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Prince William Calls for Better Support for Wildlife Conservationists on South Africa Visit

11 November 2024

Barbary macaques : threatened and unique.

05 December 2018

Forest lives are changing, with combined human/insect threats.

13 November 2017

The North Sea totally explored (twice) by OCEANA.

28 August 2017

Extinction or habitat management - the stark choice.

04 July 2017

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Losing Our Grizzly Bears: the fall of the wild

Losing Our Grizzly Bears: the fall of the wild

A mother grizzly with her cubs can be very dangerous, but with recent stress situations on bears, attacks are thought to be increasing in National Parks. It is the bears...

On by Chris Nunnally 0 Comments

Gorillas and Attenborough

Gorillas and Attenborough

Can anybody help the orphans and potential bushmeat of the Virunga? Mountain gorillas image; Credit: © Shutterstock It is only the gorillas that are endangered, but the way that David...

On by Colin Ricketts 0 Comments

Wedgies rule Australia and, separately, Tasmania

Wedgies rule Australia and, separately, Tasmania

The wedge-tailed eagle is one of many such raptors that have colonised Australasia as well as the rest of the world with great success; Wedge-tailed eagle image; Credit: © Shutterstock...

On by Paul Robinson 0 Comments

Conservation and sport help turtles

Conservation and sport help turtles

A rare and critically-endangered hawksbill, Eretmochelys imbricata, approaches the camera with all four legs, unlike the released individual in Hawaii; Hawksbill image; Credit: © Shutterstock While turtles become wrapped in...

On by Dave Armstrong 0 Comments

Summer holiday for whales - in the North Sea!

Summer holiday for whales - in the North Sea!

Of all the whales squeezing into the North Sea this summer, the fin whale seemed to have the most tickets. Here is a magnificent, clear photograph from Juan Gracia; Fin...

On by Paul Robinson 0 Comments

Zoos for the endangered and even extinct?

Zoos for the endangered and even extinct?

This beautiful little toad is extinct under its native waterfalls, so is being bred in Cincinnati and Toledo, ready for attempts at re-introduction; Toad image; Credit: © Shutterstock Sumatran rhino,...

On by Dave Armstrong 0 Comments

Oil threat to Virunga National Park

Oil threat to Virunga National Park

Hippos thrive in natural, unpolluted lakes and rivers such as the Rutchuru, in the Virunga National Park. As actresses and others discover, there is much more than gorillas to add...

On by Colin Ricketts 0 Comments

Romanian reptiles rule their ''hotspots''

Romanian reptiles rule their ''hotspots''

The Babadag forest is a Mediterranean oak forest, just warm enough to boast the spur-thighed tortoise, Testudo graeca ibera, the large whip snake, snake-eyed skink, Balkan wall lizard and green...

On by Dave Armstrong 0 Comments