PUERTO AYORA (Ecuador), March 18 — Industrial fishing boats hover menacingly on the edges of Ecuador’s Galapagos Marine Reserve, where schools of multicoloured fish and hammerhead sharks frolic in the protected Pacific waters. The reserve is a haven for the flurry of creatures and plants living in the waters around the Galapagos Islands where naturalist … Read more
BANGKOK, March 4 — One-fifth of fish species in the Mekong river face the threat of extinction, according to a new report from a coalition of regional and international environmental groups. The Mekong — among the world’s most biodiverse rivers, surpassed only by the Amazon and the Congo — is home to some 1,148 recognised … Read more
BOGOTA, Feb 15 — The number of critically endangered animal and plant species in Colombia has more than doubled since 2017 and the total list of threatened species in the Andean country stands at 2,103, the environment ministry said on Wednesday. The list includes two types of manatee — in the Amazon and the Caribbean … Read more
PARIS, Feb 13 — While a landmark new report on the world’s threatened migratory species is a catalogue of decline and destruction, the handful of animals staging a comeback shows improvement is possible — if humans change their ways. From the majestic humpback whale launching into the air from the waves, or the thousands of … Read more
PARIS, Feb 12 — From African elephants searching for water, to turtles crossing seas to nest, and to albatrosses on their ocean-spanning search for food, the world’s migratory species are under threat across the planet, according to a landmark report today. The first-ever State of the World’s Migratory Species assessment, which focusses on the 1,189 … Read more
FLORIDA, Feb 6 ― Shark bites and fatalities ticked up worldwide last year, with Australia accounting for a disproportionate number of deaths resulting from heightened contact with humans even as the ancient predators face a wider extinction crisis. There were 69 unprovoked attacks in 2023, up slightly from 63 in 2022, and ten deaths, which … Read more
BERLIN, Jan 25 — Scientists have carried out the first successful in vitro fertilisation of a southern white rhino, a major breakthrough that could pave the way to saving its highly endangered northern cousin. Only two female northern white rhinos remain in existence but neither is capable of carrying a pregnancy to term. To save … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced $2.4 million in grants to restore and enhance aquatic habitats to improve populations of imperiled native freshwater aquatic species in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Tennessee. The grants will leverage $1.8 million in matching contributions for a total conservation … Read more
WASHINGTON: Researchers estimate there are significantly more species of trees on Earth than currently known, with more than 9,000 species yet to be discovered, according to a study published Monday. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
LIMA: Scientists have discovered a new lizard species in Peru, the national conservation agency said Tuesday. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
