Madagascar Gets Biggest Lemur Park
Good news for lemurs: Officials in Madagascar have created the island's biggest protected wildlife park. Named Makira Natural Park, the area is larger than the state of than the state of Rhode Island,...
View ArticleMonarch Butterfly Sanctuary Saved From illegal Logging
Illegal logging in the forests of Mexico that are the wintering grounds of the monarch butterfly has been virtually eliminated, according to a new study.
View ArticleBrazil humpback population on the rebound
Last year, nearly 11,500 humpback whales were counted off the coast of Brazil -- a new record, the Baleia Jubarte Institute cheered Sunday in a report.
View ArticleHong Kong’s Cathay Pacific bans shark fins as air cargo
Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific says it will stop carrying shark fins as cargo, bowing to pressure from groups concerned about cruelty and possible extinctions as China’s appetite for the delicacy rises.
View ArticleAustralia Acts To Stop Super-Trawler
The Australian government Tuesday sought to change its environmental protection laws to prevent a controversial super-trawler from fishing in its waters amid concerns about the by-catch.
View ArticleNew monkey species discovered in Africa
A new species of monkey has been identified in Africa, the first one in 28 years, say scientists.
View ArticleVancouver council makes ‘historic’ move toward shark fin ban
The City of Vancouver, BC will work with neighbouring municipalities to develop a ban on the sale of shark-fin products, mayor and council agreed Tuesday.
View ArticleJaguar conservation gets a boost in North and Central America
Jaguar conservation has received a huge boost in the past few months both in Latin America and in the U.S. An historic agreement singed between the world's leading wild cat conservation organization...
View ArticleNew Water Treatment Process Could Help Bring Dead Zones Back to Life
Employing a new tertiary wastewater treatment process reduced levels of phosphorous and trace pollutants in urban wastewater effluent below EPA safe levels, researchers from Veolia Water, Kruger and...
View ArticleCosta Rica’s Shark Finning Ban Signed By President Chinchilla
Costa Rica passed a blanket ban on shark finning, in which the fins are sliced off sharks, often while they are alive, before the fish are thrown back into the ocean to die.
View Articlenew mammal menagerie uncovered in remote Peruvian cloud forest
Every year scientists describe around 18,000 new species, but mammals make up less than half a percent of those. Yet mammal surprises remain: deep in the remote Peruvian Andes, scientists have made an...
View ArticleAnother city in BC bans shark fins
The sale, possession and distribution of shark fin is officially banned in White Rock.
View ArticleFrench move boosts shark sanctuaries
Green campaigners on Friday hailed a decision by France that they said would create the world's biggest shark sanctuary.
View ArticleThis week, a shark sanctuary the size of Australia has been established
The Cook Islands has approved a shark sanctuary in its waters, making for the largest such sanctuary in the world.
View ArticleObama triples area of protected California coastline
On Friday President Obama announced the government would add almost 3,000 square miles of California coastline to the National Marine Sanctuary system, reports the Sierra Club.
View ArticleFrom the brink of extinction: elephant seals stage remarkable comeback
In the 19th century the Northern Pacific Elephant was thought to be extinct until a small population was discovered on an island of Baja California in 1892. Since then, the species has staged a...
View ArticleGorillas to Be Protected with New Congo National Park
The Republic of Congo has declared a new national park that conservationists hope with protect a core population of western lowland gorillas, a critically endangered species, as well as other...
View ArticleNew law to protect Puerto Rico leatherback turtles
Puerto Rico has introduced a new law protecting a swathe of the island's coast that has become a major nesting site for the world's largest turtle, the leatherback.
View ArticleEU to ban pesticides in bee scare
The European Commission will restrict the use of pesticides linked to bee deaths by researchers, despite a split among EU states on the issue.
View ArticleSouth Korean airlines ban shark fin as cargo
South Korea's two largest airlines, Korean Air and Asiana, said Thursday they had both decided to ban shark fin from their cargo flights as part of a growing global campaign against the Asian delicacy.
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