Rescuers found the animal and her malnourished baby on an oil palm plantation in Indonesia. She survived, but her baby did not.
Tag: Endangered and Extinct Species
This Songbird Is Nearly Extinct in the Wild. An International Treaty Could Help Save It — but Won’t.
Over a quarter of the species threatened by commercial trade are not protected by Cites, the global agreement intended to save them.
Tyrannosaurus Rex: The Once and Future King
The dinosaur will always be the predator potentate. But let’s not forget all the other members of the royal family.
Philippines Dispatch: Brazen Crocodile Preys on a Philippine Town: ‘It Was Like He Was Showing Off’
Crocodiles are a fact of life in Balabac, a marshy island town. To some, the animals are sacred, but others want revenge for attacks on people, not to mention countless dogs and goats snatched away.
Africa’s Black Panthers Emerge From a Century in the Shadows
The last documented sighting of the animals on the continent was in Ethiopia in 1909. But now they’ve been spotted in Kenya.
Hong Kong, Crossroads of the Criminal Wildlife Trade
Despite reforms, the territory is a linchpin in the global traffic in illegal animal parts.
Could the London Zoo Tiger Death Have Been Avoided?
After a matchmaking operation involving two Sumatran tigers went terribly wrong, social media users asked: Did it have to end in tragedy?
Fish-and-Chip Shops in U.K. Found to Fry Endangered Species
British researchers found that spiny dogfish, a small shark that is also known as spurdog, was often sold as “rock salmon” for use in the traditional dish.
A Rising Threat to Wildlife: Electrocution
Power lines and electrified fences are killing birds, monkeys, pangolins and even elephants in surprising numbers.
Matter: The Planet Has Seen Sudden Warming Before. It Wiped Out Almost Everything.
In some ways, the planet’s worst mass extinction — 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian Period — may parallel climate change today.