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Tag: Wildlife

Investigation Claims Interior Dept. Permitting Controversial Eagle Sacrifices in America’s National Parks
Policy

Investigation Claims Interior Dept. Permitting Controversial Eagle Sacrifices in America’s National Parks

May 3, 2025

Extraordinary reporting published by Animal Wellness Action and written by fish and wildlife reporter Ted Williams shows that, by…

‘That’s Amure’: Tiger Lovers Help Restore Populations in Russia Where Absent for 50 Years, Producing Lessons for All Asia
Conservation

‘That’s Amure’: Tiger Lovers Help Restore Populations in Russia Where Absent for 50 Years, Producing Lessons for All Asia

December 12, 2024December 17, 2024

Conservationists have succeeded in restoring tiger populations in a region where they were virtually absent for more than 50…

Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Enters the Modern Age with Stories of Hope and Problems Solved
Conservation

Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Enters the Modern Age with Stories of Hope and Problems Solved

November 7, 2024November 10, 2024

For an entire generation of Americans, the ones for whom The Tonight Show starred Johnny Carson, and who were…

Drone Technologies Are Expediting Pacific Island Conservation, Eradicating Invasive Rats at Speed
Conservation

Drone Technologies Are Expediting Pacific Island Conservation, Eradicating Invasive Rats at Speed

February 2, 2024February 2, 2024

Of all the world’s ecosystems, the often unique environs on the 670,000 islands in the world’s oceans, seas, and…

Mexico Government Announces 20 New Protected Areas Totaling 2.3 Million Hectares
Conservation

Mexico Government Announces 20 New Protected Areas Totaling 2.3 Million Hectares

January 31, 2024

In what Mexican President López Obrador called a “bet on life,” on January 8th the Mexican government issued 20…

Organization’s ’25 Most Wanted’ is Leading to a Species Rediscovered Every 6 Months
Conservation

Organization’s ’25 Most Wanted’ is Leading to a Species Rediscovered Every 6 Months

December 8, 2023December 28, 2023

Years ago, a group of conservation scientists calling themselves Re:wild put out a wanted list. Dead or alive, they’re…

American Prairie Reserve Grows by 2,000 Key Wetland Acres
Conservation

American Prairie Reserve Grows by 2,000 Key Wetland Acres

November 2, 2023

Montana’s American Prairie Reserve recently completed the acquisition of three new properties that are rich in wildlife and waterfowl…

Beloved Asiatic Cheetah Cub Dies in Captivity in Iran
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Beloved Asiatic Cheetah Cub Dies in Captivity in Iran

February 28, 2023July 13, 2023

There was nothing that veterinarians could do to keep the last of three cheetah cubs, born seemingly under a…

Lions Begin Long Road to Recovery in Senegal’s Yellowstone — A Defiant Roar in a Troubled Region
ArchivesConservation

Lions Begin Long Road to Recovery in Senegal’s Yellowstone — A Defiant Roar in a Troubled Region

May 23, 2022July 17, 2023

Story at a glance… West African lions are slowly growing in number in the massive Niokolo Koba National Park,…

Greater One-Horned Rhino Population Tops 4,000 for the First Time Records Began
ArchivesConservation

Greater One-Horned Rhino Population Tops 4,000 for the First Time Records Began

May 11, 2022July 17, 2023

In their biannual population survey, the International Rhino Foundation (IRF) has announced that the population of the greater one-horned…

Utah Captures and Collars the First Wolverine in the State’s History
ArchivesConservation

Utah Captures and Collars the First Wolverine in the State’s History

March 25, 2022August 8, 2023

In a “once-in-a-lifetime experience,” Utah state wildlife authorities were able to capture a wolverine, sedate and examine it, and…

Teenage Elephants Act Like Delinquents If There Are No Bull Males Around
Earth Sciences

Teenage Elephants Act Like Delinquents If There Are No Bull Males Around

December 22, 2021June 28, 2023

PICTURED: Adolescent elephants bothering some hippos. PC: Connie Allen, Univ. of Exeter. Released. New research has found that the…

When The Ivory Trade Was Banned, They Came for Giant Clam Shells
ArchivesConservation

When The Ivory Trade Was Banned, They Came for Giant Clam Shells

October 7, 2021January 15, 2024

Story at a glance… Giant clams have been decimated as poachers harvest their shells for illegal trafficking. The shells…

Having Recovered to 6,000 Individuals, DOI Removes Gray Wolves From Endangered Species List
Policy

Having Recovered to 6,000 Individuals, DOI Removes Gray Wolves From Endangered Species List

October 30, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. October 29th, 2020. Having gone to the brink of extinction and back, humanity’s most complicated animal relationship,…

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Revealed: the Indestructible ‘Diabolical Ironclad Beetle’ Will Help Build us Better Machines

October 21, 2020

PICTURED: The diabolical ironclad beetle in focus. Photo credit: Kurt Komoda Photography. CC 2.0 Sporting perhaps the best name…

With the Help of WWF Russia Wild Persian Leopards May Once Again Roam the Caucasus
ArchivesConservation

With the Help of WWF Russia Wild Persian Leopards May Once Again Roam the Caucasus

October 17, 2020July 19, 2023

Under the auspices of the Russian chapter of the World Wildlife Fund, a pair of Persian leopards, a species…

Banning the Wildlife Trade Could be Good News for Certain Animals, and a Death Sentence for Millions of Humans
Environment

Banning the Wildlife Trade Could be Good News for Certain Animals, and a Death Sentence for Millions of Humans

April 10, 2020

Kenya. January 2019. PICTURED: Black rhino in Masai Mara’s green season. Photo credit: Kandukuru Nagarjun. CC 2.0 After research…

Earth May Have Just Produced a New Species of Wolf
Conservation

Earth May Have Just Produced a New Species of Wolf

February 25, 2020

PICTERED: A Himalayan wolf triggers one of Geraldine Werhahn’s camera traps As high as 4,000 meters (20,000 feet) above…

2019’s Conservation Success Stories by IUCN
Conservation

2019’s Conservation Success Stories by IUCN

December 23, 2019

Monday, December 23rd, 2019. “A year of incredible species action” raves the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.…

Once Numbering Less Than 400, Majestic Bukhara Deer Return To The Wilds Of Kazakhstan
Conservation

Once Numbering Less Than 400, Majestic Bukhara Deer Return To The Wilds Of Kazakhstan

November 27, 2019

PICTURED: A Bukhara deer stag (cervus elaphus bactrianus) at the Cologne Zoo. Photo credit Sarefo. CC 2.0. Kazakhstan, September…

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Italy Quietly Tries to Renew Military Cooperation Agreement with Israel, Law firm Notices and Objects

Andy Corbley May 23, 2025

Signed in 2002 and entering into force in 2005, few Italian citizens will know what has resulted from a…

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Houthis Defeat the Americans, Claim Destruction of Another F/A-18 and Strike Israel with Drones

Andy Corbley May 8, 2025

Yemen has claimed responsibility for an attack on the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier that caused a second F/A-18…

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Former Georgia Senator Joins Trump’s Kettle of China Hawks as US Ambassador to Beijing

Andy Corbley May 1, 2025

Former Georgia Senator and businessman David Perdue was recently confirmed with a bipartisan vote as the new US Ambassador…

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