Recent News Headlines : Zoology

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

20th December, 2017 8994

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

17th November, 2017 1143

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

26th October, 2017 3872

Trending News Headlines : Zoology

LEADING ELEPHANT CONSERVATIONIST SHOT DEAD IN TANZANIA


Wayne Lotter, 51, was shot on Wednesday evening in the Masaki district of the city of Dar es Salaam... READ MORE

17th August, 2017 226094

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

27th October, 2016 43275

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

8th December, 2016 33267

WORLD'S MAMMALS BEING EATEN INTO EXTINCTION, REPORT WARNS


First global assessment finds 301 species are primarily at risk from human hunting for the bushmeat trade... READ MORE

19th October, 2016 16404

WE'VE LOST MORE THAN HALF THE WORLD'S WILDLIFE SINCE 1970


Evidence in this years Living Planet Report supports this, said Marco Lambertini,A WWF director general... READ MORE

27th October, 2016 13355

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

26th September, 2016 11552

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

28th October, 2016 9975

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

19th October, 2014 4409

US FUNDING NEW SOLDIERS IN WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING WAR


The US government will fund the training of a team of giant rats to combat illegal wildlife trafficking in Africa... READ MORE

26th October, 2016 4139

CHEETAH 'MORE VULNERABLE TO EXTINCTION THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT'


In Zimbabwe, cheetah numbers have plummeted by 85 percent in little more than a decade... READ MORE

27th December, 2016 3361

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

9th February, 2015 1777

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

4th January, 2015 1363

SCIENTISTS HOPE TO BREED ASIAN 'UNICORNS' - IF THEY CAN FIND THEM


Since losing Martha, Robichaud has become the coordinator of the Saola Working Group SWG at the International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN ... READ MORE

10th August, 2017 1052

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

13th June, 2015 766

WILL ANIMALS OF THE FUTURE ONLY BE SAFE IN CAPTIVITY?


In the Maromizaha protected area, which is home to several different species of lemurs, we heard of occasional hostility towards people working to save the animals... READ MORE

3rd August, 2015 686

FORGET WOLF CULLS: RESEARCHER SAYS MORE MOOSE AND DEER HUNTING WOULD HELP B.C. CARIBOU


His research compared caribou herds in areas where moose hunting was increased with areas where hunting remained the same... READ MORE

31st August, 2017 655

GORILLA SHOT DEAD AFTER BOY, 3, FALLS INTO ENCLOSURE AT CINCINNATI ZOO


Maynard said the zoo's Gorilla World area would be open as usual on Sunday... READ MORE

29th May, 2016 474

NEW SPECIES OF DEADLY 'SIT-AND-WAIT' SNAKE DISCOVERED IN AUSTRALIA


It's not clear how many Kimberley death adders there are in the wild but they're probably quite rare Mr Maddock told Sci-news.com... READ MORE

16th September, 2015 450

RAMPAGING DEER CAUGHT BY SHOPPER IN US


When I seen it, it was game-on, said Mr Beck, who raises deer for meat... READ MORE

10th February, 2017 423

WORLD'S SMALLEST DEER MAKES DEBUT AT SAITAMA ZOO


SAITAMA - Four pudus, the world's smallest species of deer, made their debut Sunday at Saitama's Children Zoo in a first for Japan... READ MORE

5th December, 2016 418

WILDLIFE CONSERVATION: CAN THE NORTHERN WHITE RHINO ESCAPE EXTINCTION?


Wildlife conservation tigger is doomed but can other species such as the northern white rhino escape extinction?... READ MORE

13th June, 2015 396

GROUP SAYS BRITISH PILOT KILLED BY POACHERS IN TANZANIA


A British helicopter pilot was shot and killed while trying to stop elephant poachers in Tanzania, a conservation group said... READ MORE

31st January, 2016 354

VIDEO: WATCH A RHINO AND A LAMB MAKE FRIENDS AND PLAY TOGETHER


The video was filmed at the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre HESC in South Africa... READ MORE

20th October, 2014 303

HOW TO MOVE AN ELEPHANT TO EUROPE POST-BREXIT


But Twycross zoo is about to move four Asian elephants to Europe... READ MORE

10th April, 2017 293

ONTARIO TRYING TO TRACK INFECTION DEADLY TO DEER


These are the first confirmed cases in Ontario of EHD, an infection often fatal in white-tailed deer, according to ministry spokesperson Jolanta Kowalski... READ MORE

29th September, 2017 281

SOUTH FRONTENAC MAN FINED FOR ILLEGALLY OPERATING 'TRAIN AND TRIAL' AREA FOR HUNTING DOGS


A South Frontenac resident has been fined 2,000 for Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act violations, according to a Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry news release... READ MORE

6th October, 2016 182

ALLIGATORS FOUND FEASTING ON HUMAN REMAINS IN FLORIDA EVERGLADES, POLICE SAY


Authorities in South Florida are investigating after two alligators were discovered devouring a dead body on the edge of the Everglades... READ MORE

31st May, 2016 165

QUEENSLAND TREE CLEARING BLAMED FOR DRAMATIC RISE IN WILDLIFE NEEDING RESCUE


In 2011-2012 - before the LNP's more liberal land-clearing regime took effect - the RSPCA treated 8,359 distressed native animals... READ MORE

6th April, 2016 164

WHITE-TAILED DEER LOCKED IN MORTAL BATTLE RESCUED BY WILDLIFE OFFICER


Jalbert said two deer locking antlers is not uncommon and some of his colleagues have made similar rescues... READ MORE

4th February, 2016 154

ISLAMIC CLERICS DECLARE FATWA ON POACHERS


Clerics in Malaysia's northeastern state of Terengganu recently joined Indonesia in issuing a fatwa -- a religious edict -- against illegal hunting... READ MORE

5th January, 2016 151


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