Wildlife News Articles From October 2012

• Arab spring has been a disaster for North Africa’s wildlife
• 9 unusual new species of Tarantula discovered in Brazil
• Illegal fishing inside Chagos Marine Reserve
• 214 elephant tusks seized in Tanzania
• WWF uncovers massive unreported trade of Atlantic Bluefin tuna through Panama
• Flycatchers’ genomes explain how one species became two
• Deep Sea Arctic litter has doubled in 10 years
• A third of US bird species need conserving
• Partnership launched to fight rhino poaching in Natal
• Ethiopia’s last wolves threatened by lack of genetic diversity as populations become isolated
• Ash trees disease could have major repercussions for wildlife
• Russia to clamp down on wildlife crime
• Illicit wildlife trafficking recognized as a new form of transnational organized crime
• Squirrels invading gardens due to poor seed and nut harvest
• Pakistan vultures have turned the corner after Diclofenac ban
• Climate-change denying Senator James Inhofe Wins 2012 Rubber Dodo Award
• Owls of the World
• Curlew removed from Irish hunting list, but more action needed
• Maldives corals have recovered well from 1998 bleaching
• Endangered kiwi released onto Auckland island
• Snow bunting and Greenland wheatear in Northern Ireland - Photos
• Albino Humpback whale seen off Svalbard
• Forest corridors are vital to survival of Sumatran orangutans
• Madagascar's palms near extinction
• Steps in the right direction for conservation
• New bridges and tunnels to protect pronghorn from traffic in Wyoming
• Rebel attack on Virunga National Park ranger patrol kills three in DR Congo
• Good year for sea turtles on Florida Coast
• Bowhead whales cross from Atlantic to Pacific regularly
• One of the world's least known birds has been rediscovered in China
• Ex-police officer pleads guilty to stealing wild bird eggs
• Sparrowhawk film - Narrated by Chris Packham
• Hunterston wetlands under threat again from new development
• Liuwa lioness killed by poachers
• Permission given for import of Solomon's dolphins into Singapore
• Gender bending bird has NZ scientists scratching their heads
• Badger cull called off - For this year anyway
• Fifth report links neonicotinoid pesticides to bee decline
• Record Sociable Lapwing flock found in Uzbekistan
• Regenerated lizard tails are different from originals
• Round Island boa returned to native habitat for first time in 150 years
• UK National Nature Reserves gear up for autumn spectaculars
• New road bridges mean fewer deer being killed on roads – So they can be shot?
• New hope for badgers as number estimates quadruple
• Sustainable tourism central to the future of Africa's Parks
• $26 million of ivory seized by Hong Kong customs
• 4 baby beavers born in the wild in Scotland
• Environmental Audit Committee publishes report on wildlife crime
• Cayman Turtle Farm responds to Sea Turtle Conservancy criticisms of turtle release programme
• Albino squirrel in Minnesota
• Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition 2012 - Winners - The most disappointing yet?
• Sea Turtle Conservancy joins effort to stop sea turtle farming at Cayman Turtle Farm
• India's Supreme Court lifts tiger tourism ban
• Painted lady migration secrets unveiled - 9000 miles to Africa and back
• MPs urge government to act on illegal bird poisoning
• Marsh harrier poisoned on Humberside
• New population of the critically endangered Royal Cinclodes bird found in Peru
• Giant spider discovered in Laos
• Mull eagle watch awarded 5 star status
• Bushmeat and illegal hunting driving worse than thought, especially on Africa’s savannah grasslands
• South Africa rhinos worst year ever as 50 are killed every month.
• 120 marine biodiversity hotspots identified
• Cayman Turtle Farm repudiates WSPA charges
• ‘Mystery eyeball’ appears to be from swordfish
• New species of cave dwelling reef coral discovered
• Rescue of four baby elephants in two weeks highlights increased poaching threat in Kenya
• Cayman Turtle Farm report reveals cruelty, disease and appalling conditions
• Historic collection of naturalist Alfred Wallace goes online for the first time
• Philippines halts shipment of 25 live dolphins to Singapore resort
• Rare Fen raft spiders released to boost Britain’s dwindling populations
• Red-billed oxpeckers released into South Africa's Mokala National Park
• Iran cheetah champion wins conservation prize
• RSPB launches complaint against Natural England
• World’s 25 most endangered primates
• Giant eyeball found on Florida beach
• Scottish man convicted of illegally trapping heron
• Farmers forming large companies to facilitate badger culls
• Successful start to badger vaccination in Cheshire
• New acoustic devices to track and count Blue whales
• Aurochs being recreated - Or are they?
• New airborne fast reaction force to bolster Ol Pejeta security
• Delay to Scotland Marine Plan threatens environment
• Gangetic dolphin survey in Uttar Pradesh provides some good news
• Private enterprise to help with South Africa's rhino poaching problem?
• Virunga deforestation revealed by NASA photos
• Spanish tycoon accused of clearing Paraguay's forests and tribal lands
• Global bird extinctions are increasing warns new research
• Rare moth reintroduced into Cotswolds
• 160 new species discovered in Borneo - Spiders, bugs, beetles, damselflies, fungi and possibly a frog
• Lowland heath restoration in Staffordshire – Volunteers needed
• Tanzania seeks to sell stockpiled ivory
• More flamingos, Honey buzzard, swallows, shearwater & gull all targeted by Maltese hunters
• Golden eagle shot in Scotland
• Rhino rescued from river in India; Rhino horn in Vietnam; two imprisoned in UK
• New invasive shrimp found in UK
• Evidence of Coral reefs in the Irish Sea
• UK bird crime report 2011
• A new species of snake found in northern Vietnam, southern China and central Laos
• First encouraging signs for Mediterranean Bluefin tuna: But this is only the start.
• Greater flamingos shot by hunters in Malta
• Flightless parrots & burrowing bats helping to save rare parasitic Hades flower
• Rescued orangutan recovering well from arm amputation
• New fish species has hooks on genitalia
• Lead gunshot still killing many British birds despite restrictions
• Record numbers of birds used Britain's wetlands during severe 2010/11 winter
• New monkey, marsupial and shrew amongst 8 new mammal species found in Peru
• BTO cuckoo update
• Why do some species go extinct, but not others?
• Urgent appeal to save and expand remnant Atlantic Rainforest
• US Senator complains about wolf pack killing in his own state
• Parrot trade in Indonesia continues openly
• Malta - Illegal hunting worse than previous years
• 50% of coral has disappeared from The Great Barrier Reef in the last 27 years
• Glimmer of hope for Critically Endangered Spoon-billed sandpiper
• Endangered hornbill saved from radar station