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UN POISED TO MOVE AHEAD WITH LANDMARK TREATY TO PROTECT HIGH SEAS
Despite such uncertainties, conservation groups say the heightened focus on oceans is a sign of progress... READ MORE›
LOUD ORGIES OF MEXICAN FISH COULD DEAFEN DOLPHINS SAY SCIENTISTS
An individual spawning Gulf corvina, say the researchers, utters a mating call resembling a really loud machine gun with multiple rapid sound pulses... READ MORE›
WAITROSE URGED TO STOP SELLING SHETLAND SCALLOPS OVER DREDGING CONCERNS
Waitrose and MSC defend eco credentials of Shetland king scallops as conservation group calls for sales to be suspended... READ MORE›
'A RECKONING FOR OUR SPECIES': THE PHILOSOPHER PROPHET OF THE ANTHROPOCENE
Conserving individual insect species piecemeal, as is done with most endangered mammals, is extremely difficult... READ MORE›
NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALES ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION, OFFICIALS SAY
Mark Murray-Brown, an Endangered Species Act consultant for NOAA, said right whales have been declining in abundance since 2010, with females hit harder than males... READ MORE›
RED LIST: THOUSANDS OF SPECIES AT RISK OF EXTINCTION DUE TO HUMAN ACTIVITY
Craig Hilton-Taylor, who heads the group's red list unit, said species were going extinct at a faster rate than at any time in human history... READ MORE›
TRUMP PUTS ELEPHANT TROPHY IMPORTS ON HOLD
President Donald Trump has suspended the import of elephant hunting trophies, only a day after a ban was relaxed by his administration... READ MORE›
CHESTER ZOO SUCCESSFULLY BREEDS RARE CATALAN NEWT
The critically endangered species, also known as the wild Montseny newt, is from the Montseny mountain range in north-eastern Catalonia, about 60 miles 100km north of Barcelona... READ MORE›
BRITISH RESEARCHERS TRACE MYSTERY DEER SKIN BACK TO CHINA'S HAINAN
Pere David's deer is currently the only mammal species that is extinct in the wild but surviving in captivity... READ MORE›
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SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION? TWO-THIRDS OF WILDLIFE COULD BE GONE BY 2020
In the report, the rapid extinction is blamed on habitat loss, over exploitation of resources, pollution and climate change... READ MORE›
WHAT IF ALL BUMBLEBEES WENT EXTINCT? WE'D BE IN 'A WORLD OF TROUBLE'
The rusty patched bumblebee isA now the first bee of any type in the continental U.S. to receive the endangered species designation... READ MORE›
GIRAFFES FACING EXTINCTION AFTER DEVASTATING DECLINE, EXPERTS WARN
The cage bird trade in Asia is also driving many feathered species towards extinction, including the spectacular sunset lorikeet... READ MORE›
HUMANS HAVE DESTROYED A TENTH OF EARTH'S WILDERNESS IN 25 YEARS - STUDY
The study said that wilderness was being loss faster than pristine places were being designated as protected areas, at 3.3m sq km versus 2.5m sq km... READ MORE›
GIRAFFES FACE 'SILENT EXTINCTION' AS POPULATION SHRINKS NEARLY 40 PERCENT
In 1985, there were between 151,000 and 163,000 giraffes but in 2015 the number was down to 97,562, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature IUCN ... READ MORE›
GIANT PANDAS REBOUND OFF ENDANGERED LIST
The giant panda is no longer an endangered species, following decades of work by conservationists to save it... READ MORE›
REVEALED: THE CRIMINALS MAKING MILLIONS FROM ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING
Many iconic animals are heading toward extinction only 30,000 rhinos are alive today, 5 percent of the number four decades ago... READ MORE›
CHINA SAYS IT WILL SHUT DOWN IVORY TRADE BY END OF 2017
Post to Facebook China says it will shut down ivory trade by end of 2017 The move is designed to curb the mass slaughter of African elephants... READ MORE›
60 PERCENT OF GLOBAL WILDLIFE SPECIES WIPED OUT
The Living Planet Report 2016, released on Thursday, blamed deforestation, pollution, overfishing, and the illegal wildlife trade for pushing species populations to the edge ... READ MORE›
ENVIRONMENTALISTS WARN OF BUMBLEBEE'S EXTINCTION AFTER TRUMP HALTS REGULATIONS
Order for 60-day pause on regulations not yet implemented includes protection for endangered rusty patched bumblebee, which experts say is near extinction... READ MORE›
DEATH OF ENDANGERED NORTHERN WHITE RHINO LEAVES JUST SIX OF THE ANIMALS LEFT IN THE WORLD
While there are thousands of southern white rhinos still roaming the plains of sub-Saharan Africa, decades of rampant poaching have drastically cut northern white rhino numbers... READ MORE›
RED LIST: ASH TREES AND ANTELOPES ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION
While more than 150 new endangered species have been added to the new Red List, the prospects of some have improved... READ MORE›
FROM 'DRACULA' FISH TO SNUB-NOSED MONKEYS
Some 133 plants, 39 invertebrates, 26 fish, 10 amphibians, one reptile, one bird and one mammal have been discovered over the past 6 years in the Eastern Himalayas, the report says... READ MORE›
HALF OF CANADA'S MONITORED WILDLIFE IS IN DECLINE, MAJOR STUDY FINDS
According to researchers, the federal Species at Risk Act Sara has faltered in its mission to protect Canada's most beleaguered wildlife, the report noted... READ MORE›
BEE INSPIRED WHY OSLO HAS PUT COLOGICAL RICHES AT THE HEART OF THE CITY
The Norwegian council for biodiversity Sabima has lobbied the government to provide a budget for farmers to maintain meadows and other ecologically important areas... READ MORE›
US LAUNCHES PLAN TO HALT DECLINE OF MONARCH BUTTERFLY
The Centre for Biological Diversity went to court last August to seek protection for the monarch under the endangered species act... READ MORE›
POACHERS USING SCIENCE PAPERS TO TARGET NEWLY DISCOVERED SPECIES
Journals begin withholding geographical locations after warnings the data is helping smugglers drive lizards, snakes and frogs to 'near-extinction'... READ MORE›
POLL REVEALS PUBLIC IGNORANCE ABOUT BEES
As Royal Mail launches new bee stamp set, half of British people cannot name a single bee species despite recognising the importance of the pollinators... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: GOVERNMENT INACTION LEADING TO INCREASED POLLUTION ON BARRIER REEF, SAYS WWF
More than half of the non-referred property that appeared to require approval under the EPBC fell in Great Barrier Reef catchments... READ MORE›
WHY WE NEED A TRULY INTERNATIONAL APPROACH TO TACKLING ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE
The illegal wildlife trade is now the fourth most lucrative transnational crime after drugs, arms and human trafficking... READ MORE›
2016 STATE OF NATURE REPORT: WILDLIFE WINNERS AND LOSERS - IN PICTURES
All agriculture and environment treaties for nature and wildlife will have to be rethought... READ MORE›
BABY DOLPHIN DIES AFTER BEING PARADED ON BEACH FOR PHOTOGRAPHS
Recently photographs taken in Santa Teresita showing a group of people passing a dolphin around on dry land on two occasions have emerged... READ MORE›
40 DEAD TIGER CUBS FOUND IN THAILAND TEMPLE FREEZER
At least 40 dead tiger cubs, a dead bear and various horns found at infamous Tiger Temple, wildlife officials say... READ MORE›
RHINOS HORNS TO BE FITTED WITH SPY CAMERAS AND ALARMS
There are up to 600,000 African elephants but about 35,000 a year are killed by poachers... READ MORE›
LIZARD TRAFFICKERS EXPLOIT LEGAL LOOPHOLES TO TRADE AT WORLD'S BIGGEST FAIR
International experts believe that rare species such as earless monitor lizards could not be captive-bred for sale in trade fairs... READ MORE›
PROTECTED LANDS AND ENDANGERED SPECIES AREN'T PROPERLY SAFEGUARDED, REPORT SAYS
Nearly 15 percent of the Earth's land, covering around 20m sq km, is contained in national parks or other protected areas... READ MORE›
AGRICULTURE AND OVERUSE GREATER THREATS TO WILDLIFE THAN CLIMATE CHANGE - STUDY
Agriculture and the overexploitation of plants and animal species are significantly greater threats to biodiversity than climate change, new analysis shows... READ MORE›
CECIL THE LION SPURS US LAWMAKERS TO DRAFT BILLS TO DISCOURAGE TROPHY HUNTING
Animals listed as threatened or endangered under the act are protected from being imported into the US as sport hunting trophies... READ MORE›
CLIMATE CHANGE COMPOUNDING THREATS TO AUSTRALIA'S ECOSYSTEMS, STUDIES FIND
Climate change compounding threats to Australia's ecosystems, studies find... READ MORE›
LAST LEGS: THE SPECIES WITH ONLY A FEW REMAINING INDIVIDUALS - GRAPHIC
The rate of animal extinction has rocketed in the past half-century. Our graphic indicates some of the species whose numbers have dwindled to a vulnerable few... READ MORE›