カテゴリー: Wildlife
Dozens of vets and volunteers are caring for Irrawaddy dolphin calf that was too weak to swim after suffering lung infectionA dolphin calf found drowning in a tidal pool on Thailand’s shore is being cared for by dozens of veterinarians and volunteers.T…
On wild beaches, secretive harvesters seek the coveted whale byproduct that can make a fortune in an instantFrans Beuse sits at his kitchen table, examining what looks like an array of rocks. Using a slim, sharpened blade he scrapes each in turn, produ…
Young fur seal slipped into marine biologist’s home through a catflap before spending more than two hours insideA curious young seal has been returned to the sea after breaking into a New Zealand home, harassing the resident cat, hanging about in the h…
Hundreds of angry workers say government’s 18-times increase will deter tourists and destroy incomesHundreds of Indonesian tourism workers have gone on strike over a hefty increase in ticket prices to see the country’s Komodo dragons, a rise the govern…
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 …
Male identified as one of a group of monkeys that have wounded 49 people and counting in YamaguchiHunters on the trail of a group of monkeys that have attacked and wounded nearly 50 people in western Japan have caught and killed one of them.Officials i…
As over-harvesting of edible creatures adds to pressures on shoreline ecosystems, local groups and iwi urge temporary bans New Zealanders are calling for authorities to restrict the pillaging of the country’s rockpools and shorelines, amid fears that a…
Authorities in Yamaguchi to use tranquilliser guns after macaques – or possibly one aggressive individual – uncharacteristically target adults and childrenLocal authorities in a Japanese city are to use tranquilliser guns to confront marauding monkeys …
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…
Thousands send condolences after zoo staff euthanise panda, who was in poor health and had stopped eatingThe world’s oldest male giant panda in captivity has died in a Hong Kong zoo on Thursday.The panda, named An An, was euthanised at the age of 35, t…
Toxic metal present in both blood and eggshell samples, but the New Zealand birds appear to have formed a tolerance for itLead has been detected in nesting native kākā chicks in Wellington, but unusually, the birds look to have developed a tolerance to…
Traps set and residents warned to keep windows shut after infant grabbed in most serious incidentPolice in Japan are searching for a wild monkey that has attacked 10 people in the space of a fortnight.The attacks began on 8 July in the Ogori district o…
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…
From Montana’s prairies to Kazakhstan’s steppes, vast tracts of land are being enriched. Here’s how to witness those changesRead more in our Wild world seriesMozambique’s civil war (1977-1992) and the poaching connected to it decimated wildlife in Goro…