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‘Absolute madness’: Thailand’s pet lion problem

Chiang Mai (Thailand) (AFP) – Behind a car repair business on a nondescript Thai street are the cherished pets of a rising TikTok animal influencer:...

Alpha males are rare among our fellow primates: scientists

Paris (AFP) – New research on Monday contradicted the commonly held idea that males dominate females among primates, revealing far more nuanced power dynamics in...

Monkeys kidnap babies of another species in weird ‘fad’

aris (AFP) – A new trend is catching on among bored young male capuchins: kidnapping baby howler monkeys, in what scientists say is the first...

70 South African white rhinos to be relocated to Rwanda

Kigali (AFP) – Rwanda's biggest national park announced on Thursday it will be receiving 70 white rhinos from South Africa later this month, in the...

Jeremiah Azu winning his 60m semi-final Friday on the wau to a world title in Nanjing © WANG Zhao / AFP

Tulle (France) (AFP) – A rare discovery in France of a pair of wolves, each from a distinct genetic background, has excited animal lovers demanding...

S. Africa court bars fishing to protect endangered African Penguins

ohannesburg (AFP) – A South African court order issued Tuesday barred for at least 10 years commercial fishing at key breeding colonies for African penguins...

Baby elephant separated from mother rescued in Indonesia

Jakarta (AFP) – Indonesian authorities rescued a critically endangered baby Sumatran elephant after it became separated from its mother at a palm oil plantation, a...

Rare wildlife species found in Cambodian national park

x survey work uncovered fauna ranging from pangolins to critically endangered large-antlered muntjacs inside Virachey National Park, a relatively untouched haven for biodiversity. The more...

Algerians campaign to save treasured songbird from hunters

Sétif (Algeria) (AFP) – With its vivid plumage and sweet trill, the goldfinch has long been revered in Algeria, but the national obsession has also...

New Zealand scientists dissect world’s rarest whale

Wellington (AFP) – New Zealand scientists on Monday began dissecting a whale considered the rarest in the world, a species so elusive that only seven...

‘Critically endangered’ African penguins just want peace and food

Cape Town (AFP) – Mashudu Mashau says it takes about two minutes to catch a penguin, a task he does weekly to investigate sightings of...

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...

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