Dozens of Endangered Turtles Disappear From Japan Zoo
More than 60 endangered turtles have disappeared from a zoo in Japan’s southernmost province in a suspected theft, officials said Thursday.
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Pangolins Threatened by Criminal Networks in Southern Africa
Pangolins are under threat from illegal trafficking networks, conservationists said Wednesday, as they urged southern African countries to step up protection of one of the world’s most smuggled mammals.
Read moreEU Police Seize Nearly 6 Tons of Endangered Eels Headed for Asia
Police across Europe have seized nearly 6 tons of live baby eels destined for Asia in a huge operation targeting smugglers of the critically endangered creatures, the EU’s police agency said Wednesday.
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Roaming Russian Eagles Leave Scientists Broke
Russian scientists tracking migrating eagles were forced to start a crowdfunding campaign after their birds wandered into Iran and foreign text messages from their tracking devices depleted the project’s budget.
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Judge Blocks Trump Plans to Raid Sage Grouse Habitat
A federal judge handed a victory to conservationists Wednesday, finding the Trump administration’s plan to boost energy development, mining and construction in greater sage grouse habitat should be halted while the two sides argue the merits.
Read moreSlain Rhino Carcass Headed to Home of Michigan Hunter
The Trump administration said Friday it will issue a permit to let a Michigan man import the skin, skull and horns of a black rhinoceros he shot in Africa last year.
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Twin Pandas Born at Berlin Zoo
A zoo in Berlin is celebrating the arrival of two panda cubs, the first time one of the rare mammals has given birth in Germany.
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CITES Votes to Ban Trade in Two Endangered Otter Species
A trade ban is looming for two endangered otter species after some 100 countries voted to increase protections following a social-media-fueled craze for acquiring the silky mammals as pets.
Read moreScientists a Step Closer to Saving Northern White Rhino From Extinction
Veterinarians have successfully harvested eggs from the last two surviving northern white rhinos, taking them one step closer to bringing the species back from the brink of extinction, scientists said in Kenya on Friday.
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Wildlife Meeting Backs More Protection for Giraffes
Wildlife-supporting countries on Thursday backed regulating international trade in giraffes in a bid to offer more protection to the gentle giants, feared to be facing a “silent extinction.”
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Wildlife Meet Fights to Counter ‘Unprecedented’ Species Declines
Amid growing alarm over accelerating extinctions, a major international conference opened in Geneva Saturday aiming to tighten rules on trade in elephant ivory and other endangered animal and plant species.
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First Eurasian Lynx Born in Pyrenees in Almost a Century
A Spanish nature conservation center says that the first baby lynx has been born in the Pyrenees in nearly a century.
Read moreFederal Lands
The Natural Resources Defense Council claims in a federal complaint that endangered cacti, sensitive shale soils and riparian areas are at risk after the Interior Department lifted a 12-year-old closure of off-highway vehicle travel on 5,400 acres in the Factory Butte area of Utah, without environmental review.
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Thousands of Endangered Animals Seized in Customs Operation
Police and customs officials have carried out the most widespread anti-wildlife-trafficking operation ever in a joint global operation that’s led to the seizure of tens of thousands of endangered animals and the arrest of nearly 600 suspects.
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2 Rare Barbary Lion Cubs Born in Czech Zoo
Two Barbary lion cubs have been born in a Czech zoo, a welcome addition to a small surviving population of a rare lion subspecies that has been extinct in the wild.
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Greenpeace Sounds Alarm About North Atlantic Shark Fishing
Greenpeace is warning about overfishing of endangered sharks in the North Atlantic, often by Spanish and Portuguese boats.
Read moreSome Worry Delisting Wolves Could Lead to Their Demise
The Trump administration’s plan to remove gray wolves from the endangered species list would prevent the animals from regaining the vast majority of their original territory, advocates said at a rally in Portland Monday.
Read morePacific Sardines at Risk as Their Numbers are Overfished
Pacific sardines, the small, oily fish favored by salmon, baleen whales and toothed whales, have had their population collapsed by 98 percent since 2006, according to the Pacific Fisheries Management Council, which on Friday formerly declared the West Coast population overfished.
Read morePolice Break Up Spanish Ring Selling Endangered Turtles
The European law enforcement agency says Spanish police have shut down what they believe to be Europe’s biggest illegal turtle farm, selling endangered species worth 10,000 euros ($11,500) each.
Read moreCensus Finds Increase in Mekong River’s Irrawaddy Dolphins
The number of critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins along a stretch of the Mekong River has increased for the first time in 20 years but the animals still face serious threats, Cambodia’s government and a major conservation group said Monday.
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