The animals were taken to two state-run sanctuaries where it soon became apparent they were susceptible to canine distemper virus.

The Trump administration has authorized a Florida man to bring back the “skin, skull, teeth and claws” of a lion he hunted in Tanzania, granting the first permit to import a lion from that country since the species gained protection under the US Endangered Species Act.

In addition to devastating effects on bee populations and the pollination needed to feed humans and other species, widely-used pesticides chemically related to nicotine may be deadly to birds and linked to some species' declines, according to a new study.

It’s not just bees that are being harmed by the pesticides called neonicotinoids, it’s birds too. A study in Canada has shown that migrating white-crowned sparrows lose weight just hours after eating seeds treated with the neocotinoid imidacloprid, delaying their onward migration by several days. Although the main manufacturer of the pesticide disputes the findings.

Scientists believe heat stress killed thousands of salmon in an Alaskan river last month. From July 7 to 11, communities along the Koyukuk River experienced sustained air temperatures of over 30 C, well above the seasonal average highs of less than 20 C. Shortly after the heat wave, locals began reporting an unusual number of dead chum salmon washing up on the banks of the river.

Rhino rays and seven species of primates are on the IUCN's Red List

New Delhi, July 29: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday released the much-awaited All India Tiger Estimation for the year 2018. The report shows a rise of 33 per cent increase in population over the 2014 number of 2,226. Read more at: https://www.oneindia.com/india/2018-tiger-census-report-2018-released-2925659.html

MSC may have to remove sustainable certification from cod as report calls for catches to be cut by two-thirds

More than 200 reindeer have been found dead this summer in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard -- and climate change appears to be the killer, researchers say.

This season has been a devastating one for bears in Metro Vancouver. About 64 bears have already been killed. I intentionally say “killed” instead of “euthanized.” Euthanasia means a “mercy killing.” None of these were mercy killings; all of these deaths could have been avoided.

IF YOU SHAVED THE WOOLINESS from a woolly mammoth, from trunk to tail, it would still be easy to see its relationship to its extant cousins, the elephants. There’s the overall size and shape, and the prominent head ridge and of course the trunk, and also the tusks—though those actually help distinguish a mammoth from an elephant, since they’re so massive and audaciously curved. But ivory is ivory, and both pachyderms’ tusks sell for a pretty penny, though only mammoth ivory is legal in many markets.

As the mountain lions of Southern California approach what some experts call an “extinction vortex,” environmentalists are demanding protective status.

Indonesia has promised to stop clearing jungle for plantations. So why are endangered apes still on the front lines of the conservation battle?

Although "meth-gators" is somewhat extreme, scientists do believe some drugs in the sewer system are affecting wildlife populations.

Common chimpanzee behaviours, like stripping the leaves from a twig and using it to fish for termites, are becoming more rare according to new research that suggests that human activity is wearing down chimpanzee culture. Culture, in the animal sense, being the diversity of behaviour and the sharing of knowledge between individuals.

In the 1980s, there were fewer than two dozen California Condors left. Today, more than 500 exist in the world, thanks to the efforts of conservationists.

Researchers recently found more than 200 dead reindeer on the island of Svalbard in Norway; the animals starved to death due to climate change, which is disrupting their access to the plants that they typically eat. Every year, ecologists with the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) survey reindeer populations in Svalbard, an archipelago of glaciers and frozen tundra that lies between Norway and the North Pole.

Pinching a peanut shell between my fingers, I pulled my hand out of my pocket and laid the nut on the concrete between us.  GO cocked her head, catching the light on her left cheek and re…

Two hundred million mounds of dirt dot an area about the size of Great Britain in a tropical forest in northeastern Brazil. The cone-shaped dirt piles are roughly twice as tall as the average American man and stretch 30 feet across at the base. The mounds, the work of countless generations of termites, rise from the earth every 65 feet or so and are visible from space.

One of the most popular wolves in Yellowstone National Park was killed by a trophy hunter after wandering just outside the park last weekend. By Aris Folley.