Rejection of Arctic mine expansion bid offers hope for narwhal population
Conservationists and Inuit community relieved at decision on Canadian iron mine that threatened ‘extirpation’ of cetacean The expansion of an iron ore mine in the...
Category : Wildlife
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...
‘Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledge
Tropics lost 11.1m hectares of tree cover in 2021, including forest critical to limiting global heating and biodiversity loss, finds World Resources Institute Pristine rainforests...
Killers confronted: humpback whale turns on orca pod in rare encounter
Footage shows five-year-old humpback in Canadian waters stalking and ambushing group more used to role of attackers An aggressive humpback whale appeared to turn the...
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...
Thieving sea lions break into salmon farm and refuse to leave
Conservationists say the farms are a danger to sea lions and other marine mammals, who can become entangled in their nets Dozens of thieving sea...
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...
What really happened at Geneva’s crucial biodiversity negotiations?
Talks ahead of the key Cop15 summit on halting mass extinction of life were slow – and much has been asked of the developing world...
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,...
Is a Madagascan mine the first to offset its destruction of rainforest?
Researchers say the island’s biggest mine is on track to achieve no net loss of forest but that ‘there remain important caveats’ Ambatovy mine on...
