Wharram and York, North Yorkshire: It’s the nervy few days before a ceremony that will honour our local waterways, and I have work to do I visit the source of the tiny stream called the Gypsey Race now and then,…
To protect more endangered species, such as this golden snub-nosed monkey of China, we have to protect the right places not just more area, researchers say. (Credit: Binbin Li/Duke Kunshan University) While some scientists have suggested we need to…
The low, booming call of the Attwater’s Prairie Chicken could once be heard for miles along the coastal tallgrass prairie that stretched from Texas to Louisiana. Nowadays, the bird is a rare sight. Its population was about 1 million in the…
The runaway rodent and her sister Tango vanished from their enclosure at Marwell Zoo on March 17 while being moved to temporary accommodation. Tango was found soon afterwards, but Samba remained on the loose. Her great escape prompted a massive search…
Many ivory stockpiles have been destroyed by authorities in an attempt to halt the trade. Despite an international ban on the trade of ivory from elephant tusks, China’s demand for “white gold” is driving the poaching of over 30,000 elephants a…
A letter in Conservation Biology warns that the H5N1 avian influenza panzootic is killing vultures across the Americas and Europe and sets out five courses of action to protect the threatened scavengers.
Amid charges that it’s endangering at-risk caribou by putting industry first, the Alberta government has quietly extended the deadline for public comment on three proposed planning documents. Public engagement now closes Feb. 1 on draft versions of the Caribou Mountains, Red…
Lee County Animal Services is asking residents to participate in a survey to help guide future improvements and strategic planning for the county's animal services program. The four-question survey opened Wednesday and will remain available through Nov. 4. County officials are…
A conservation group sued the federal government Tuesday for failing to make a timely decision on whether to list a rare Nevada toad and fish as endangered or threatened species. The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife…
Private recreational docks in Coastal Georgia will be limited to 1,000 feet long or 1,100 feet with a variance under rules approved Tuesday by a committee of the Georgia Board of Natural Resources. The recommendation won’t be formalized until the full board…
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