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Trump Administration Will Allow Man To Import Rare Black Rhino From Africa

Trump Administration Will Allow Man To Import Rare Black Rhino From Africa

The administration of President Donald Trump said it would allow a Michigan trophy hunter to important parts of the body of a rare black rhino. This is despite the fact that the creature is protected by the Endangered Species Act, according to a report Friday from The Associated Press. According to The Associated Press, the […]

5y ago

Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle One Of Several Species On The Brink Of Extinction

Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle One Of Several Species On The Brink Of Extinction

One of the last remaining female members of the rarest turtle species in the world, the Yangtze giant softshell turtle, died at the Suzhou zoo in China on Saturday afternoon, according to CBS News. The turtle was one of four remaining in the world – one of the other is a female also at the […]

5y ago

Trump Administration Officials To Revoke Gray Wolves’ Protected Status

Trump Administration Officials To Revoke Gray Wolves’ Protected Status

Trump administration officials have begun the process of revoking all remaining endangered species protections for gray wolves, declaring the animals fully recovered following decades of efforts to restore the species across its former range, according to The Independent. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed on Thursday that the wolves be taken off its list […]

5y ago

Adorable Twin Red Panda Cubs Debut At Syracuse’s Rosamond Gifford Zoo

Adorable Twin Red Panda Cubs Debut At Syracuse’s Rosamond Gifford Zoo

One baby animal is cute enough, but twins? That is an abundance of adorable! The Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, New York, recently welcomed twin red panda cubs — and they greeted the public for the first time on Tuesday, July 31, reported Syracuse.com. Loofah and Doofah, both males, were born at the zoo on […]

6y ago

Whale Sharks Can Grow Up To 60 Feet Long And Live To 130 Years, Scientists Find

Whale Sharks Can Grow Up To 60 Feet Long And Live To 130 Years, Scientists Find

Whale sharks, the largest of the shark species, can live up to 130 years and grow longer than scientists once thought, a recent study found. Scientists at Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) and collaborators from the Maldives Whale Shark Research Program published a recent study on the world’s largest shark species […]

6y ago

Endangered Rhinos Die In Bid To Relocate Them To A New Home In Kenya

Endangered Rhinos Die In Bid To Relocate Them To A New Home In Kenya

Eight critically endangered black rhinoceroses died in a failed bid to relocate them to a new home, ABC News is reporting. Last month, government officials began moving 11 rhinos from captivity in Nairobi to the newly-created Tsavo East National Park, in a bid to allow the protected animals to thrive there. Unfortunately, mistakes were made […]

6y ago

Gorillas Are Making a Comeback, Maybe: Population Of Endangered Animals Has Increased 25 Percent

Gorillas Are Making a Comeback, Maybe: Population Of Endangered Animals Has Increased 25 Percent

Gorillas are making a comeback! Though there’s still a long way to go towards the conservation of the critically-endangered species, The Hill reports, the recent uptick in the number of gorillas in the wild is making conservationists rejoice. Wildlife researchers in central Africa conducted a recent census of the wild apes and came up with […]

6y ago

Australian Government Recommends Massive Land Clearing, Concedes Area Likely Home To Endangered Species

Australian Government Recommends Massive Land Clearing, Concedes Area Likely Home To Endangered Species

It has recently been announced that federal officials plan to back a mass clearing of vegetation, primarily eucalyptus trees, at Kingvale Station on Cape York Peninsula. The proposed plans call for a destruction of nearly 2000 hectares of Queensland forest. The federal backing undermines the Turnbull government rescue package. The Sydney Morning Herald reported the […]

6y ago

Salman Khan Gets Bail After Serving Two Days Of Five-Year Sentence For Poaching

Salman Khan Gets Bail After Serving Two Days Of Five-Year Sentence For Poaching

Salman Khan, the famed Bollywood actor caught up in the midst of a protracted legal battle over a 1998 poaching incident, was granted bail after serving just two days of a five-year sentence, The Toronto Star is reporting. Once he puts up the 50,000 rupees (about $770 U.S.), and once all of the legal paperwork […]

6y ago

World’s Last Male Northern White Rhino Dies, Species Now Doomed

World’s Last Male Northern White Rhino Dies, Species Now Doomed

The northern white rhinoceros, one of two subspecies of white rhinoceroses, is now doomed to become extinct due to the death of the last living male. The last surviving male northern white rhino, named Sudan, was put to sleep on Monday after suffering from severe complications associated with his old age. As reported by CNN, […]

6y ago

Sharks Dying In San Francisco Bay Is Alarming Marine Biologists

Sharks Dying In San Francisco Bay Is Alarming Marine Biologists

An “unusual” number of marine animals are dying in San Francisco Bay, and wildlife experts are not sure why. The latest estimates show 2,000 leopard sharks, 500 bat rays, hundreds of striped bass, 100 halibut, and 50 smooth-hound sharks have died since February. Research scientist Dr. Mark Okihiro with the California Department of Fish and […]

7y ago

Scientists Say Sixth Mass Extinction, A ‘Biological Annihilation,’ May Have Already Begun

Scientists Say Sixth Mass Extinction, A ‘Biological Annihilation,’ May Have Already Begun

The sixth mass extinction event on Earth, a “biological annihilation” of wildlife, is already happening, and it is even worse than researchers feared, according to a new scientific report. The researchers involved in the new study found one-third of thousands of common animal species are in a population decline. The scientists issuing the warning about […]

7y ago

Blue Whale Carcass Washes Ashore In Northern California, May Have Been Struck By Ship [Updated]

Blue Whale Carcass Washes Ashore In Northern California, May Have Been Struck By Ship [Updated]

UPDATE [5/28/2017, 8:27 p.m. ET]: A report from the Mercury News notes that marine sanctuary scientists are, as of Saturday, patrolling the San Francisco and Marin coasts, looking for “hot spots” of blue whales and humpback whales, warning ships of their location to guard against the chance of another ship strike-related death. Original Report: A […]

7y ago

Rare White Wolf Shot: Protected Wolf Euthanized At Yellowstone National Park

Rare White Wolf Shot: Protected Wolf Euthanized At Yellowstone National Park

A rare white wolf was illegally shot at Yellowstone National Park and had to be euthanized. The white wolf was well known to park staff and a favorite among visitors. Yellowstone National Park officials and an advocacy group for wolves have offered a $10,000 reward for information which leads police officers to the unknown person […]

7y ago

Don’t Tell April: Giraffes May Soon Be Added To Endangered Species List

Don’t Tell April: Giraffes May Soon Be Added To Endangered Species List

For weeks, the world looked on with great anticipation while April the giraffe got ready to deliver her calf. The late stages of April’s pregnancy were captured via live stream from her home at Animal Adventure Park, launching the giraffe’s viral stardom. When April finally delivered a healthy male calf on April 17, an estimated […]

7y ago

What Is Actually The Definition Of An ‘Endangered Species’?

What Is Actually The Definition Of An ‘Endangered Species’?

Nearly everyone has heard the term endangered species. But what is the exact definition of the word? How do species get placed on the endangered species list and, perhaps more importantly, what does it take to get them off the list? Endangered species: a definition According to National Geographic, the definition for an endangered species […]

7y ago

Senators Declare War On Wolves, Putting Endangered Species At Risk In Midwest

Senators Declare War On Wolves, Putting Endangered Species At Risk In Midwest

A bipartisan group of five senators from Wyoming, Wisconsin, and Minnesota have introduced a bill in the United States Senate to allow those three states and Michigan to self-manage their native gray wolf populations, bypassing current restrictions on hunting and trapping gray wolves, a species currently covered under the federal Endangered Species Act. According to […]

7y ago

Woolly Mammoth Extinction Findings: Can They Help Preserve Endangered Species?

Woolly Mammoth Extinction Findings: Can They Help Preserve Endangered Species?

The woolly mammoth went extinct about four centuries ago, lasting about six thousand years longer than their other mammoth relatives did. And with scientists having come up with some new theories on why these modern elephant ancestors faded away from existence, the hope is that the findings could help improve conservation efforts for endangered species […]

7y ago

Extinction Looms For Saltmarsh Sparrow, Several Other American Birds

Extinction Looms For Saltmarsh Sparrow, Several Other American Birds

Extinction is becoming increasingly likely for several species of American birds, according to a new report that focuses on declining avian populations in Connecticut. “Many Connecticut birds are suffering slow, steady population declines caused by the loss of their specialized nesting areas,” the Connecticut branch of the national Audubon Society announced in its annual Connecticut […]

8y ago

Snow Leopards Still Fair Game To Poachers: Is Revenge A Motive?

Snow Leopards Still Fair Game To Poachers: Is Revenge A Motive?

Snow leopards are already an endangered species as it is. And a new report suggests their situation isn’t getting any better on a broad-based level, with hundreds of the rare animals falling victim to poachers. According to a report from the BBC, only 4,000 snow leopards remain in the wild, mostly found in the Himalayan […]

8y ago

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