Wild cheetahs to return to India for first time since 1952
Officials announce eight cats will be brought from Namibia in effort to reintroduce animal to its former habitat Cheetahs are to return to India’s forests...
Category : Animals
A third of Wellington’s kākā parrot chicks found to have lead in their blood
Toxic metal present in both blood and eggshell samples, but the New Zealand birds appear to have formed a tolerance for it Lead has been...
Kigali summit to outline strategy for nature conservation in Africa
First continent-wide meeting aims to set out plans to halt and reverse habitat and species loss in protected areas on land and sea African leaders...
‘Extinct’ parrots make a flying comeback in Brazil
The Spix macaw, a bird that had once vanished in the wild, is now thriving in its South American homeland after a successful breeding programme...
Two women killed in shark attacks in Egypt’s Red Sea
A Romanian and an Austrian die within 600 metres of each other south of city of Hurghada Two women have been killed in shark attacks...
Canadian police fatally shoot polar bear that wandered into Quebec community
Bear had wandered hundreds of kilometres south of species’ territory in incident experts say could become more common Canadian police have shot and killed a...
Six new wētā species found in New Zealand, as their habitat slowly disappears
Global heating speeding up their decline as terrain of newly discovered alpine species disappears Six new alpine species of New Zealand’s most unusual and beloved...
Bird populations in Panama rainforest in severe decline, study finds
Of 57 species sampled, 35 decreased in number by 50% over four decades, with climate crisis likely factor Bird populations in a Central American tropical...
Hope for Kenya’s mountain bongos as five released into sanctuary
Rewilding programme marks the ‘most significant step’ in ensuring the critically endangered species’ survival Five mountain bongos have been released into a sanctuary in Kenya,...
‘It’s astonishing’: endangered bat not seen in 40 years found in Rwanda
Hill’s horseshoe bat, which conservationists feared was extinct, discovered clinging to life in Nyungwe rainforest A critically endangered species of bats not sighted in 40...
