October 2017 - WILDLOOK

New analyses reveal elephant poaching and global ivory trafficking continue at high unsustainable levels in 2016

October 27, 2017 kerttuvali

A record quantity of ivory may have been in illegal trade in 2016 © TRAFFIC Geneva, Switzerland, 25th October 2017—new analyses find the elephant poaching situation in Africa and levels…

Penguins

Breeding failure of a colony of nearly 20,000 Adélie penguins highlights need for urgent protections of Antarctic waters

October 14, 2017 kerttuvali

Adélie penguins © Y. Ropert-Couder/ CNRS/ IPEV. Thousands of Adélie penguin chicks starved to death at the start of 2017 due to unusually extensive sea ice A colony of over…