Beluga Whales in Alaska

A half-dozen conservation groups, including the Defenders of Wildlife and Natural Resources Defense Council, recently filed a request in Washington, D.C. federal court to challenge the state of Alaska in its ongoing lawsuit which seeks to overturn the listing of beluga whales in the Cook Inlet as endangered. The Natural Resource...

Solutions for African Bushmeat Crisis

While African bushmeat was once considered a subsistence activity, logging and the expansion of cities and roads to previously impenetrable forests ha...

BC’s Endangered Species

British Columbia is the most biologically diverse province in Canada, with two dozen unique mammal species in an array of habitats, according to the Si...

Truth about Rhino Horn

My rhino article was a bit long, so rather than add this note to the article I’m creating a new article.  An articlette, perhaps! Rhino poaching i...

Saving the Last Rhinos

The last female rhino in South Africa’s Krugersdorp Game Reserve has been found dead, and she’s the 136 rhino there to be killed this year.  Obviously, dr...

African Mammals Decline

A recent study shows that populations of large mammals such as zebra, buffalo and lion in the African national parks declined by an average of 59% between 1970 and 2005, a recent Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and Cambridge University, RSPB and UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre study f...

Javan Rhino Conservation

Although the Javan rhinoceros was once the most widespread of any Asian rhino breed, today it is the most endangered.  The Javan rhinos were decimated in 1883 when a 120 foot tsunami, caused by the Krakatau volcano eruption, forced its way through the Ujon...

Vanishing Birds

The Alaotra Grebe of Madagascar is the latest addition to a growing list of extinct bird species.  According to The Guardian, the Wetland bird was driven to extinction primarily due to the introduction of non-native carnivorous fish into their waters.  Fishe...

10 Reasons for Hope

Achieving success in protecting rare species and their habitats takes the efforts of trained experts working collaboratively, often on limited funds and against a ticking clock.  When combined with the support of people and governments who believe th...

Conserving Turtles

It seems that conservation plans for endangered species should always have a Plan B.  It’s not safe to rely on the ecosystem area remaining intact.  Looking at the current oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, having a Plan B to put into motion as soon as...

State of the Birds

Nearly a third of the United States’ 800 bird species are endangered, threatened or in significant decline, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and several leading conservation organizations. The organizations recently released a report (The State...

Research for Endangered Species Reintroductions

The Center for Conservation Research at the Calgary Zoo  focuses on conducting research to re-introduce endangered species back into the wild.  I had the pleasure of speaking with Tian Everest, Conservation Research Program Coordinator for the Calgary Zoo, earlie...

How Science Helps Protect Endangered Species

Just as good business management helps non-profits save endangered animals, integrally- sound science is also essential for saving the animals.  Legally, the decision of whether or not to add a threatened species to the Endangered Species Act list requ...

Saving Our World’s Tigers

Credit: John Goodrich, WCS Into a world with just less than 3,000 tigers left in the wild, Tigers Forever was born in 2006 with the goal of increasing key tiger populations by 50% over the next ten years.  They knew it would take more than money alone, since tigers were getting more funding than most endangered species and yet were s...