22 February 2017 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service News Release
Protecting nature is critical to keeping our planet thriving for future generations. What better way to do that than by engaging [Continue Reading…]
Archives for February 2017
New Zealand Whio Eggs Go Full Circle
February 20, 2017 posted by
20 February 2017 | Department of Conservation-New Zealand News Release
This is the happy ending to an earlier reported story of a whio nest, disturbed by accident at Blackfern Lodge in August. [Continue Reading…]
Cheetah Conservation Fund Asks for Cheetah Reclassification
February 18, 2017 posted by
18 February 2017 | Cheetah Conservation Fund News Release
OTJIWARONGO, NAMIBIA – The wild cheetah population is declining at an alarming rate, prompting conservationists [Continue Reading…]
Mexican Gray Wolf Count Up in 2016
February 17, 2017 posted by
17 February 2017 | Defenders of Wildlife News Release
TUCSON, Ariz. (Feb. 17, 2017) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published today the 2016 Mexican gray wolf count. There [Continue Reading…]
Elephant Poaching Gang Busted in Malaysia
February 13, 2017 posted by
13 February 2017 | TRAFFIC International News Release
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 13th February 2017 — Malaysian authorities have nabbed a gang of seven men they termed the “most [Continue Reading…]
Climate Change Impacts on Endangered Wildlife Massively Underreported
February 12, 2017 posted by
12 February 2017 | Wildlife Conservation Society News Release
NEW YORK (February 13, 2017) – A team of scientists reporting in the journal Nature Climate Change say that negative impacts [Continue Reading…]
Approximately 30 Vaquita Porpoises Estimated to Survive in Wild
February 12, 2017 posted by
12 February 2017 | World Wildlife Fund News Release
Last week, the International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita (CIRVA) announced that only about 30 vaquitas are [Continue Reading…]
European Grasshoppers and Crickets Being Driven to Extinction
February 10, 2017 posted by
10 February 2017 | International Union for Conservation of Nature News Release
Over a quarter of European grasshopper, cricket and bush cricket species are being driven to extinction by unsustainable [Continue Reading…]
Eurasian Beaver Reintroduced in Scotland
February 1, 2017 posted by
01 February 2017 | The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland News Release
Members of the public are being asked to give their backing to beavers in the BBC Countryfile Magazine Awards. The Eurasian [Continue Reading…]
Myanmar Government Finalizes Plans For Elephant Conservation
February 1, 2017 posted by
01 February 2017 | Wildlife Conservation Society News Release
YANGON (January 26, 2017): Urgent action is needed to reverse the decline in the wild elephant population of Myanmar, while [Continue Reading…]
Myanmar Bears Killed for Illegal Trade
February 1, 2017 posted by
01 February 2017 | TRAFFIC International News Release
Myanmar, 27th January 2017 — Discussions with 40 bear poachers across Myanmar has revealed that they primarily illegally kill [Continue Reading…]
Machu Picchu Key Habitat for Andean Bear
February 1, 2017 posted by
01 February 2017 | Wildlife Conservation Society News Release
New York (January 26, 2017) – A recent wildlife survey led by SERNANP (Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por [Continue Reading…]