Wildlife News Articles From June 2011

• The precious roadless lands of America’s grizzly bear
• Giant squid pulled in by US leisure fishermen
• Henderson Petrel to be saved by rat eradication
• Right whales returning to New Zealand
• More than 300 new species discovered in the Philippines
• Cuban crocodile survival threatened by breeding with their American cousins
• Afghanistan’s wildlife is surviving conflict
• Why litter can be lethal for wildlife
• Ocean oil rush threatens the Med’s wildlife
• Four new Natural World Heritage sites named
• 16 Sea eagle chicks arrive in Scotland for release
• Nightjars back in Yorkshire in record numbers
• 1,000 new species found in New Guinea
• Two endangered snubfin dolphins killed in Australia
• Spectacular Sri Lanka elephant gathering under threat
• Avocets breeding in Northumberland
• New ‘app’ to record and identify bats
• The golden lion of Zambia's South Luangwa
• How safe is mist netting?
• Choughs return to Rathlin Island
• Mountain gorilla killed by poachers
• Egg collection last chance for Critically Endangered Spoon-billed sandpiper
• Are farming efforts helping barn owls thrive?
• Water vole’s big Gloucestershire comeback
• India's Manas Wildlife Sanctuary on the road to recovery
• Decking and paving threaten London’s wildlife
• Indonesian logging ban breached on day one
• Central Africa’s £45 million illegal bushmeat trade
• Seven new species of mice discovered in The Philippines
• 1.2 tonnes of bear paws seized in Russia
• 300 baboons killed by South Africa timber industry so far in 2011
• Unlikely nesting spot for a duck
• ‘Extinct’ Vegas Valley Leopard frog found alive and well – Living in Central Arizona
• Tanzania Government ditches Serengeti Highway
• Three Sri Lankan elephants killed after being hit by train
• Two new populations of Endangered Western tragopan discovered
• High risk of mass extinction in world’s oceans
• Delight as £3.5 billion Mersey barrage plans shelved
• Highly endangered Western ground parrot to benefit from removal of feral cats
• EU failing captive dolphins
• Gorilla hand glass sculpture for auction
• Rapid Response team to prevent elephant – human conflict in Tanzania
• Greenpeace director arrested after boarding controversial Arctic oil rig
• Albino Humpback spotted off Queensland
• Scientists cast doubt on North America’s hunting based conservation
• Emperor penguin appears on New Zealand beach
• Storm petrel colony doubles in size
• China launches rhino farm with South African rhinos
• White impala spotted on South African reserve
• Large blue butterflies flying in Gloucestershire.
• Dingy skipper puts in rare appearance in Worcestershire woodland
• Mozambique’s Lake Niassa is declared a reserve
• Timber firm could destroy endangered Amur tiger habitat
• Why Cleaner fish punish their partners for putting on weight
• Kokako breeding success
• Arabian oryx moved from IUCN Endangered list – Many new entries
• Duke of Burgundy butterfly disappears from Yorkshire haunt
• Pest eradication on Macquarie and Lord Howe Islands to help seabirds
• Humpback whale feeding in Aberdeen harbour
• Icelandic Airport tries to censor animal welfare organisation with U-turn on paid-for advertising
• Australia’s only endemic dolphin may not survive next three generations
• Endangered falcons flown to new Belize home
• Bottlenose dolphin born in Aberdeen harbour
• Air gun attacks maiming hundreds of animals
• £5 million boost to Mull economy from White-tailed eagles
• Rare hoverfly to return to Scottish reserve
• The fight against canned hunting in Kenya
• Best butterfly summer for 30 years
• Thousands of pronghorn killed by harsh winter
• Osprey in Mid Wales
• Humpback whales in the Cook Strait
• Another gamekeeper convicted
• 2 elephants poached on the Masai Mara
• Canada tries to overthrow European seal product ban
• High Speed Train will wreck wildlife
• Fierce fire destroys Upton Heath wildlife
• Unprecedented bid to save plants of North Africa and the Middle East
• Limpet thought extinct for 60 years is rediscovered
• Rare dragonfly emerges in Cumbria after reintroduction
• $150,000 grant to help Wildlife Conservation Society save world's rarest gorillas
• Peregrine falcon persecution on the increase
• Ten years of conservation work pay off for pale-headed brush-finch
• UK Government white paper on the environment
• Leatherback turtle seen off Scotland
• Worries of entanglement as Australia’s whales head closer to shore
• Great Indian Bustard on verge of extinction
• Record spring as butterflies arrive earlier than ever
• Longline fisheries continue to drive albatross declines
• The Great Gulf Turtle Race is on
• Northumberland wildlife site rescued from decline
• Three Californian Condors killed by lead poisoning - Three more survive
• Have you seen a swift this year?
• Snow in Namibia
• Orange-tailed skink rescued from extinction
• Jomo the silverback gets a heart check
• More antelope released onto Umphafa Private Nature Reserve
• Two new beetles discovered in Spain
• 615 new species discovered in Madagascar in 11 years – Many already Endangered
• Voyage of discovery: Kermadecs expedition finds several new species
• New species of frog found in Aboriginal reserve
• Wicken Fen to launch National Dragonfly Week
• Armed police crackdown on poachers - In Wales
• Nepal’s first translocated tiger killed by poachers
• First avocet chicks for Northumberland - Eaten by a heron
• Group of rare bats found in Nottinghamshire wood
• Light pollution is killing off Britain's insect populations
• Pearl-bordered fritillary boom in Wyre Forest
• Help a hedgehog.
• Leave the chicks alone
• 21 Fin whales spotted in Irish Sea
• Weevil puts in a welcome appearance in Worcestershire
• White chick the star of New Zealand’s bumper kiwi brood
• WDCS wins landmark victory in fight against dolphin captivity
• Stag beetle hunt underway in London
• White storks and glossy ibis shot by hunters in Malta
• Hunting threat to Critically Endangered Dwarf Olive Ibis
• Pioneering butterfly project takes off in Sussex
• Best year ever for Cornish chough
• Alligator cannibalism a major factor in population control
• Sperm whale dies on Redcar beach
• Oystercatcher chicks at WWT Slimbridge - Video