When the impoverished West African nation of Niger imposed a ban on donkey exports last year, a small community of traders just over the border in Nigeria was…
The Brazilian environment ministry is proposing the release of 860,000 acres in the National Forest of Jamanxim for agricultural use, mining and logging. The government’s order was a…
Global wildlife populations will decline by 67% by 2020 unless urgent action is taken to reduce human impact on species and ecosystems, warns the biennial Living Planet Index…
Corner of Liberty and Fifth avenues at 8:38 a.m. in Pittsburgh in 1940. (Photo: Smoke Control Lantern Slide Collection, ca. 1940-1950/Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh. Used with…
Boulder Glacier in 1918 (left) and 2012 (right). CREDIT: USGS Soon, the only glacier in Montana’s Glacier National Park will be in the park’s name, thanks to human-caused global…
Elephants are in big trouble. Even if we beat poaching and illegal trade, their potential doom has been sealed in projections for population growth, and has already been…
A killer whale found dead on the Scottish island of Tiree had one of the highest levels of PCB pollution ever recorded, scientists say. Lulu, well known to…
Elephant Poaching continues unabated Up to 730,000 elephants are estimated to be missing from protected areas across Africa, a shocking conservation study reveals today. It means that a third…