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…
続きを読むGujarat accused of being possessive after conservationists pleaded for more of the endangered lions to be moved to other areasLion conservation efforts in the Indian state of Gujarat have been so successful that a new sanctuary will be opened to house …
続きを読むTuan Tuan, gifted to Taiwan 14 years ago when relations were warmer, allowed to ‘continue to sleep’ after being anaesthetisedA panda given to Taiwan by China 14 years ago as a symbol of what were then warmer ties died on Saturday, after suffering seizu…
続きを読むProsecutor says official from Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries was arrested en route to a conference on protecting endangered speciesEight people in the US have been charged with smuggling endangered monkeys, including a Cambodian wildli…
続きを読むIan Gowrie-Smith says he was frustrated the Australian government did not respond to urgent funding request for turtle conservationGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastThe owner of 21 tropical islands off the coast of Papu…
続きを読むPM Narendra Modi to welcome the eight animals amid fears that they may struggle with Kuno national park habitat or clash with leopardsEight Namibian cheetahs have been airlifted to India, part of an ambitious project to reintroduce the big cats after t…
続きを読むNepalese population of Bengal tigers has nearly tripled in 12 years and conflict with humans is increasingNepal’s tiger population has nearly tripled in 12 years, the country’s prime minister has announced. But concerns about the human cost of the big …
続きを読むOfficials announce eight cats will be brought from Namibia in effort to reintroduce animal to its former habitatCheetahs are to return to India’s forests this August for the first time in more than 70 years, officials have announced.Eight wild cats fro…
続きを読むAmbitious $2.8m scheme hopes to eliminate damaging species from ecologically significant Rakiura/Stewart IslandNew Zealand conservationists are embarking on the largest attempt ever made to eradicate introduced predators from an inhabited island.Manaak…
続きを読むShaji NM has devoted his life to collecting and farming tubers such as yam, cassava and taro, and promoting them across the countryKnown as “the tuber man of Kerala”, Shaji NM has travelled throughout India over the past two decades, sometimes inspecti…
続きを読むGlobal heating speeding up their decline as terrain of newly discovered alpine species disappears Six new alpine species of New Zealand’s most unusual and beloved insect – the wētā – have been discovered, but it is a bittersweet victory, with another …
続きを読むSmall man-made homes for the endangered wētā, which can weigh as much as a sparrow, are popping up in gardens across the countryIn a tiny motel at the back of a Wellington garden, a group of lodgers with shiny cigar-shaped bodies and spiny legs are mak…
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