Swedish car maker Volvo is developing a new type of “kangaroo detection” system that is hoped to reduce the number of collisions between motor vehicles and the cute marsupials. In Australia, the kangaroo reigns as […]
Animals
Despite Global Ban, Shark Finning Continues To Plague Rare Species
Last month shipping giant UPS announced that they would no longer ship shark fins, in response to a petition to the delivery company that collected over 170,000 signatures. While the development appears promising, conservationists worry […]
Native Canadians Enact Their Own Ban As Government Continues To Allow Trophy Hunting Of Grizzly Bears
A showdown between hunters and Canadian indigenous tribes in British Columbia (BC) is looming ahead of the upcoming grizzly bear hunting season. The tribes have announced they will be enforcing their own introduced ban on […]
After 37 Years The Loggerhead Sea Turtle Is Making A Comeback In Georgia
On the beaches of Cumberland Island, Georgia, the work of wildlife biologist Doug Hoffman has begun to positively affect the populations of giant loggerhead sea turtles there after many years. Turtle populations increased following a […]
Researchers Looking To Attract Wild Jaguars Find Strange Solution: Obsession By Calvin Klein
Researchers that study the wild jaguars of Guatemala have long had difficulty taking a census of the number of animals in the 8,100 acre Maya Biosphere Reserve. They recently discovered a new method to help […]
Researchers Find Zoo Chimps Carefully Planned Attack Used To Take Down Research Drone
After studying video of chimps capturing a drone that was flying around their enclosure, animal researchers say the primates have more ability to pre-plan than had been thought. They say the video, which was taken […]
Rare Saiga Antelope Herd Sees 60,000 Deaths In Four Days And Nobody Knows Why
In late May, geo-ecologist Steffen Zuther and his team travelled to Kazakhstan to observe and monitor a herd of saigas – antelopes that live on the grassy steppes of the land. The species is considered […]
The World’s Oceans Are Now So Polluted That By 2050 99.8% Of Sea Birds Will Have Eaten Plastic
A recent scientific study on marine birds show some sobering statistics about the state of the world’s environment. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, finds that currently over 300,000 […]
Russia Has Created A Siberian Research Center To Focus On Bringing Extinct Animals Back To Life
It seems like a scene out of Jurassic Park – taking DNA from an extinct animal and attempting to bring the species back to life. That very thing is what scientists from Russia are trying […]
Rare ‘Living Fossil’ Found Again After Thirty Years
Earlier this month, biologists from the University of Washington encountered a rare species of nautilus that has not been seen in over thirty years. A nautilus is a marine mollusc that has a shell and […]