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Wildlife populations plunge 73% since 1970: WWF

Paris (AFP) – Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted over 70 percent in the last half-century, according to the latest edition of a...

Norway limits wild salmon fishing as stocks hit new lows

Oslo (AFP) – Norwegian authorities on Friday rolled out fresh restrictions on wild salmon fishing for 2025 after stocks hit record lows in recent years,...

Indonesia arrests man for selling rhino horn via social media

Jakarta (AFP) – Indonesian authorities arrested a man trying to sell elephant tusks and the horns of critically endangered rhinos via social media. The illegal wildlife...

Apes to stay at home as Malaysia tweaks ‘orangutan diplomacy’

Kuala Lumpur (AFP) – Malaysia is inviting countries that buy its palm oil to adopt orangutans but leave them in their natural habitat, local media...

Reclaimed by floods, wildlife returns to Romania’s Danube Delta

Mahmudia (Romania) (AFP) – Tour guide Eugen Grigorov steered his boat past half-underwater combine harvesters and last year's flooded crops in a part of Romania's...

Giraffes bring peace to Kenyan communities once at odds

Baringo (Kenya) (AFP) – On a vast farm in Kenya's Rift Valley, a veterinarian carefully takes aim before shooting a tranquiliser dart and sending another...

How restoration can help coral reefs

Koh Tao (Thailand) (AFP) – Record-high sea temperatures are bleaching coral reefs worldwide and putting a new focus on attempts to restore these key marine...

South Sudan says its 6M antelope make up world’s largest land mammal migration, but poaching on rise

BADINGILO and BOMA NATIONAL PARKS, South Sudan (AP) — Seen from the air, they ripple across the landscape — a river of antelope racing...

Japan’s new whaling mothership sets sail on first hunt

Shimonoseki (Japan) (AFP) – The chef fires up the grill and bastes a chunky whale steak, a Japanese delicacy that could soon appear on more...

Milking venom from Australia’s deadly marine animals

Cairns (Australia) (AFP) – Imagine feeling like an elephant is sitting on your chest, you can't breathe, there's a sense of impending doom and the...

New Zealand’s Maori King calls for whales to be given personhood

Wellington (AFP) – The King of New Zealand's Indigenous Maori people made an impassioned call Thursday for whales to be granted the same legal rights...

S.Africa sees sharp rise in rhino poaching with nearly 500 killed last year

Conservationists raised the alarm on Tuesday as South Africa reported a sharp increase in rhino poaching, with almost 500 animals killed last year. The country...

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