Latest wildlife news
- Humpback whale off South East Ireland – Breaching and harassment. - Photo and video
- Baby mountain gorilla face 'mangled' by a snare - Dies of his injuries
- Wild dogs seen & photographed on the Serengeti
- Whales and dolphins worldwide threatened by bycatch & human activities
- Far Ings Visitor Centre reopens
- Migrating insects fly in the fast lane
- India’s first comprehensive database on Tiger mortality and crime launched
- Sea eagles - Let's have them all over the country - Your vote.
- 80% of ponds in Britain in a poor condition – And getting worse
- 200,000 people in the UK say: Stop killing birds of prey!
- Extinct in the Wild, Kihansi Spray toad breeding and on display at Bronx Zoo
- New species of ‘Spiny Pocket Mouse’ discovered in Venezuela
- Leucistic chaffinch in Kent
Recent wildlife news
- Remarkable new ‘Colour changing’ frog discovered on New Guinea island
- New population of a rare and endangered Long-Whiskered owlet found in Peru
- Antarctic fur seals catching King penguins at sea – Video
- BTO training courses – Identification, surveys & ringing
- Heat wave killing endangered birds in Western Australia
- White-beaked dolphin research around the Farne Islands
- Nairobi National Park drought over – Wildlife thriving
- Shark tagging project launched off Scotland
- Lead paint still killing thousands of rare seabirds on Midway Island – outrage must end now say conservation groups
- Decade-old dream comes true as Lake Chad is declared a RAMSAR wetland
- UK needs to do more on ivory ban
- Join America’s Great Backyard Bird Count
- Lynx killed in Colorado 10 years after release
- First ever sighting of a Bittern at Oxfordshire reserve
Baby mountain gorilla face 'mangled' by a snare - Dies of his injuriesAnd then later the Rangers reported that Nsekanabo is dead. Tumaini is still carrying him around, so the Rangers will now follow the family closely (maybe for several days), until she leaves Nsekanabo behind.
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New population of a rare and endangered Long-Whiskered owlet found in PeruThe Long whiskered owlet, one of the rarest birds in the world, has been filmed and photographed in January 2010 in the Neotropical Primate Conservation (NPC) main research area, La Esperanza, in Peru.
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Are Sea eagles coming back to Suffolk? Vote on what you think should happenIn any debate about conservation, it is always important to discount 10% of the arguments at either end of the range, as some people will support all conservation, no matter what the cost or practicalities, and others would complain about spending 5 Euros to save the last elephant. Somewhere in the middle is a rational debate and, usually, the right answer.
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Wildlife photographer of the year winner disqualifiedIn response to a lot of disquiet about the winning image of the 2009 Wildlife Photographer of the Year, The judging panel was reconvened; they concluded that it was likely that the wolf featured in the image was an animal model that can be hired for photographic purposes and, as a result, that the image had been entered in breach of Rule 10 of the Competition.
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New bird species found in Heart of BorneoA bird species new to science, The "Spectacled Flowerpecker," has been discovered in the heart of the Bornean rainforest. However, so little is known about the bird that that it has yet to be given a scientific name.
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2000 sea turtles rescued from unusually cold sea off FloridaThe unusually long spell of cold weather in Florida has required a mass rescue of sea turtles throughout the state. More than 2,000 sea turtles have been rescued so far.
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Britain’s only resident orca pod – No breeding for 20 yearsThe conservation status of the group is thought to be critical since no live calves have been sighted since research began almost two decades ago.
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Sea Shepherd vessel sinks after 'collision' with Japanese whaling shipThe Sea Shepherd Society claims that the Japanese security ship Shonan Maru No. 2 deliberately rammed the Ady Gil and caused catastrophic damage to the Sea Shepherd catamaran.
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