The result of an extraordinary ecological history, many of New Zealand’s birds are highly unusual but all are belovedWhen unsuspecting Miami zoo ambassador Ron Magill woke on Tuesday, he could not have anticipated the storm of fury he was about to enco…
続きを読むMother among 20 of the big cats flown in from Africa as part of plan to reintroduce animal to countryThree cheetah cubs born to a big cat that was brought to India from Africa last year have died in central India’s Kuno national park in the past week a…
続きを読むThree of the 20 big cats brought from Africa have died as critics of the plan say their new habitat is unsuitableA programme to reintroduce cheetahs in India after 75 years has been called into question after three of the animals died in recent weeks a…
続きを読むThe last of the world’s Asiatic lions live in Gujarat state, but as the apex predators outgrow their forest reserve, they are moving to the seasideIt was one morning, while walking on the beach in Gujarat, that wildlife expert Meena Venkataraman spotte…
続きを読むWith 20m people at the highest risk of famine for 25 years, farmers are desperately trying to kill the pests before vast swarms form The northern “breadbasket” of Afghanistan is battling a potentially devastating outbreak of locusts that threaten to ea…
続きを読むScientists are learning the secrets of the greater racket-tailed drongo and other creatures in a jungle in south India from the people who have always lived thereIn the dense forests of south India’s Western Ghats, you may be lucky enough to spot a gre…
続きを読むCase of Noor Jehan in Karachi draws criticism of conditions and renewed accusations of neglect at country’s facilitiesPakistan’s zoos have faced criticism and calls for their closure after the death of a 17-year-old elephant in Karachi.Noor Jehan, an A…
続きを読むThe gill plates of the extremely intelligent fish – many species of which are already categorised as endangered – are sold across east Asia as remedies said to have ‘no basis in medical science’Every morning, starting at 3am, Lakshan hacks up manta ray…
続きを読むExporting churpi, herders’ smoked yak cheese, has transformed lives in remote Himalayan villagesOn a cold, wet August morning in the windswept high pastures of the Nepalese Himalayas, a stream of herders bring fresh milk to a makeshift tent at an altit…
続きを読むPest numbers are booming and the annual cull has been called off, forcing one rural council to look at other ways to control the rabbit boomIn New Zealand, Easter is usually a time for killing rabbits. But, faced with a ban on the annual slaughter this…
続きを読むThe machine in the northern prefecture of Akita sells locally killed wild bear captured by huntersJapan has added to its large and eclectic pool of vending machines with a new model that sells fresh bear meat – and which has proved an unlikely hit.The …
続きを読むSince 1946, despite floods, cyclones and remote terrain, the birds have carried vital intelligence round Odisha state. Now the authorities want to clip their wings …With social media and smartphones offering instant communications, the postcard and the…
続きを読むKnown as ‘Rice Tusker’ for his insatiable hunger, the 30-year-old pachyderm has been terrorising the Indian region for yearsThe trail of destruction left by an elephant in Kerala could finally come to an end on Sunday as a crack team of experts plan to…
続きを読むAnimal, which is thought to have broken out of its zoo enclosure, was tranquillised after being on the loose in South Korean capitalA young zebra walked, trotted and galloped for hours through the busy streets of Seoul before emergency workers tranquil…
続きを読むLong-tailed macaques at risk of being killed, or laundered or re-trafficked if returned to Cambodia, animal welfare groups sayMore than a thousand Cambodian monkeys at the center of a US government investigation into wildlife trafficking are at risk of…
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