New hope for world’s rarest gorilla
The world's rarest gorillas have more suitable habitat than previously thought. Encouragingly, the area includes vital corridors that, if protected, can help Cross River gorillas move between sites in search of mates.
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Sumatran elephants edging closer to extinction WWF is calling for an immediate moratorium on habitat conversion in Sumatra in order to protect the future of the country's elephants. The Sumatran elephant has been uplisted from ‘endangered' to ‘critically endangered' after losing nearly 70 per cent of its habitat and half its population in one generation.
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'Extinct' monkey rediscovered in BorneoAn international team of scientists has found one of the rarest and least known primates in Borneo, Miller's Grizzled Langur; a species which was believed to be extinct or on the verge of extinction.
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Albino bat photoA white, probably albino (we are debating whether it is albino or leucistic) bat photographed by Doug Mackenzie Dodds
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New primate species discovered on MadagascarA Malagasy-German research team has discovered a new primate species in the Sahafina Forest in eastern Madagascar, a forest that has not been studied before. The new species has been named 'Gerp's mouse lemur' (Microcebus gerpi).
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80 percent decline in Caribou blamed on big industryThe world's largest reindeer herd has plummeted in size, with local indigenous people blaming the spread of massive industrial projects in the area. The George River herd, which once numbered 8-900,000 animals, stands today at just 74,000 - a drop of up to 92 percent.
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Possibly the largest haul of ivory ever found, 15 tonnes, seized in MalaysiaAfter the recent spate of ivory seizures in Asia - We might have hoped that the situation would improve - However the latest seizure is the largest we can remember, and is possibly the largest ever. It dwarfs all the other seizures, and in fact probably contains as much ivory as has been seized all year in the Far East.
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Persian leopard photographed in Afghanistan Recent camera trap images from the rocky terrain of Afghanistan's central highlands have revealed a surprise: a Persian leopard, an apex predator long thought to have disappeared from the region.
And in Siberia, Snow leopards have been photographed for the first time
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Winners of The UK Wildlife Photography Awards 2011The Wildlife Extra UK Wildlife Photography Competition 2011 has been won by Peter Denness with his stunning image of a hare. We don't usually go for black and white images, but Peter's hare was just too good.
CATEGORY WINNERS
- Agnieszka Dymek - Bugs
- Peter Denness - Mammals
- Howard Booty - Birds
- Matthew Oxley - Reptile, Amphibian & Marine Life
- Martin Sothcott - Landscapes
- Lisa Clyma - Under 16s
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Four lane highway to destroy Indian tiger corridor
The face-off between development agencies and environment conservationists is once again at the fore with the issue of expansion of India's National Highway in the central state of Maharashtra
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The face-off between development agencies and environment conservationists is once again at the fore with the issue of expansion of India's National Highway in the central state of Maharashtra
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UK wildlife photography competition 2011 - FinalistsEvery year, an unexpected theme appears amongst the photos that we are sent. Last year it was all seals and deer, but in 2011 many of the best photos are of feeding, or feeding behaviour.
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