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By RUPI MANGAT Animal rights organization World Animal Protection (WAP) wants the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to end the multi-billion dollar animal trade , calling it its…

The team behind Colossal, the firm that wants to bring back the woolly mammoth (Photo by John Davidson)…

Follow us on Telegram for the latest updates: https://t.me/mothershipsg Singapore's first baby panda was just one of many newborns that Singapore's four wildlife parks welcomed last year. Baby boom in 2021 Mandai Wildlife Group…

SINGAPORE — The birth of giant panda cub Le Le last August was just one of nearly 900 new animals and birds born in 2021 at Singapore's four wildlife parks. In a statement released on Wednesday (February 23rd), the Mandai Wildlife Group…

At least 10 Philippine species were believed to have been severely affected by Typhoon Odette (international name Rai) which devastated the Visayas and Mindanao last December, an official with the Department of Environment and Natural…

Land tenure categories across Australia. The size of the circle represents the percentage covered by each land…

Over the past decade, the protected area for nature in Australia has increased by nearly half. Our national reserve system now covers 20 percent of the country. This is a positive step for the thousands of species on the brink of…

A University of Texas biology professor faces charges of allegedly smuggling exotic animal parts into the United States, prosecutors said. Richard Kazmaier, 54, who is an associate professor at West Texas A&M…

MIAMI— The Center for Biological Diversity for follow-up the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for a Trump administration decision to deny the Cedar Key mole skink protection under the Endangered Species Act.The agency…

Source: Civil GuardThe Guardia Civil has arrested nine people involved in the sale of protected species, all covered by the international CITES agreement. The individuals were all arrested for animal abuse and cash trafficking.Officers…

Bans on international trade in endangered species generally help mammals improve their status but hurt reptiles, according to a major economic study conducted by Emory University. Scientists progress published research on the impact of…

On a dreary winter day in December 2020, conservationist Elizabeth Clare strolled through Hamerton Zoo in England brandishing a small vacuum pump. She paused outside the animal enclosures, holding up a flexible tube attached to the…

But a handful of endangered species that still hang around may follow the mosquitofish's path. Unless humans act quickly to protect habitats and keep them alive and thriving. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife!-->…

In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers assessed the impact of biodiversity loss in birds and mammals on the chances of plants adapting to human-induced global warming. More than half of plant species depend on animals to…

Two independent research groups detect the presence of animals by collecting DNA from the air. Two new studies published today (January 6, 2022) in the journal Current biology show that environmental DNA (eDNA) taken from the air can be…

FLORIDA - As the end of 2021 approaches, check out some of the best stories about our furry, feathered and scale friends in Florida.Newly adopted dog lost near Everglades, found 9 days later The puppy went missing on April 20 after a pickup…

VSrucial refuges for wildlife have been saved thanks to a five-year conservation effort.Moorland has been restored at 41 sites in South Downs National Park in Hampshire and Sussex, providing new habitat for the sand lizard, the UK's rarest…

Crucial wildlife refuges have been saved through a five-year conservation effort.Moorland has been restored at 41 South Downs National Park sites in Hampshire and Sussex, creating new habitat for the sand lizard, the UK's rarest reptile.In…

The first GPS tagged photographic documentation of bird diversity at Eco Park has been prepared to make it a bird sanctuary for enthusiasts and bird watchers Over 66 bird species, including resident and migratory, have…

Photo above: A bull terrier, a Siamese cat and a labrador retriever are friends in which Disney movie? By BERNIE FLETCHER Beachers love our four-legged friends, but critters can be unpredictable. Name those films in which…

McKITTRICK, California.- The Center for Biological Diversity today formally called on the California Fish and Game Commission to protect the legless Temblor lizard under the state's Endangered Species Act.The Temblor legless lizard is a…

WASHINGTON - The Center for Biological Diversity today filed two official notices of intent to sue the US Fish and Wildlife Service for denying or delaying Endangered Species Act protections for 10 species.An opinion accuses the Service of…

LOS ANGELES (KABC) - A vacant coastal property near LAX can get a little noisy, but some of Southern California's most endangered species thrive there.The booming noise on the 200-acre parcel of land above Dockweiler Beach is why the…

Virgin birth—which involves the development of an unfertilized egg—has preoccupied humans for eons. And even if it can't occur in mammalsthis appears to be possible in other backbone (vertebrate) animals, such as birds and lizards.A recent…

Republican United States Representative Yvette Herrell of New Mexico sought to protect industries like oil and gas through a recent bill of what she said were threats posed by federal protections to endangered plant and animal…

The Biden administration announced on Tuesday that it was reversing two Trump-era rollbacks that limited habitat protections for endangered species. The first rollback would have allowed the government to deny species protection…

BILLINGS, Mont. - President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday announced plans to reverse two environmental rollbacks under former President Donald Trump that limited habitat protection for endangered plants and wildlife.The proposal to…

The "Lizard King" is accused in another case of conspiracy to export illegally harvested turtles to China and Japan. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla .-- Trafficking in wildlife, including freshwater and aquatic life, is a…

A Davie man who served federal prison time for purchasing contraband wildlife has now been charged with uprooting protected Florida turtles from the wild and smuggling them overseas to the United States. China, Japan and other…

TYLER, TX (KETK) - Destination Texas' final stop in east Texas is the Caldwell Zoo. Destination Texas: Grand Saline has the only building in North America made of salt At Caldwell Zoo there are lots of fun things to do.…

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY - The Saratoga Reptile Expo returns with hundreds of lizards, snakes, frogs, salamanders, turtles, turtles, tarantulas, isopods and more. The event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, September 11 in…

Wild pigs, coyotes, and snake fish have long been a problem as invasive wild species in Georgia and South Carolina. Now, the tegu is making an appearance on land along the Savannah River, becoming another non-native apex predator rampant…

The Central Zoo Authority has authorized the Jamnagar de Reliance Zoo in Gujarat to import several endangered, vulnerable and near threatened animals from Mexico, according to information obtained under the RTI Act.The authorization, given…

Who makes the videos? Most of the videos uploaded to the various channels appear to have been shot in Southeast Asia, possibly Cambodia, according to Jackel and other animal researchers. Khmer, Cambodia's main language, is often spoken in…

TAMPA, Florida. – A Florida man was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for buying endangered dead animal parts.Steven Phillip Griffin II, 36, was sentenced last week in federal court in Tampa, court records show. He pleaded…

LOS ANGELES - A small fish native to Southern California streams and a legless lizard swimming in the sand will be studied to determine if they are eligible for protection under the federal Endangered Species Act, a group of researchers…

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A small fish native to Southern California streams and a legless lizard swimming in the sand will be investigated to determine if they are eligible for protection under the federal Endangered Species Act, a conservation…

McKITTRICK, California.- In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the US Fish and Wildlife Service announcement today that the Temblor legless lizard may qualify for protection under the…

When Jordan Woodhead witnessed the hatching of his two spectacled caimans earlier this year, he realized a lifelong dream. The pair of tiny fangs had been bred by Jordan himself during the pandemic and are just part of his plan to create!-->…

A Libo leopard gecko (Goniurosaurus liboensis). After this species of cave gecko was first described in 2013, it quickly appeared online for sale.…

Much of the incredible diversity of life on Earth remains to be discovered and documented. In some groups of organisms - terrestrial arthropods such as spiders and scorpions, marine invertebrates such as sponges and mollusks, and…

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida- The Center for Biological Diversity and the US Fish and Wildlife Service have reached a agreement today, that requires the Service to make endangered species decisions for eight rare species of skink - a type of…

It's one of the most daring projects in biology today - reading the entire genome of every bird, mammal, lizard, fish, and every other creature with a backbone. And now comes the first major gain from the Vertebrate Genome Project (VGP):…

Emilie Wirth | Director, CEHMMThis Op Ed was written in response to the article titled "" It's Up to Us to Take Care of Them: New Mexico Landowners Fight to Save Lower Prairie Chicken "published by the Carlsbad Current -Argus on April 9,…

One of Australia's critically endangered lizard species: Lister's gecko. Credit: Parks Australia Bacteria responsible for the death of critically endangered species. With wild populations decimated, the Lister's gecko and blue-tailed…

Robert Edman of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission demonstrates catching pythons January 10, 2020 in Sunrise, Florida. The FWC recently voted to restrict 16 non-native species, including pythons.(Joe Raedle/Getty…

McKITTRICK, California. October 20, 2020 - The Center for Biological Diversity submitted a petition today to protect the legless Temblor lizard under the Endangered Species Act. The lizard is a rare sand-swimming reptile that…

Cave geckos illustrate evolution at its most fantastic. Some have blood red eyes and sport bright yellow stripes on their dark bodies. Others are Popsicle blue or have camouflage patterns of fiery orange and brown. Many species of these…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain In an article just published in Conservation…

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