20+ hour, 22+ min ago   (314+ words) Whaling ‌in Iceland has sparked years of protests from animal welfare campaigners and Hollywood celebrities. Copenhagen: Iceland's government will submit a bill in February to ban whaling, a move that would leave Norway and Japan as the ​only two…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (401+ words) The giant fake shark has been branded 'very offensive' A towering 9.5-metre fibreglass shark on a crazy golf course has sparked a planning dispute - after complaints it unfairly portrayed the species as "criminals". Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf installed the eye-catching…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (283+ words) Published 11 Sep.2026 10:00(KST) The fourth female giant panda born at Everland Panda World received her official name "Shubao" on the 100th day after her birth, September 11. The name "Shubao," which means "a treasure as bright as the dawn light," inherits the…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (556+ words) WHQR Commentary: Last Frontier - Andy Wood I was listening in on the meeting by phone and heard questions and answers shared between county planners and representatives of various local, State, and Federal government agencies discussing technical issues for a high-density,…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (298+ words) Iceland's government will submit a bill in February to ban whaling, a move that would leave Norway and Japan as the only two countries in the world to continue commercial whaling. Whaling in Iceland has sparked years of protests from…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (516+ words) The Department of Conservation has announced a 10-year moratorium on new marine mammal permits in the Banks Peninsula/Te Pātāka-o-Rākaihautū area. The current 10-year moratorium will expire on September 16, 2026. It does not affect existing permits held by 6 operators in Akaroa…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (326+ words) President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that could lead to Mexican gray wolves being removed from the endangered species list. The order instructs the Interior secretary to decide within 90 days if the species has recovered enough to be…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (191+ words) Monarch butterflies are booming on parts of the Canadian prairie, thanks in part to a wet and hot summer that's produced a healthy population of flowering plants and milkweed that the endangered species depends on. U.S. states filed two lawsuits on…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (357+ words) The current 10-year moratorium will expire on September 16, 2026. It does not affect existing permits held by 6 operators in Akaroa and Lyttelton. Banks Peninsula/Te Pātāka-o-Rākaihautū is a nationally important stronghold for the Hector’s dolphin, one of the world’s smallest. They…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (348+ words) A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist examines macroinvertebrates at the National Elk Refuge near Jackson Hole, Wyoming. A coalition of 21 attorneys general sued the agency Wednesday over rollbacks to the Endangered Species Act. A coalition of state attorneys general filed…...