Biden visits Amazon rainforest, calls on future generations to protect wildlife
U.S. President Joe Biden toured Brazil's Amazon rainforest on Sunday, as he called for future generations to protect its wildlife and the delicate ecological balance.…
More than 40 monkeys on the loose in US town after escaping lab | Wildlife News
Police describe escapees, who are not carrying disease, as ‘harmless and a little skittish’, posing ‘almost no danger to public’.More than 40 monkeys escaped from…
Why are 10,000 giant spiders on the loose in the UK? | Wildlife News
This week, several newspapers and tabloids in the United Kingdom published claims that 10,000 mammoth spiders, which some said were as big as rats, had…
Why is an Ecuador forest petitioning for the rights to a song? | Explainer News
A petition has been submitted to Ecuador’s copyright office to recognise Los Cedros cloud, an Ecuadorian forest roughly 15,000 acres (6,070 hectares) in size, as…
Heat-related deaths and diseases rising due to climate change, experts warn | Climate Crisis News
Climate change is raising temperatures to dangerous levels, causing more deaths and the spread of infectious diseases, while worsening drought and food security, a new…
Should we all stop eating salmon? Why it’s suddenly become endangered | Food News
Atlantic salmon populations in England and Wales have plummeted to unprecedented lows, according to the Atlantic Salmon Stock Assessment for 2024, a report published this…
Excitement as two new pandas arrive in US from China | Wildlife News
The bears, part of China’s ‘panda diplomacy’, will stay in DC’s National Zoo under a 10-year agreement.China has sent two giant panda bears to the…
Kenya relocates 50 elephants to a larger park as population thrives | Wildlife News
Kenya is suffering from a problem, albeit a good one: the elephant population in the 42-square-kilometre (16-square-mile) Mwea National Reserve, east of the capital Nairobi,…
What is the deadly Marburg virus and where has it spread? | Health News
Rwanda is fighting its first outbreak of the “highly virulent” Marburg virus which was first reported in late September. As of Thursday, 11 people were reported…
California law boosts wildlife protections and connectivity
Cities and counties must soon consider the impact of development on wildlife connectivity in their land-use plans following the passage of a law intended to…
Bird flu suspected of killing dozens of captive tigers in Vietnam | Health News
Tigers at resort in Dong Nai province died after being fed sick chicken, additional deaths reported in other locations.Dozens of tigers, three lions and a panther…
Who is Pesto the penguin and why does everyone love him? | Wildlife News
EXPLAINERNearly two billion people have viewed footage of an unusually large baby king penguin in Australia.A baby penguin named Pesto, who at nine months old…
Rhino numbers tick higher, but poachers lurk amid high demand for horns | Wildlife News
Africa reports 586 rhinos killed in 2023, up from 551 in 2022, with poaching the main threat.Rhinoceros numbers across the world increased slightly in 2023,…
I found the perfect autumn road trip—with castles, hidden beaches and wildlife
If you're looking to embark on a beautiful, scenic road trip this autumn, look no further, the Wild Atlantic Way is the perfect route Source…
Why are Cape fur seals in South Africa infected with rabies? | Wildlife News
In May this year, a seal at a popular beach in Cape Town, South Africa, bit five surfers in a matter of minutes. The surfers…
Lawmakers approve wildlife connectivity planning bill
California lawmakers have passed a pair of bills aimed at making the landscape safer for wildlife threatened by habitat fragmentation and ubiquitous rat poison.AB 1889,…
‘Russian spy’ whale Hvaldimir found dead in Norway | Environment News
The white beluga was found off the southwest coast at Risavika Bay by a father and son who were out fishing.A beluga whale nicknamed Hvaldimir,…
Penguins on the precipice: Survival in the ‘noisiest bay in the world’ | Environment
The first time I visited St Croix island, in 2017, it was home to about 6,000 breeding pairs of African penguins – 35 percent of…
Depressed fish? How Prozac in lakes and rivers may harm aquatic life | Wildlife News
Traces of the anti-depressant, fluoxetine – often better known by its commercial name, Prozac – have been detected by an Australian-Italian joint study of lakes…
Tanzania wants to evict Maasai for wildlife – but they’re fighting back | Human Rights
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania – Joseph Oleshangay’s theory is that government officials in his country, Tanzania, see people from his community as less than human. The 36-year-old…