Wildlife News Articles From July 2010

• Tracking a Humpback whale across the Atlantic Ocean
• Arabian oryx mass die off caused by a fence in Saudi Arabia
• Cheetah and African wild dog 'exterminated' in northern Cameroon
• Give a bird an ice-cream tub home
• Mass bleaching closes major dive sites in Coral Triangle
• Giant manta ray is tagged for first time
• Turtles turn their back on Iran
• WWT begins breeding project to save endangered waders
• Gabon’s flagship Loango National Park closed to tourists indefinitely
• Little bittern now breeding in Britain
• Humpback whale off the Isle of Man
• Unlocking secrets of Antarctic octopus venom
• Tagging gives unprecedented insight to bluefin migration
• Illegal killing of endangered wolves in Arizona
• Two dolphins found dead at Monkey Mia
• Record number of nightjars in Kent's Blean Woods
• Plea for public help in tracking down rare UK butterfly
• The world's rarest otter photographed in Borneo
• Infidelity increases survival rate in some birds
• Wild cats and dogs in steep decline worldwide
• World’s biggest freshwater fish threatened by dams on Mekong
• Pearl-Bordered fritillary reintroduced to sites in Kent and Sussex
• White-faced darter dragonfly reintroduced into Cumbria
• Fish that spends all day holding its breath
• Scottish sea fishing festival results
• Marmots growing in size and number due to climate change
• Global warming killing off coral in Red Sea
• Alarming drop in numbers of endangered African owl
• Very rare Marsh Dowd moth found at WWT Martin Mere
• Leucistic fox squirrel
• First full photograph of rare bird taken in wild
• Important Bird Area search on the Cook Island
• Cane toad discovery in Broome prompts call for vigilance
• Absent damselfly re-discovered in Britain after 57 years
• Worst year on record for bird poisoning in Scotland – 2009
• Frog disease wiping out undiscovered species
• Environmental victory: New Zealand conservation land will not be mined
• Survival of the finches: member of Darwin’s iconic finch family at risk of extinction
• Scotland’s warbler population rockets – but worries over kestrels
• A great breeding season for UK’s avocets
• Red kites settling into life in the Lake District
• Hundreds of smuggled Malagasy tortoises seized in Malaysia
• Hundreds of dead penguins washed up in southern Brazil
• Conservation activist murdered in India
• Great spotted woodpeckers colonising Ireland
• Baby Risso's dolphin washed up on Chesil Beach
• Albino squirrels in Yorkshire
• New deep sea species filmed off Australia
• Samburu Morans engaged to protect wildlife
• Discovery of a breeding area of the enigmatic large-billed reed warbler
• Starling with unusual colouring
• Biodiversity makes good business, say consumers
• Gorillas raiding farms for easy meals
• Plastic killing wildlife
• First ever pictures of ‘missing’ mammal
• Two new insects discovered in UAE
• Fox rescued from sea off Eastbourne
• Sniffer dogs being used to track cheetah
• Osprey update 2010 - Remarkable Loch of Lowes bird lays 58th egg!
• Help needed along Gulf Coast to spot potential ‘oil shadow’
• Countries pledge to double tiger population by 2022
• Osprey ‘supermum’ survives to see her chicks take off
• Large mammal populations fall in Africa’s national parks
• Anti-whaling activist gets suspended sentence in Japan
• Windy weather thwarts osprey ringing attempt
• South American cat mimics the call of its prey
• Yangtze’s finless porpoises more endangered than thought
• Hiker killed by buffalo in South African national park
• Boats ignoring Studland Bay Voluntary No Anchor Zone
• Somak puts controversial Mara lodge back on sale and withdraws from Tourism Association
• New born dolphin calf recorded in New Quay harbour
• Fin whales arrive in Irish waters
• Historic ospreys ringed in Northumberland wilderness
• Huge pangolin seizure in China
• Black Isle Red kite chicks killed by rat poison
• Dolphins observed playing ‘catch’ with Puffer fish of Adelaide
• Welsh badgers saved as cull declared unlawful
• Last throw of the dice for the Syrian Northern bald ibis
• Wildlife watching from a number 40 bus – With Podcast
• Sun bear cubs have happy new home
• Iraq: War-torn nation or wildlife hotspot?
• 2 new species of batfish discovered in area engulfed by oil spill
• Controversial plans to burn confiscated rhino horn
• Mega rare white-tailed plover turns up at WWT Slimbridge
• Puffins tracked at sea for the first time
• Dolphin megapod off Northwest Scotland - Video
• Call to end recreational big game hunting in South Africa
• The missing link: Voyage of discovery to the Atlantic deep finds new species
• Russia to create new national parks and reserves the size of Switzerland
• The eco-horror of Chile’s salmon farms
• New legislative threat to Brazil’s rainforests
• Two frozen tiger bodies confiscated in illegal trade crackdown
• Caught on camera: a sssssurprise visitor to Brandon Marsh
• More than 30 birds face extinction in UK's overseas territories
• Old dolphin friends return to Cardigan Bay
• Rye Meads’ kingfishers kept busy with latest brood
• Ten year celebration: the farm giving hope for future of farming
• Couple jailed for trading in protected black coral
• Grand owl age: 20-year-old tawny at Mere Sands
• Toughest dry spell for UK wildlife in more than 80 years
• Louisiana oil spill: turtle hatchling rescue mission
• Bird tables spread squirrel pox
• Captive bred cranes nearly ready for release in Somerset
• Critically endangered hawksbill turtle sees eight-fold increase in numbers
• Fritillary butterflies boost in Devon
• Shipment of animals from Zimbabwe to North Korea is cancelled.
• White crow in Satna, India
• New woodland home for Yorkshire’s water voles
• Lake Eyre floods for the second year in a row.
• Chimpanzee gangs kill for land, new study shows
• Oil spill pelicans released after clean up
• New bid to restore Jersey’s coastlands for wildlife
• Rapid decline of Spoon-billed Sandpiper towards extinction
• World first for vultures facing extinction
• Endangered Basking Shark killed off coast of Italy
• Rare Emerald moths discovered in Kent
• ‘Extinct’ fern rediscovered on Ascension Island
• 700kg rat poison dropped into kakapo reserve by mistake
• US to ban toxic insecticide Endosulfan
• Bird’s-eye view of how cuckoos fool their hosts
• Sierra Leone’s chimp population is double previous estimates
• Eagle chicks flown into Edinburgh
• Sperm whale sighting off Torbay, South Devon