Too hot to hibernate for these Spanish hedgehogs
Researchers at the University of Alicante have been monitoring the on-campus hedgehog population and found some unusual behaviours.
Researchers at the University of Alicante have been monitoring the on-campus hedgehog population and found some unusual behaviours.
Evolution
Feb 26, 2016
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A wildlife protection agency has demanded less talk and more action against the poaching of elephants and other animals, saying it was time for the same "frontline" tactics used against human traffickers and drug gangs.
Ecology
Jun 23, 2014
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(AP)—More than 20,000 elephants were poached last year in Africa where large seizures of smuggled ivory eclipsed those in Asia for the first time, international wildlife regulators said Friday.
Plants & Animals
Jun 13, 2014
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Togo police have seized about 1.7 tonnes of ivory loaded in a container in the port of Lome, the country's minister of environment and forest resources said on Tuesday.
Ecology
Jan 28, 2014
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A DNA method able of identifying exact species of primate 'bushmeat' that has been cooked for sale has been developed in a bid to cut illegal trading and better identify and protect those species most at risk.
Ecology
Aug 15, 2013
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Czech authorities said Tuesday they had cracked an international gang smuggling horns of rare white rhinoceroses from South Africa to Asia, where they are prized in traditional medicine.
Ecology
Jul 23, 2013
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Officials in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa seized almost one and a half tonnes of ivory hacked out of poached elephants, they said Wednesday, the latest in a series of seizures by Kenyan authorities.
Ecology
Jul 3, 2013
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Parts of more than 1400 Tigers have been seized across Asia in the past 13 years, according to TRAFFIC's latest analysis of confiscations, which includes new data for 2010-2012.
Ecology
Mar 11, 2013
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The Wildlife Conservation Society, Zoological Society of London, and Endangered Wildlife Trust have joined representatives from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of ...
Ecology
Mar 8, 2013
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Dozens of weary Indonesian fishermen sail into a busy port on the resort island of Bali celebrating their lucrative and controversial haul that is destined to end up at Chinese banquets.
Ecology
Mar 1, 2013
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