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Japanese island eradicates rabbit-killing mongoose
Sep 04, 2024 (AFP)
About 30 of the venom-resistant predators were released on Amami Oshima, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in the late 1970s to keep down the population of habu, a ...
As wolves swoop, Austrians grab guns for cull; as 'killer' wolves spark panic in India
Sep 02, 2024 (AFP)
"I lost two ewes and two lambs" to the wolf attack last year, the 55-year-old said at her farm in the village of Arbesbach. She showed AFP photos of her animals...
Panda pair in Tokyo to return to China
Aug 31, 2024 (AFP)
The pandas Ri Ri and Shin Shin arrived at Ueno Zoo in 2011 and were due to stay until February 2026, but Japan and China agreed it would be better for the 19-ye...
Wildlife trade now 'serious offence' under Singapore organised crime law
Aug 30, 2024 (AFP)
Singapore is a preferred transhipment route for traffickers, conservationists say, with Southeast Asia at the centre of much of the multibillion-dollar illicit ...
Berlin zoo panda gives birth to twins for second time
Aug 23, 2024 (AFP)
The cubs were born on Thursday, weighing 136 and 169 grams (around five and six ounces), and measuring just 14 centimetres (5.5 inches), the zoo said. They are ...
Hong Kong welcomes birth of first giant panda cubs
Aug 15, 2024 (AFP)
Ying Ying who delivered the male and female cubs on the eve of her 19th birthday, has become the oldest giant panda to successfully give birth for the first tim...
Scientists prepared to save monarch butterfly in event of 'rapid extinction'
Aug 13, 2024 (UPI)
U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists at the Agricultural Research Service's Weed and Insect Biology Research Unit in Fargo revealed they have developed the...
California zoo throws a show to welcome back Chinese pandas
Aug 08, 2024 (AFP)
The young bears were greeted by children in panda hats and dignitaries, as well as a show including traditional Chinese dances. Yun Chuan and Xin Bao appeared, ...
Nigeria unveils elephant sculpture to highlight illegal tusk trade
Jul 31, 2024 (AFP)
The moulded grey statue incorporates ground-down fragments from a record $11 million, 2.5-tonne haul of seized tusks destroyed by the authorities in January, as...
Gunfire, bombs as Colombia guerrillas flex muscles ahead of COP16
Jul 31, 2024 (AFP)
Residents of the small town of Robles, some 18 kilometers (11 miles) south of Cali, say violence has reached new levels leading up to the COP16 meeting. In July...
Endangered gazelles find Libyan 'safe haven'
Jul 28, 2024 (AFP)
Environmentalist hope their new home on Farwa island, near Tunisia, will be a haven for the vulnerable animal. Also known as Gazella leptoceros, or simply rhim,...
Colombia orchid sanctuary collects and clones endangered species
Jul 23, 2024 (AFP)
Colombia, which will host the COP16 UN biodiversity summit later this year, has the world's largest number of orchid species, and new varieties are regularly di...
Giraffes bring peace to Kenyan communities once at odds
Jul 22, 2024 (AFP)
It is the first stage of a delicate operation by the Kenya Wildlife Service to move a group of the endangered animals to a conservancy around 140 kilometres (90...
'Saint or devil': return of wolf stirs debate in Europe
Jul 18, 2024 (AFP)
Grey wolves were virtually exterminated in Europe a century ago but now, thanks to conservation efforts, numbers have rebounded. The predator's population growt...
'Hope' as 60 rare Siamese crocodiles hatch in Cambodia
Jul 18, 2024 (AFP)
Five Siamese crocodile nests were discovered in Cambodia's Cardamom National Park in mid-May, the country's environment and agriculture ministry said in a joint...
Biodiversity COP organizers rebuff Colombian guerrilla theats
Jul 17, 2024 (AFP)
The EMC armed group, in a message on X addressed to President Gustavo Petro, warned Tuesday that the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of th...
UN biodiversity summit in Colombia 'will fail,' guerrilla group threatens
Jul 16, 2024 (AFP)
The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the Convention on Biological Diversity "will fail even if they militarize the city with gringos (Am...
Romania to cull nearly 500 bears after hiker killed
Jul 15, 2024 (AFP)
Romania is home to Europe's largest brown bear population outside of Russia with 8,000, according to the environment ministry. Bears have killed 26 people and s...
Cuba a haven for the world's tiniest bird; EU court rules against wolf hunting
Jul 12, 2024 (AFP)
The bee hummingbird, which measures just five to six centimeters (two inches) long, is only found in Cuba. Its losses have been huge, with the International Uni...
Canada conservationists push back as grizzly hunting ban lifted
Jul 11, 2024 (AFP)
Hunting of the mammals, listed as threatened in 2010 by the western Alberta province, had been prohibited for 18 years -- leading to growth in the population of...
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