To find out how wildlife is doing, scientists try listening
By Sara HUSSEIN BANGKOK, Oct 18, 2023 (AFP) - A reedy pipe and a high-pitched trill duet against the backdrop…
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Canada’s wildfires take devastating toll on wildlife
By Mathiew LEISER, with Genevieve NORMAND in Montreal LEBEL-SUR-QUÉVILLON, Canada, Oct 4, 2023 (AFP) - No droppings, tracks, nests or…
3 years ago
Top Thai conservation official arrested on corruption charges
A top Thai conservation official was arrested on corruption charges on Tuesday, with police saying he was caught receiving a…
3 years ago
Weather extremes becoming ‘new normal’, warns UK’s National Trust
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain's National Trust on Wednesday said nature and wildlife at the charity's sites had been…
3 years ago
Vietnamese police net biggest bear bile haul
Vietnamese police have arrested a bear owner for the first time after netting a record haul of hundreds of bile bottles…
4 years ago
Wildlife rebounds in divided Cyprus ‘dead zone’
by Peter Martell Agence France-Presse VARISEIA, Cyprus (AFP) - In a long-abandoned village in the UN buffer zone that divides…
4 years ago
More than 200 new species found in Mekong region: WWF
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Scientists discovered more than 200 new species across the greater Mekong region in 2020, according to…
4 years ago
Thai Supreme Court jails tycoon over wildlife poaching
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) - A Thai tycoon accused of poaching wildlife in a national park lost his final appeal Wednesday,…
5 years ago
Vietnam gives longest ever jail term for trading rhino horn: NGO
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) -- A rhino horn trader has been sentenced to 14 years in jail, the longest ever prison…
5 years ago
California authorities rush to mitigate impact of major oil spill
Authorities in California's beachfront Orange County cities scrambled Sunday to mitigate the fallout from a major oil spill off the…
5 years ago
Rare giant barking deer spotted in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA (AFP) -- A critically endangered giant barking deer has been spotted in Cambodia for the first time,…
5 years ago
Vietnam suspends wildlife trade as pandemic prods action
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Vietnam, one of Asia's biggest consumers of wildlife products, has suspended all imports of wild animal…
6 years ago
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