‘Ghost cat’ cougar extinct 70 years after last sighting
A cougar known as the “ghost cat” and last seen in the northeastern United States in the 1930s has been officially declared extinct. Read More »
Great bustards! Brussels boost for British big birds
Efforts to revive the UK’s long-extinct great bustard population have been boosted by a £1.8 million European Union grant. Read More »
Australian Yellow-Spotted Bell frog hops back to life
Presumed extinct for nearly 30 years, a colony of nearly 100 yellow-spotted bell frogs have been found in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales.
Species ‘becoming extinct at 1,000 times natural rate’
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warns Monday that human expansion is wiping out species at around 1,000 times the “natural” rate as the UN launches the International Year of Biodiversity in Berlin. Read More »
Zoos warn of climate change mass extinction risk
Zoos and aquariums will become the last places on Earth to see species such as polar bears and coral if climate change negotiations fail at Copenhagen, the global zoo community has warned. Read More »
Man-eating New Zealand bird was ‘killing machine’
A man-eating bird capable of swooping out of the sky and killing a human being with its talons actually existed, scientists in New Zealand investigating the Maori legend have confirmed. Read More »
Island celebrates first fledgling bird since 1620
A highly endangered fledgling petrel spotted on Nonsuch Island off Bermuda is the first bird of its species to be born on the island since the 17th century, conservationists claim. Read More »
Inquiry demanded over ‘last’ wild jaguar’s death
Wildlife groups are calling for an investigation into the death of what could have been the United States’ last wild jaguar shortly after it had been captured and fitted with a tracking collar. Read More »