Sep 02 2010

Hungry Elephants Are No Match for Fearless Ants

Tag: Animal Behavior, Animals, Humans, Wildlife Conservation — Zahra Hirji @ 10:49 pm
Talk about your David and Goliath story: ant colonies have found a way to ward elephants away from their turf with painful, precise attacks.

Sep 02 2010

Vietnam’s Illegal Wildlife Trade Exposed

Tag: Animals, Current Events, Food, Food and Culture, Humans, Mammals, Wildlife Conservation — Jennifer Viegas @ 4:39 pm
Over 850 pounds of illegal wildlife from nearly 20 species was just seized from restaurants in Vietnam, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society.

Aug 31 2010

Climate Change Plays Unlucky for Horseshoe Crabs

Tag: Animals, Climate Change, Crustaceans, Marine Life, Wildlife Conservation — Zahra Hirji @ 11:41 pm
American horseshoe crabs are declining across the entire East Coast, from Maine to Florida. Researchers suspect that climate change and human activities are to blame.

Aug 31 2010

Millions of Songbirds Killed for Recipe

Tag: Animals, Food, Food and Culture, Food and Lifestyle, Human Behavior, Humans, Video, Wild Birds, Wildlife Conservation — Jennifer Viegas @ 3:17 pm
Millions of songbirds are illegally killed each year for a pickled or poached bird dish known as ambelopoulia.

Aug 23 2010

Bringing Kihansi Back: A Rare Toad Gets a Second Chance

Tag: Amphibians and Reptiles, Animals, Wildlife Conservation — Zahra Hirji @ 11:16 pm
Tanzania just received a shipment of 100 rare toads, marking the first phase in the world's most ambitious project to reintroduce a species that has been extinct from the wild for years.

Aug 12 2010

New Monkey Sports Bushy Red Beard

Tag: Animal Behavior, Animal Communication, Animals, Mammals, Photography, Travel, Wildlife Conservation — Jennifer Viegas @ 12:56 am
An expedition to the Colombian Amazon has just revealed a new species of titi monkey that's the size of a house-cat and sports a bushy red beard.

Aug 10 2010

Wolves Back on the Endangered Species List

Tag: Animals, Current Events, History, Humans, Mammals, Wildlife Conservation — Teresa Shipley @ 10:43 am
A Montana judge's ruling sparks heated debates between ranchers, conservationists and states' rights advocates.

Aug 09 2010

Top 10 ‘Wanted Alive’ Amphibians

Tag: Amphibians and Reptiles, Animal Behavior, Animal Communication, Animals, Current Events, Extinct Animals, Extinction Cycles, Human Behavior, Mass Extinction, Photography, Wildlife Conservation — Jennifer Viegas @ 6:09 am
Animal conservationists have created a Top 10 list of "Wanted Alive" amphibians.

Aug 06 2010

Toxic Algae Destroys Shark Brains

Tag: Atlantic Ocean, Fish, Sharks, Tides, Wildlife Conservation — Jennifer Viegas @ 1:32 pm
Toxic algal blooms can alter shark brains, making them hyperexcited and in some cases, killing the animals, new research shows.

Jul 30 2010

Returning Cheetahs to India

Tag: Animals, Anthropology, Cats, Extinct Animals, Mammals, Wildlife Conservation — Zahra Hirji @ 1:24 pm
India recently committed to reintroducing cheetahs to three grassland regions around the country. The speedy cats have been considered extinct in India since 1967.
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