Polar Bear Cub Born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium on Thanksgiving Day
POWELL, Ohio – The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium welcomed a polar bear cub born on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, to mother, Aurora, and father, Lee. The Animal Care team notes that…
New species named after climate activist Greta Thunberg
The newly described species, named Nelloptodes gretae after Greta Thunberg, is less than a millimetre in length © Michael Darby Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been honoured with a…
Bird numbers plunge in US and Canada with people to blame
September 19, 2019 – Nearly 3 billion birds have disappeared from the United States and Canada since 1970, according to a study published today in Science, co-authored by Georgetown Environment Initiative (GEI)…
Germany’s first panda cubs are born at Zoo Berlin!
Magical moments are currently taking place behind the scenes of the Panda Garden at Zoo Berlin. Using her large, powerful paws, a first-time panda mum lovingly snuggles her tiny pink…
Nature in steep decline due to human activities: WWF Living Planet Report 2018
The ways in which humans feed, fuel and finance our societies and economies are pushing our planet’s natural systems – which support all life on earth – to the edge,…
THE LAST MALE NORTHERN WHITE RHINO DIES
NANYUKI, KENYA, Tuesday, March 20th, 2018 – It is with great sadness that Ol Pejeta Conservancy and the Dvůr Králové Zoo announce that Sudan, the world’s last male northern white rhino,…
“Supercolony” of Adélie Penguins Discovered in Antarctica
A pair of Adelie penguins in Antarctica. For the past 40 years, the total number of Adélie Penguins, one of the most common on the Antarctic Peninsula, has been steadily…
Bears tortured and forced to dance are finally rescued
Bears Rangira and Sridvei being transported to a wildlife reserve in Nepal TORONTO, Dec. 22, 2017 /CNW/ – A dramatic rescue of two tortured sloth bears took place overnight in…
Discovery of a new great ape: The Tapanuli orangutan
Photo Credits: Maxime Aliaga An international team of researchers*, including Professor Serge Wich from Liverpool John Moores University, have just described1 a new great ape species, the Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis),…
New analyses reveal elephant poaching and global ivory trafficking continue at high unsustainable levels in 2016
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…