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 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 »
Internet giant Google has come up with a novel approach to cutting the grass outside its California headquarters this spring by hiring several hundred goats. Read More »
The British government has assembled a £10 million fighting fund to bankroll efforts to halt the decline of the country’s bee population which beekeepers claim could pose a greater threat to humanity than the current financial crisis. Read More »
The World Wildlife Fund will call this week for tougher restrictions on the hunting of polar bears as Arctic nations gather in Norway for a summit meeting on the plight of the climate change-endangered species. Read More »
Birdwatchers of Britain may face longer treks northwards in search of native species over the coming decades because of climate change, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds says in a report published this week. More alarmingly, several breeds native to Scotland face extinction as rising temperatures literally drive them off the map. Read More »
One of the world’s largest colony of penguins is facing a battle for survival because global warming is forcing the birds to swim up to 50 miles further in search of food. Read More »
Sufferers of ophidiophobia* look away now. Paleontologists have discovered the fossilized remains of what is believed to be the biggest snake ever to slither the earth. Read More »
