As plans are made ahead of the festive season, why not consider someone who doesn’t want anything from us but compassion … and to be left off our plates.This is always a special time of year, a time for celebration and to eat, drink and be merry. It is a […]
The Office of the Environmental Protection Authority (OEPA) insists its fauna relocation plans for the Roe 8 site is being followed, despite a local wildlife group raising questions about a perceived lack of scrutiny during the licensing process. Bibra Lake wildlife rescue service Native Arc raised concerns about the transparency […]
A team of geologists at the University of Rochester has discovered a new species of bird in the Canadian Arctic. At approximately 90 million years old, the bird fossils are among the oldest avian records found in the northernmost latitude, and offer further evidence of an intense warming event during […]
The undersheriff of a southern Colorado county faces several charges, including felonies and an accusation of official misconduct, for allegedly violating state wildlife laws through his hunting outfitter, in part by helping his clients hunt on land where they didn’t have permits. Costilla County Undersheriff Andrew J. Espinoza, 39, was taken into […]
When a family in Delhi’s East Patel Nagar was getting their AC ducts cleaned on Tuesday, little did they expect an encounter with the wild. A Common Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) had taken shelter in the duct, which was then rescued by wildlife officials and later freed in the Asola […]
Roads can present big problems for wildlife by severing populations, degrading and fragmenting habitat, opening up wildnerness to poachers, and directly killing animals that stray into the paths of oncoming vehicles.Of these, the researchers found only 7 percent are larger than 100 square kilometers, and half are smaller than one […]
Bolivia introduced a general and indefinite ban on the wildlife trade two decades ago, but this measure has failed to stop the trafficking of wild animals. Birds, monkeys, turtles and reptiles that are in high demand as pets remain particularly vulnerable to wildlife crime. In recent years, jaguars (Panthera onca) […]
THE French pilot timed our ascent to perfection. As the hot air balloon lifted from the ground and 16 of us in the basket were finally upright, we came face-to-face with a most spectacular sunrise. This was the fabulous start of a one-hour ride over the Masai Mara national park […]