Back from the brink: sand-swimming golden mole, feared extinct, rediscovered after 86 years
Border collie Jessie sniffs out elusive species last seen in 1937 among dunes of South Africa An elusive, iridescent golden mole not recorded since before...
Category : Endangered species
‘A biodiversity catastrophe’: how the world could look in 2050 – unless we act now
The climate crisis, invasive species, overexploitation of resources and pollution could break down crucial ecosystems. We asked experts to lay out the risks and offer...
‘We have to work urgently’: Mexican ecologists start campaign to save axolotl
Pollution has tamped population density by 99.5%, but scientists think cultural icon could aid in tissue repair and cancer recovery Ecologists from Mexico’s National Autonomous...
Zimbabwean ranger brings unloved painted dogs back from brink
Jealous Mpofu wins Tusk’s ranger of the year award for his work with a maligned and misunderstood species When Jealous Mpofu was a boy, he...
Dominica’s mountain chicken frog disappears in ‘fastest extinction ever recorded’
Ecological calamity on the Caribbean island demonstrates how quickly wildlife can be destroyed, scientists say They were once so numerous they were cooked as the...
Canada rejects request to protect northern spotted owl habitat
One wild-born owl remains in British Columbia, where logging concerns have destroyed the species’s old-growth forest home Related: ‘All I see are ghosts’: fear and...
Rhino numbers rebound as global figures reveal a win for conservation
Tally rises to 27,000 but is still a far cry from former half a million, and Javan and Sumatran rhino remain critically endangered Global rhinoceros...
African penguins could be extinct by 2035, campaigners say
Population has declined dramatically due to overfishing and environmental changes in the Indian Ocean African penguins are on track for extinction by 2035 if measures...
Avian flu may have killed millions of birds globally as outbreak ravages South America
Virus has spread around the world, with 200,000 wild birds dead in Peru alone and concerns Australia could be next Millions of wild birds may...
Driven out by decades of conflict, native giraffes make a return to Angola
In a ‘message of hope’ the animals have been brought in from Namibia to establish a group in their historical homeland After an epic 36-hour...
