In 2015, two men bought live sea turtles from a Papua New Guinea food market and set them free instead of letting them become food | World News
In 2015, a simple act of compassion by two men in Papua New Guinea won hearts after they…
In 2007, scientists played the sound of angry bees to wild elephants and watched them flee, inspiring farmers in more than twenty countries to hang live beehives along fields to guard crops from elephants |
Researchers discovered that elephants avoid the sound of honeybees. This led to the development of beehive fences to…
Seychelles Magpie-Robin: A Remarkable Comeback from Near Extinction | World News
A small island songbird, the Seychelles magpie-robin, has recovered significantly. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons An island songbird that…
Meet André Bauma: A man who became the mother of orphaned mountain gorillas in Congo | World News
Image: Legends and Legacies of Africa Organisation For over two decades, André Bauma has been committed to the…
Sea Lions: The islands where animals rule: Why humans give up beach chairs for sea lions
Can you imagine reaching a beach and finding all the beach chairs occupied not by visitors but by…
China’s Blade Fence Around Mount Tai: A Danger to Wildlife and Ecosystems | World News
A view from Mount Tai. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons For decades, fencing has been used worldwide to separate…
In 1995, the United States released 31 grey wolves from Canada into Yellowstone after the predators had been exterminated for nearly 70 years, hoping to rebuild a collapsing ecosystem; today, wolves have helped restore elk numbers, willow forests and beaver populations | World News
Grey wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone in 1995, helping revive ecological processes that had been absent for nearly…
Edging closer as habitats shrink
PETALING JAYA: When a local fisherman in Sungai Lereh pulled a 10kg saltwater crocodile from his net on…
In 1997, conservationists launched a plan to kill every feral goat on the Galápagos Islands; by 2006, they had eliminated more than 140,000 of them, and vegetation and birds returned | World News
Feral goats stripped native vegetation across the Galápagos for generations before conservationists stepped in. Image Credits: Pexels When…
Conservation groups ‘concerned’ by exotic pet increase call for greater regulation
Uno loves climbing onto his owners’ shoulders if he gets tired on a walk. Or if he wants…
194-Year-Old Tortoise Becomes World’s Oldest Known Land Animal
Some animals live much longer than humans, but one tortoise has lived through nearly two centuries. Jonathan, a…
Meet Carol Ruckdeschel: The 84-year-old woman who chose to live alone on a wild island filled with snakes, horses and devoted life to nature | World News
Off the coast of Georgia, the Atlantic flattens into long pale stretches of sand that seem to go…