | Video shows NRA’s Wayne LaPierre shooting but failing to kill an elephant for NRA-sponsored TV show that never aired | In this April 26, 2019, file photo, Nation Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre speaks at the association’s Institute for Legislative Action Leadership Forum at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. AP Photo/Michael Conroy... |
| 29.03.2021 | Bats are still on the menu and for sale at markets in Indonesia, despite their link to COVID-19 | A new study from WHO points says COVID-19 was likely transmitted from bats to humans via another animal.
Bats remain on sale in Indonesian wet markets, despite links to COVID-19.
Experts worry about the transmission risks at poorly regulate... |
| 18.03.2021 | A Rare Desert Bird Will Soon Become Extinct Because of Politics | As the sun sets over the sandy dunes of Balochistan, hunting enthusiast Rizwan Talpur walks home with a variety of birds in his bag. In it is an assortment of grouse.
His hunting party of five is armed with shotguns, binoculars and traps.
T... |
| 02.03.2021 | Malaysia to Cull 3,000 Pigs After Finding First Swine Fever Case | (Bloomberg) -- Malaysia will cull about 3,000 pigs in the Borneo state of Sabah as it races to curb the first African swine fever outbreak in the country.
Necessary action will be taken to stop the spread of the virus, which was discovered ... |
| 15.12.2020 | Uh Oh: Things Aren’t Looking Good For Mantas. | Despite being some of the largest species in our oceans, manta rays are one of the most enigmatic. Considerable knowledge gaps exist for these large, filter-feeding batoid rays! Having a circumglobal distribution in tropical and subtropical... |
| 13.12.2020 | Bats are still on the menu and for sale at markets in Indonesia, despite their link to COVID-19 | “I use nylon, rope, and wood. I wait for the bat to pass and get caught in the hook. The hook is attached to the nylon,” he told us.
The Sulawesi fruit bat is classified as vulnerable because of overhunting, according to the IUCN Red List o... |
| 02.11.2020 | Ugly Species Deserve Biodiversity Protections, Too | Hello.Photoholgic/Unsplash |
| 10.09.2020 | Indian Government Solar Mandates Clash With Sacred Groves | 1 0
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As India moves toward ambitious climate goals, it is trampling on sacred groves in desert ecosystems.
India has an ambitious target to generate 175 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2022. Lands ch... |
| 02.08.2020 | 14 creatures from the bottom of the ocean that will give you nightmares | A live, 2-foot-long frilled shark found by a Japanese fisherman in 2007.
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Earth's oceans are home to some truly terrifying creatures.
From predatory sea critters named for land animals, such as the Atlantic ... |
| 20.07.2020 | Our Underwater World Is Full Of Cables… That Are Sometimes Attacked By Sharks | In the search for new subsea oil fields, geologists use large vessels to tow several heavy-duty cables (called streamer cables) to collect seismic data. Equipped with hydrophones that receive the returned signals initiated from a seismic so... |
| 07.07.2020 | Is This ‘Human-Sized’ Bat in the Philippines for Real? | Countless photos go viral online and no one really knows why. Most of the time, they’re pretty random. Case in point: this photo of a giant bat that people can’t seem to look away from, for obvious reasons.
It was posted on Twitter on June ... |
| 02.07.2020 | Whale Sharks Have Teeth On Their Eyes | Yup, you read that title correctly. According to a newly published study, whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) eyes are covered with dermal denticles, which is a novel mechanism of eye protection in vertebrates. Famous for the white constellation... |
| 05.06.2020 | Sixth Mass Extinction Of Wildlife: Over 500 Species On Brink Of Extinction | 1
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Scientists are warning that the sixth mass extinction of wildlife is speeding up, with over 500 land animal species now on the verge of disappearing forever within the next 20 years. The root cause is human destruction... |
| 11.02.2020 | Honolulu Zoo completes repairs to 2 bird exhibits | COURTESY HONOLULU ZOO
Repairs to the Honolulu Zoo’s Southern Ground Hornbill and Marabou Stork exhibits have been completed after a fallen tree damaged the enclosure last February.
Najuma, a 14-year-old African ground hornbill that went mis... |
| 27.12.2019 | Striking National Geographic photos show animals that could disappear from the face of the Earth | A Diademed sifaka photographed at Lemuria Land in Madagascar.
Joel Sartore
Joel Sartore is a National Geographic photographer who documents endangered species through a project called The Photo Ark.
Since 2005, Sartore has photographed 9,76... |
| 16.10.2019 | Rare olive ridley turtle nest discovered at Kailua Beach | COURTESY NOAA FISHERIES
Ridley turtle hatchling at Kailua Beach Park.
A couple visiting Kailua Beach Park discovered they were sitting atop a turtle nest when hatchlings began emerging from the sand beneath their beach towel in broad daylig... |
| 21.08.2019 | We've killed off more than 50% of forest animals on Earth, a new report found — even more evidence of a 6th mass extinction | Bengal tigers are endangered — about 2,500 remain in the wild. They face threats from poaching and sea-level rise in the mangrove forests in which they live.
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Forest animal populations worldwide have declined 53%... |
| 06.03.2019 | The world's largest bee was found in the wild 38 years after its last sighting. It was one of the planet's top 25 'most wanted' species. | The Wallace's giant bee has been found in the wild 38 years since its last sighting.
It's the largest bee in the world, at about the size of human thumb. The bee boasts a wingspan of 63.5 mm and has two large pincers.
In January, a group of... |
| 04.02.2019 | Study Finds that Many UK Fish and Chip Shops Sell Endangered Shark Meat | “Shark and chips” might not sound as tempting as fish and chips, as far as snacky, pub food is concerned. However, that might be a more accurate way to describe what Brits are actually eating when they head to the chip shop, according to a ... |
| 13.01.2019 | These 23 animals that are in danger of disappearing forever | The northern white rhino subspecies is almost extinct.
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A rhinoceros subspecies is almost extinct.
On March 21, the world's last male northern white rhino, Sudan, died at 45 years of age.
Sudan - who is named for hi... |
| 09.01.2019 | Trump’s $5 billion border wall plan could wreak environmental havoc, causing rivers to flood and animals to become 'zombie species' | President Donald Trump speaks while participating in a tour of US-Mexico border wall prototypes in San Diego, California on March 13, 2018. Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
President Donald Trump took the national stage last night to make his case fo... |
| 13.08.2018 | Rare flamingos in England laid eggs for the first time in 15 years — and experts are saying it's because of Europe's heatwave | Andean Flamingos in Britain have laid eggs for the first time in 15 years.
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Rare Andean flamingos in Britain have laid eggs for the first time in 15 years.
Experts are speculating it's because of Europe's he... |
| 28.06.2018 | One Hundred Baby Hammerhead Sharks Found Dead Near Hawaii Lagoon | Nearly one hundred baby hammerhead sharks were found dead near Oahu’s Keehi Lagoon in Hawaii this week.
The pups were probably caught by a fisherman, who then discarded them near La Mariana Sailing Club on the south side of the island.
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| 15.03.2018 | 12 rare animals that are teetering on the brink of extinction | Every day, species around the planet are going extinct. And for each species that goes extinct, many more become and remain endangered due to habitat loss, poaching, and climate change.
These threatened animals are included on the Internati... |
| 08.01.2018 | Wisdom the Laysan albatross hatching another chick at Midway | COURTESY NAOMI BLINICK / USFWS VOLUNTEER
Wisdom the world’s oldest known breeding bird, in the wild with her new chick in February 2017.
Wisdom, the world’s oldest known breeding bird in the wild, continues to amaze the world.
At the approx... |
| 13.12.2016 | There Are Twice as Many Species of Birds as We Thought, Study Finds | Bird-watchers of the world: your list may have just doubled. A recent study published in the journal PLOS One suggests that the way bird species are defined has traditionally been too narrow, and there are actually more than 18,000 bird spe... |
| 11.08.2011 | ARKive to Document Every Species on Earth | I am a fan of archives and have covered their digital avatars here often enough. I am especially keen on any archive, whether physical or digital, that takes access as an important elements of its mission. And I don’t just like archives of ... |
| - | Апокалиптические сценарии вокруг изменения климата — это обман. Мнение | Апокалиптические сценарии вокруг изменения климата — это обман. Мнение
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| - | Honolulu Zoo unveils new giant salamander exhibit | COURTESY HONOLULU ZOO
A Japanese giant salamander on display at the Honolulu Zoo’s new Ectotherm Complex.
Mayor Kirk Caldwell unveils a new Japanese giant salamanders exhibit at the Honolulu Zoo’s new Ectotherm Complex this morning.
Two fem... |
| - | 13 rare animals that are teetering on the brink of extinction | The solitary Amur leopard is one of the world's most endangered cats. DigitalART/Wikimedia Commons
Every day, species around the planet are going extinct. And for each species that goes extinct, many more become and remain endangered due to... |
| - | Honolulu Zoo welcomes 3 cheetah sisters from Smithsonian | CRAIG T. KOJIMA /CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
Zoo Director, Linda Santos, in yellow, looks at cheetah which came to glass.
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Three new cheetahs at Honolulu Zoo play with a pumpkin on Halloween.
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| - | Albatross hatchlings a milestone for Kahuku | COURTESY HAWAII MARINE ANIMAL RESPONSE
KP1, one of two new Laysan albatross chicks that hatched Monday on the North Shore, is shaded by a parent.
Two new Laysan albatross chicks have hatched on Oahu’s North Shore.
The North Shore Community ... |
| - | Five good-news environmental stories from 2021 | From record heatwaves causing devastating wildfires in Russia’s Siberia, to a prolonged drought hitting South America and the worst floods to hit South Sudan in 60 years, there has been plenty of bad news when it comes to the state of the g... |
| - | World Ocean Day: A look at 8 critically endangered marine species | June 8 is World Ocean Day – an annual global event to recognise the major role oceans play in our lives and the challenges faced in preserving this precious environment.
Oceans cover more than 70 percent of our planet’s surface and are home... |
| - | Travelers can soon fly from Singapore to the ‘gateway’ to Komodo National Park | Jetstar Asia will launch direct flights linking Singapore to Labuan Bajo, the Indonesian town considered the “gateway” to Komodo National Park, the company said.
The park, a UNESCO Heritage Site inscribed in 1991, is home to several thousan... |
| - | Two Laysan albatross chicks hatch at Kahuku Point | COURTESY HAWAII MARINE ANIMAL RESPONSE
KP1 chick with proud parent.
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KP1 chick.
Two new Laysan albatross chicks have hatched on Oahu’s North Shore.
The North Shore Community Land Trust said the two chic... |
| - | Honolulu Zoo welcomes birth of ring-tailed lemur | COURTESY ROD KUBA
Remi sits with her baby, that was born June 10, at the Honolulu Zoo.
The Honolulu Zoo recently welcomed a baby ring-tailed lemur, the product of a captive breeding program to help boost the primate’s numbers.
The animal wa... |
| - | Honolulu Zoo celebrates hatching of 5 baby crocodile monitor lizards | Courtesy Honolulu Zoo
Five lizard babies hatched Feb. 21 and 22 at the zoo. All five are healthy and on display in the Keiki Barn nursery.
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Two of the lizard babies born at the Honolulu Zoo.
City officials announced tha... |
| - | Blow for rare Sumatran tigers as three killed in wild boar traps | Medan, Indonesia – Ben Husen, an Indonesian journalist, clearly remembers the time he came face to face with a Sumatran tiger – or eight of them, in fact.
“I once went to someone’s house here in Aceh, and he had eight tiger skins that had b... |
