TAMPA, Florida, November 5, 2009 (ENS) – A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission investigation into the staged capture of a 14-foot-long Burmese python has resulted in charges [...]
GLAND, Switzerland, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – Nearly one-third of all known species of plants and animals are threatened with extinction, finds the International Union for the Conservation [...]
By Haider Rizvi
NEW YORK, New York, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – A senior United Nations official today criticized world leaders for failing to match their words with [...]
WASHINGTON, DC, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Coast Guard reminds operators of vessels 65 feet or greater in length that the Right Whale Ship Strike Reduction [...]
BURBANK, California, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – The Walt Disney Company, which for 60 years has portrayed the glories of nature in film, today announced a $7 million [...]
KANGERLUUSUAQ, Greenland, October 30, 2009 (ENS) – A polar bear conservation and management agreement between Greenland, Canada and Nunavut was signed today at Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. The pact caps [...]
ABERDEEN, South Dakota, October 30, 2009 (ENS) – A leopard shot seven years ago in South Africa caught up with a South Dakota man in an Aberdeen courtroom [...]
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 29, 2009 (ENS) – Proposals for tighter trade controls on Atlantic bluefin tuna, polar bears, sharks, corals, and elephant ivory have been submitted to the [...]
FAIRFIELD, California, October 27, 2009 (ENS) – Waves of toxic algae have killed thousands of sea birds on the Washington and Oregon coasts since late September, and a [...]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 26, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced six grant awards totaling $800,000 to fund research into the cause and control [...]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 22, 2009 (ENS) – In partial settlement of a polar bear protection lawsuit brought against the U.S. government by three conservation groups, the U.S. Fish [...]
GAINESVILLE, Florida, October 15, 2009 (ENS – Five giant exotic snake species already in the United States would pose high risks to the health of U.S. ecosystems if [...]
NEW YORK, New York, October 14, 2009 (ENS) – Each year, a few reproductively active humpback whales swim between breeding grounds in the South Atlantic and Indian oceans, [...]
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, October 13, 2009 (ENS) – The world will not achieve its agreed target to stem biodiversity loss by next year, the International Year of [...]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, October 8, 2009 (ENS) – It took a court order to accomplish, but threatened sea otters in southwest Alaska now will have some respite from the [...]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 8, 2009 (ENS) – The commonly used weed killer atrazine will undergo a new comprehensive evaluation to determine its effects – first on humans and [...]
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, October 6, 2009 (ENS) – Two Louisiana hunting guides each faces a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine for allowing [...]
BRUSSELS, Belgium, October 5, 2009 (ENS) – Twenty-six countries Friday issued a joint statement putting diplomatic pressure on Iceland to abandon whaling. Icelandic whalers have killed more than [...]
WASHINGTON, DC, September 21, 2006 (ENS) – Conservationists, scientists and zoo and aquarium professionals have renewed efforts to stop Japan’s annual dolphin hunt, which began this month and is expected [...]
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