Researchers Find 'Center of the Center of Biodiversity' in the Philippines

Oct 24, 2016 11:26 AM EDT



Led by the University of Kansas, an expedition seeking through the ridges and geographically isolated areas in the Philippines found out that it tripped on “the center of center of biodiversity”–the Philippine island of Mindanao. 


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Hunter’s Moon 2016: Tonight’s blood moon could see DOOMSDAY planet Nibiru hurtle to EARTH

Nibiru, also known as Planet X, is said to be a mysterious and colossal planet that passes Earth every few thousand years.
It is said to be so huge that its gravitational pull could wreak havoc on Earth – triggering earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions.


Doomsday p...

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Weird Al"s Gibberish Song Is Perfect Nonsense

“Weird Al” Yankovic and his band stopped by Jack White’s Third Man Records in Nashville where they recorded a song under some very unique circumstances.


Yankovic and crew piled into White’s restored 1947 Voice-o-Graph booth, which records straight to vinyl, and...

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Why Are Powerful Women Icons Always Wearing High Heels?

You needn’t look beyond Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign to understand this paradox: the more powerful a woman is, the more we pay attention to her outfits.
In January, The New York Times wrote that Clinton “ended the clothing conversation” by opting for practical, inoffensive looks: ...

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Why This 51-Year-Old Mother Of Two Is Living A New Life In China

August marks the official six-month anniversary of my arrival in Shenzhen. In that brief time I’ve started a new job, celebrated another birthday, made friends, learned some Chinese, had a very short-lived romance, lost a few pounds and, in general, tried to adjust to a new country, a new c...

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TV Anchor Freaks When Alligator Starts Flailing In His Hands

A Boston sports anchor tried to be a good sport earlier this week when he was holding an alligator.
WBZ-TV’s Steve Burton was taping an interview with reptile expert Michael Ralbovsky that is scheduled to air on Sunday.
Part of the segment required Burton to hold a small alligator, but he b...

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BIRD BRAIN! Man Cuts Off Ears To Look More Like His Parrot

This was no fly-by-night decision.
Ted Richards loves his parrots so much that he had his face and eyeballs tattooed to look more them. 
If that wasn’t bird-brained enough, the 56-year-old resident of Bristol, England, went even further by having his ears removed in a six-hour o...

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Zika Update: People Infected with Zika VIrus Might be Immune to Reinfection

Oct 14, 2016 07:28 AM EDT



A new study involving researchers from Kansas State University’ Biosecurity Research Institute showed that people who are infected with Zika virus may developed immunity against possible reinfection.


The study, published in the journal Nature Medicine,...

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Sad News: 800 Sea Turtle Nests Destroyed by Hurricane Matthew

Oct 13, 2016 06:15 AM EDT



The devastation brought about by the strong gusts and rain of Hurricane Matthew did not only impacted lives of humans but also destroyed about 800 sea turtle nests along the northern Palm Beach County.


According to the report from Palm Beach Post, about 63...

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Conservationists Claim Seeing a Yangtze River Dolphin in China -- Is the Extinct Species Back?

Oct 12, 2016 10:03 AM EDT



Amateur conservationists from China have reported spotting the extinct Yangtze river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer) in a stretch of the Yangtze river in China. With this claim, could the creature be back from extinction?


According to a report from Chinese...

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How NOAA Researchers' Geotagging Program May Have Killed an Endangered Orca

Oct 11, 2016 10:03 AM EDT



In a shocking turn of events, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) geotagging program may have killed an endangered orca after implanting the tracking device on the animal.


According to a report from the Associated Press, the 20-year-old...

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Giving rhinos a lift since 2003

Rhinos, one of the oldest groups of mammals, are virtually living fossils. They once roamed across Africa’s savannas and Asia’s tropical forests, but today, very few rhinos survive outside of national parks and reserves.
WWF has worked for decades to stop rhino poaching, increase rhino pop...

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CITES: Big steps for wildlife

During the world’s largest ever wildlife trade meeting—the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP17) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)—governments united behind a series of tough decisions to provide greater protection t...

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Scientists Claim Beer is Key to Peaceful Euthanasia

Oct 09, 2016 04:00 AM EDT



Scientists are finding ways to make euthanizing as humanely as possible. The latest solution: beer, at least for invertebrates.


Unlike vertebrates, invertebrates’ perception of pain and distress is poorly characterized. The research is one of the first...

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Tuna and Great White Shark Share Same 'Super Predator Genes'

Oct 09, 2016 04:20 AM EDT



In spite of the genetic separation between tuna and sharks, it has been found out that both share the same “super predator” genetic traits such as their ability to swim quickly and their fast metabolism.


In a study published in ths journal Genome ...

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Dangers of Wind Energy: Wind Turbines Deadly to Golden Eagles, Migratory Birds

Oct 08, 2016 12:05 PM EDT



There’s a disadvantage in using wind turbine for energy — it’s killing birds. A team of researchers has found that this technology for wind energy is not only deadly to local birds but also those migrating from hundreds of miles...

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Decoding of tarsier genome reveals ties to humans

Small enough to fit into the palm of your hand, with enormous eyes and an appetite for meat, tarsiers are an anomaly of nature. They are also our distant cousins, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, who recently sequenced and analyzed the tarsier...

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Owner of Starved Pit Bull Puppy Sentenced to Jail Time

In April, the Internet was introduced to the tragic tale of Rocky, an emaciated pit bull puppy rescued from the Pennsylvania basement of Angelique Miles. On Monday, Miles pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of animal cruelty and was sentenced to six months in jail and 200 hours of...

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Tarsiers and Humans are Distant Cousins, Study Suggests

Oct 07, 2016 09:18 AM EDT



It has been long debated where the tarsiers belong into the evolutionary primate tree. Now, a new genome study can finally answer the question and end the controversy once and for all. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, revealed that...

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10-Lb. Yorkie Helps Vietnam Vet Fight Off Bear

Benji the Yorkshire terrier doesn’t look like your typical Jean-Claude Van Damme action star, but this pup really knows how to throw his ten pounds around.
On Thursday, Benji’s owner, Larry Yepez, was attacked by a black bear outside his Midpines, California, home reports The Washington Po...

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More Tigers in American Backyards than in the Wild

A Risk to People and Wild Tigers
The lack of regulation of captive tigers is a major threat to public safety. Lax oversight means tigers can be held in areas that may not be adequately secured.
Officials are rarely able to determine how many tigers there are in captivity within state...

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Male Orca Found Dead in Canadian Waters Most Likely Died Due to Human Error

Oct 06, 2016 06:04 AM EDT



Officials have announced that the male killer whale found in the Canadian waters off Vancouver Island died due to an easily preventable human error.


According to the official necropsy report, the 20-year old orca died due to severe fungal infection that may...

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Meet Loki: The Mischievous Vampire Kitty of Instagram

Fanged feline Loki isn’t here to suck our blood; she is here to steal our hearts.
The furry Nosferatu is one of the newest “must follow” meowers to pop up on Instagram, racking up over 30,000 fans.
Loki’s owner, Kaet, adopted the cutie two years ago from the Chittenden County Humane Soci...

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Environmental change drove diversity in Lake Malawi cichlids

Africa’s Lake Malawi is home to hundreds of species of cichlids, the freshwater fish whose broad array of colors make them popular denizens of household aquariums. A new study shows how dramatic environmental changes during the lake’s history likely drove that dazzling...

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Choosing a mate: It's the brain, not the nose, that knows

How does a male moth find the right type of female for mating when there are two similar types luring him with their pheromones? In many species, differences in the antenna used by the male to smell these perfumes are responsible for his choice. However, in the European Corn Borer (Ostrinia...

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EFN Grantee and Conservationist Walks for Elephants in Kenya

In the race to save elephants, Education for Nature (EFN) grantee Jim Nyamu is taking it slow. A Kenyan native, Nyamu has dedicated his life and career to saving the dwindling elephant population from illegal poaching in Eastern Africa. He will raise awareness by walking more than 650 miles ...

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Protecting Kenya’s Rhinos

Rotiken Denis, warden for the Maasai Mara Rhino Monitoring Team in Kenya, is a Maasai with a background in wildlife management. He is responsible for preventing rhino poaching in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Narok County, Kenya.
My team and I are the security of the Maasai Mara...

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A Win for Tigers in Nepal

Protecting the future
With as few as 3,200 tigers left in the wild there is still more work to be done. Nepal’s results are a major step toward the global goal of doubling wild tiger numbers by 2022—also known as Tx2. “Tigers are a part of Nepal’s natural wealth and we are committed to ensuri...

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Sad News: 26 Jaguars Killed in Panama This Year

Oct 05, 2016 05:54 AM EDT



Scientists and conservationists are alarmed with the increasing number of jaguar killings in Panama, with 26 jaguars killed from January to September this year.


Their findings, published in the Journal for Nature Conservation and presented at the 20th...

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VIDEO: This Baby Already Knows Cats Are One of the Best Parts of Life

Sure, smashed carrots and Mickey Mouse pacifiers are pretty sweet. But have you seen a cat, dude? Those things are awesome.
The baby in this video gets it, lounging in bed, wrapped up like a human Pop Tart, getting doted on by her parents. Life is good – but suddenly it gets better.

Mom ...

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Culex mosquitoes do not transmit zika virus, study finds

A Biosecurity Research Institute study has found important results in the fight against Zika virus: Culex mosquitoes do not appear to transmit Zika virus.

Researchers at Kansas State University’s Biosecurity Research Institute studied Culex species mosquitoes from across the country,...

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Six Tons of Ivory Crushed by US in Historic Event

WWF calls for US moratorium on trading of ivory






More than six tons of ivory tusks, statues and jewelry were destroyed in an effort to stop the demand for illegal wildlife products.






Date:
November 14, 2013


Author:
Trishna Gurung


In This Story:








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5 remarkable animal moms

1. OrangutanThe bond between an orangutan mother and her young is one of the strongest in nature. During the first two years of life, the young rely entirely on their mothers for both food and transportation. The moms stay with their young for six to seven years, teaching them where to find...

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World Wildlife Day Marked by Good News for Rhinos and Tigers

The milestone represents integrated and sustained efforts, including intensive patrolling by rangers and the Nepal Army within protected areas; support from community-based anti-poaching units; and enforcement agencies like the Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police pooling information...

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Protecting Elephant, Tiger and Orangutan Habitat in Sumatra

Every minute on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, five football fields of rain forest are cleared for timber and replaced with pulpwood, rubber and palm oil plantations.
Amid the destruction, a special landscape stands out.
We need your help to save 30 Hills.
As seen on CNN’s “Expedition: Sum...

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Good News: Hawaii Bees Added to US Endangered List for the First Time

Oct 04, 2016 06:15 AM EDT



The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, has, for the first time in history, given endangered status to yellow-faced bees endemic in the Hawaiian islands.


According to the new rule published in the Federal Register, this new status will allow ample room for...

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Bonobos skillfully crack nuts with stone hammers like chimpanzees

A first of its kind study from the University of Kent found that wild-born, rehabilitated bonobos (Pan paniscus) can be efficient nut-crackers with a skill level not that different from wild chimpanzees.

Conducted by Johanna Neufuss from the University’s School of Anthropology and...

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The Summer of Epic Breakups: Let's Look at Kittens & Puppies Until We Believe in Love Again

If we could, we’d deliver a pint of cookie dough ice cream and freshly laundered sweatpants to you every morning. We know you’re going through a tough time right now; we feel the same way. Instead of spending the summer worrying about, say, which filter to use on our vacation photos, we’re cl...

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Steep Rise in Ivory Sales and Availability in Thailand

Halted progress
Last year, WWF delivered a global petition with nearly 1.6 million signatures to the Thai government urging leaders to shut down the ivory market. But despite a public commitment to action, little progress has been made.
A 75-year-old law permits the legal trade of ivory from...

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Expedition to the Arctic

Russia’s Arctic coast has lost much of its summer sea ice over the past two decades. As a result, there’s increased interest in shipping routes and oil and gas exploration in the Laptev Sea, near Siberia.
We know very little about the wildlife and habitat of this region, and so...

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Changing the Trajectory

Over the past year, WWF has led a global campaign to stop wildlife crime by elevating the global response to the growing poaching crisis faced by elephants, rhinos and tigers, which also threatens frontline rangers, national economies and regional security.
On Sept. 26, thousands of miles...

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Looking at nature through a new lens

A task once requiring pen, paper and a fine sense of balance when perched on elephants is now a hands-free experience. Field Notes helped me record observations in the field, GPS locations, and photos and videos like rhinos in their habitat.
Return of the unicornisGreater one-horned rhinos...

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Grey wolf

Grey wolves have long embodied the spirit of the wilderness. Once they had the largest natural distribution of any mammal except humans. Sadly, they can no longer claim this record as they have been lost from much of their former lands. Grey wolves still occupy a range of habitats including...

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CONFIRMED: Plastic Pollution Affects Deep Sea Animals

Oct 03, 2016 05:51 AM EDT



A new study revealed that plastic pollution has already reached deep oceans, negatively affecting deep sea animals.


The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, showed for the first time that microplastics are being ingested by deep sea animals,...

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Grumpy Cat and Nala Team Up with Friskies to Help Feed Shelter Cats

Odd couples come in all shapes, sizes and species – and this is one adorably mismatched pair.
Internet kitty superstars Grumpy Cat and Nala have teamed up to help Friskies feed needy shelter cats. To celebrate this powerful partnership and spread the word on how to help homeless pets, the ...

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Elephant Flying Squad Calf Turns One

We’re celebrating a year since Betino’s birth at the Flying Squad in Indonesia’s Tesso Nilo National Park! This lively little female calf was born on Aug. 9, 2013, to a critically endangered Sumatran elephant trained to help reduce human-elephant conflicts.
When elephants wander into human in...

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Breaking the Cycle

This year, lack of sea ice forced nearly 4,000 walruses to crowd onto the shore of the Chukchi Sea.


The problem of ship emissions
In the Arctic, diesel-burning ships produce black carbon, which settles on snow and ice. The particles absorb sunlight and accelerate melting. Black carbon...

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US Imposes One of the Longest Sentences to Wildlife Trader

A cup carved out of rhino horn.


Li purchased two endangered black rhino horns from an undercover US Fish and Wildlife Service agent in Miami, Florida, for $59,000 before his arrest. Li sold them to factories in China that make carved drinking cups out of the horns. Some believe these...

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A Ranger Determined to Save Sumatra"s Tigers

Our enemies are determined and dangerous
One measure of my success as a ranger is that I am no longer free to chase the poachers as I once did. My face has become too familiar for me to continue operating undercover. Instead of catching traffickers myself, I help my patrol teams and monitor...

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Osprey

Ospreys are some of the most widespread birds of prey, located on every continent except Antarctica. Found typically near both salt and freshwater, they inhabit a variety of landscapes. Ospreys are supreme fishers. Plunging feet first they pluck live fish from the water’s surface,...

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World's Largest Titanosaur Footprint Discovered in Mongolian Desert

Oct 02, 2016 04:20 AM EDT



The world’s largest dinosaur footprint has been uncovered in the Mongolian desert. Nearly the size of a full grown man, the footprint is said to belong to the Titanosaur, which lived on earth approximately 70 to 90 million years ago.


This discovery was...

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National Zoo's Two-Time Panda Mom May Be Pregnant Again

What to expect when you’re expecting a baby panda … is a little unclear.
Washington, D.C.’s National Zoo is working to determine if its giant female panda, Mei Xiang, is pregnant again, reports The Smithsonian. The 17-year-old animal is already the mom to Tai Shan, born in 2005, and Bao Ba...

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Learning to Live in Harmony with Asian Elephants

But increasing human populations and the resulting need for land mean that they face an uncertain future across their range in Asia. Loss of their habitat—mostly to development that does not take elephants and other wildlife into account and encroachment of farm land into national parks and o...

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Polar Bears Waiting at the Edge

Near Churchill, on the edge of Canada’s Hudson Bay, large numbers of polar bears are gathering right now, waiting for the ice to form. You can see mother bears snuggling with cubs, young males wrestling with each other, and large solitary bears ambling across the tundra.
This polar bear s...

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Rhino Horn’s Real Value and Other Rhino Facts

5. What’s the good news for rhinos?If we succeed in giving them the protection they need, rhino populations will thrive. Thanks to successful conservation and anti-poaching efforts, black rhino numbers have doubled in the past two decades after hitting a low point of 2,480 individuals. On M...

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An Up-Close Look at Wildlife Trafficking on US Soil

Touring the wildlife repository at the Rocky Mountain National Wildlife Refuge outside of Denver, Colorado was a sobering experience. On site with WWF for the ivory crush, I was given access to the holding facility where the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS ) stores the bulk of seized...

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Great tit

Great tits are colourful both in their plumage and their song. If the white cheek patches, yellow breast and black bib aren’t enough for identification, the ringing ‘tee-cher’ or sharp ‘tink tink’ will be.
Nests are made anywhere there is a hole, usually in a...

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Australian Man's Penis Bitten by Venomous Spider...Again!

Oct 01, 2016 06:19 AM EDT



Having a bad day? Well, not as bad as this Australian guy.


Five months ago, the tradesman who preferred to be called just Jordan made headlines after his penis was bitten by a venomous spider. And as if he could not get “unlucky enough” the...

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Puppy Missing Front Legs Hops into Loving Forever Home

With a name like Deuce, this puppy was born to get second chances.
On Tuesday, Deuce, who is missing his front paws, moved into a loving forever home, but the disabled pup’s future wasn’t always so bright, as KUSA reports.
Deuce’s original owner left the dog at a Texas animal shelter to ...

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Marine snow fuels life on the sea-floor

City-sized maps of terrain and life on the sea-floor have revealed that drifts of ‘marine snow’ on submarine hillsides act as a source of food to fuel a higher biomass of marine life on the hills than on the flatter plains surrounding hills.

This finding comes from research...

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Saving two adult eagles per year to save the population of this endangered species

Dying due to electrocution at the power lines is the most common death for Bonelli’s eagle (Aquila fasciata), a threatened species in Europe. This is the case of a ringed bird in 2008 — the baby bird 0M — in Montserrat Mountain (Barcelona, Spain), that died due to...

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Thai Citizens Say No to Ivory

Thousands of Thai people are taking a stand against the illegal ivory trade. They are participating in an innovative campaign launched by WWF-Thailand to raise awareness about how buying illegal ivory in Thailand fuels the elephant poaching crisis.
With demand for ivory at an all-time...

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Determined to Save Turtles

In his words, because: “The turtle is my friend!”
It’s been around two years since Muakula last ate turtle meat—a tradition in his culture. He came to the decision during a WWF turtle monitor training in a nearby village. Muakula realized how defenseless the marine turtles were and it stirr...

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Tracking Polar Bears—at the Age of 100

One of WWF’s newest members, Elsa Bailey, just accomplished her dream of seeing polar bears in the wild—at 100 years old.
For Elsa’s 100th birthday, she celebrated skiing at the Colorado’s Arapahoe Basin ski resort. The sprite centenarian caught the attention of Becky Pahl from WWF’s travel p...

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Hope for Rhinos

Hardly a day goes by without another bad news story about rhinos.
We hear horrific tales of poaching, of horns hacked off of still-living animals, of rangers killed in the line of duty or forced to kill poachers who choose to fight rather than surrender. The death tally continues to climb,...

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Lasting Solutions to Save Wildlife

WWF’s Carter Roberts, far left, speaks at the US Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking.


As wildlife crime sweeps through Africa and Asia, a group of wildlife advocates, conservation NGOs and concerned citizens gathered at the first public meeting of President Obama’s...

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