Conservation

Latest about conservation

Dodos once roamed the island of Mauritius, before humans arrived and drove the birds to extinction.

Facts about the dodo

By Vicky Stein published

Dodos went extinct more than a century ago, and they are an enduring reminder of human-caused extinction.

Extinct Species
The crocodile with a motorbike tire trapped around its neck pictured on July 1, 2021, in a river near Palu in Indonesia.

Indonesian crocodile finally freed from motorbike tire stuck around its neck for 6 years

By Harry Baker published

A crocodile in Indonesia has finally been freed from a motorbike tire that had been stuck around its neck for at least 6 years after a local man caught it in a handmade trap.

Alligators & Crocodiles
photo of a hippo sticking its head out of the water with its mouth wide open

Hippos unleash poop tornado in response to stranger danger

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Hippos respond differently to the calls of familiar and unfamiliar hippos.

Land Mammals
This still comes from a video of Julia with cubs belonging to her and her sister Jessica.

Unique tree-climbing lions roar again in Uganda (Op-Ed)

By Louisa Kiggwe published

Conservation efforts are starting to pay off for unique tree-climbing lions in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park, says one conservationist.

Lions
A photo of E.O. Wilson in his office at Harvard University.

Famed naturalist E.O. Wilson, 'Darwin's natural heir,' dies at 92

By Patrick Pester published

World leading naturalist E.O. Wilson has passed away at the age of 92. He was known as "Darwin’s natural heir" and the world's top authority on the study of ants.

Planet Earth
Taiwan is currently fighting to contain an invasion of toxic cane toads (Rhinella marina).

Toxic cane toads are invading Taiwan. Conservationists race to contain warty amphibians.

By Harry Baker published

Taiwan is racing to contain an outbreak of invasive cane toads, which likely escaped from a black market breeder.

Toads
Tarantulas were among the over 300 living arthropods that authorities recently confiscated at Colombia's El Dorado International Airport.

More than 300 smuggled tarantulas, scorpions and giant cockroaches seized from luggage in Colombia

By Mindy Weisberger published

Authorities at Colombia's airport in Bogotá found and confiscated hundreds of arthropods that German travelers had illegally collected and stashed in a suitcase.

Arachnids
The choice of the long-tailed bat as Bird of the Year ruffled feathers among New Zealand bird aficionados.

Fowl play? 'Bird of the Year' winner in New Zealand contest is a bat

By Mindy Weisberger published

New Zealand's long-tailed bat recently earned a very unlikely accolade.

Birds
A new plan by wildlife officials in Australia aims to kill or remove more than 10,000 wild horses, also known as brumbies.

Australia plans to cull over 10,000 wild horses, but scientists say it's not enough

By Harry Baker published

Australian wildlife officials are planning to kill or remove more than 10,000 wild horses from a national park in New South Wales.

Land Mammals
Critically endangered California condors (Gymnogyps californianus) can reproduce asexually, scientists recently discovered.

Critically endangered condor chicks are species' 1st known 'virgin births'

By Mindy Weisberger published

Genetic analysis recently showed that California condors can reproduce asexually.

Birds
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