JOHANNESBURG — Mozambique’s rhinoceros population was wiped out more than a century ago by big game hunters. Reconstituted several years ago, it has again been driven to extinction, or to the brink of extinction, by poachers seeking their horns for…
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Monkey-see, monkey-do behavior seems to extend to humans and whales, too
“We can find many of the roots of our behaviors in animals.”For her study, 109 vervet monkeys living in groups in the wild were given a choice of food tinted pink or blue by the researchers. One color for each…
Posted in Environmental Issues, Mammals
As killings for ivory grow, many Tanzanians see official hands in elephant slaughter
How could poachers kill an elephant just 5 kilometers 3 miles from Tanzania’s main safari highway?Conservationists have long warned of the existential danger that poachers pose to Africa’s elephants. And it’s in Tanzania, home of the Serengeti game reserve and…
Starving Baby Sea Lions Flood Southern California Shores : NPR
In recent months, more than 1,000 starving baby sea lions have been found on Southern California beaches, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has just declared the crisis an “unusual mortality event.” On a…
Algae Bloom in Florida Kills Record Number of Manatees
Florida’s endangered manatees, already reeling from an unexplained string of deaths in the state’s east coast rivers, have died in record numbers from a toxic red algae bloom that appears each year off the state’s west coast, state officials and…
Boulder confirms first northern river otter sighting in a century
A motion-activated wildlife surveillance camera has captured what one expert calls the first documented sighting of a northern river otter in Boulder in about 100 years.”I was extremely surprised,” said Christian Nunes, a wildlife ecology technician for Boulder Open Space…
An adorable baby giraffe stands for the first time
Via the LEO Zoological Conservation Center in Greenwich, Conn., here’s an adorable giraffe calf standing up for the very first time — under the watchful eye of his mother, Petal. Good work, baby giraffe! via An adorable baby giraffe stands…
Posted in Environmental Education, Mammals
Unabated, illegal trafficking risks survival of chimpanzees, orangutans, other apes, UN says
BANGKOK — The multibillion-dollar trade in illegal wildlife — clandestine trafficking that has driven iconic creatures like the tiger to near-extinction — is also threatening the survival of great apes, a new U.N. report says. Endangered chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas and…
A business model to save the black rhino?
The big idea: Can a for-profit big-game farm in South Africa be the answer to saving the endangered African black rhino? The scenario: In 2011, the black rhino was close to extinction. Poaching rhino for the black-market sale of their…
‘Planet Without Apes’ by Craig B. Stanford
Just over 100 years from now, it is possible that nearly all of the world’s great apes will have vanished. The forest habitats of gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans are rapidly disappearing, often turned into farmland. Disease, poaching and other…
