ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATEBluefin tuna populations may be in danger if conservationists lose fight against a Japanese fishery waiting for international certification and labeling.
Although authorities say that they have shut the practice down, it seems as if the appalling truth about tiger farming in Southeast Asia has just been revealed.
The petition submitted by conservation groups for giraffes to be included in the list of animals protected under the Endangered Species Act has been reviewed.
At Kruger National Park in South Africa, the remains of a man was found in the area where the lions gather. Officials say the man may be a poacher in the park.
The question of de-extinction of the extinct animals have been a controversial subject between the scientists for years, and the recent report shows that the de-extinction will lead to more losses than gain.
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)/Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) rescued 44 fertile eggs of Burmese roofed turtle from the nesting site of Chindwin River in Myanmar. The species is classified as the endangered species by WCS and there are only five females left in the wild.
Manatees which is also known as sea cows has promoted to threatened species from endangered status. for the first time in 1966, manatees are considered as endangered under the protection act, but since 1980 a remarkable change in their number observed.
An array of bacteria including drug-resistant salmonella and Staphylococcus aureus as well as fungi were gathered from the orcas' breath samples which make the scientists worried.
Over the past two decades, the population of the bumblebee has been hurtled to nearly 90 percent, which is really very dangerous for species. A huge number of world's food supply is linked to the pollination done by these bees.
Millions of dollars of environmental funds have been spent just to save the world's smallest porpoise. Their main instruction is to impose a strict ban on gillnet fishing in the area that would also compensate local fishermen.