A Malaysian woman has been arrested for keeping endangered animals including a leopard cat, a honey bear and a slow loris as pets in her apartment, reports said Tuesday. The case is only the tip of the iceberg. We believe many people out there are
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has lost hundreds of animals, including 13 black rhinos, an endangered species, over the past five years due to poaching, media reports said Thursday quoting official figures. Environment minister, Buyelwa Sonjica said o
BILLINGS, Mont. - Black-tailed prairie dogs were denied protection under the Endangered Species Act on Wednesday. The ruling came after federal officials concluded the once-common ground squirrels show signs of rebounding from decades of poisoning,
High-tech forensic methods show that some shark fins on sale in Hong Kong markets come from endangered shark populations, proving the need for stronger trade regulations, a new study said Tuesday. US scientists using a type of DNA testing said they
GRANTS PASS, Ore. - Scientists say they think toxins from a blue-green algae plaguing lakes and rivers around the West are harming an endangered fish in the Klamath Basin, adding another obstacle to restoring species that have forced irrigation shut
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Environmental groups are suing the federal government to return a type of flying squirrel to the endangered species list. The small nocturnal squirrel is only found in higher elevations of West Virginia and one county in Virginia
ENVIRONMENTBrown pelican taken off endangered listThe brown pelican, listed as an endangered species for nearly four decades, has returned from the brink of extinction.Interior Department officials announced Wednesday that they are taking the bird o
Nearly 40 years after it was pushed to the edge of extinction by pesticide use, habitat loss and hunting, the brown pelican was Wednesday taken off the endangered species list, US officials said. We can celebrate an extraordinary accomplishment: th
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