Political turmoil and a resurgent “timber mafia” are threatening the unique biodiversity of Madagascar and putting thousands of species – including the island’s famous lemurs – at risk of extinction, environmentalists have warned. Read More »
A new species of giant rat, a kangaroo-type creature that lives in trees and a fanged frog are among more than 40 never-before-seen creatures discovered during a “Lost World”-style expedition to a previously unexplored volcanic crater in Papua New Guinea. Read More »
CNN’s David McKenzie reports from Rwanda on how the once-troubled central African country’s mountain gorillas have inspired a tourism boom. Read More »
Flying foxes could be extinct as early as 2015 without concerted international efforts to bring the hunting of the world’s largest fruit bat under control, scientists have warned. Read More »
A baby gorilla has been seized from animal traffickers in the Democratic Republic of Congo following a three-month undercover investigation to bust an international wildlife smuggling ring. Read More »
A Kenyan man survived a three-hour struggle with a four-metre python by biting the snake’s tail as it prepared to swallow him whole. Read More »
Tigers in Thailand are to be electronically tagged in an effort to end the illegal trade in tiger skins that threatens the endangered big cats with extinction. Read More »
Not content with fishing for insects, the resourceful chimpanzees of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Goualougo Triangle have another trick to show off. New Chimpcam footage shows the clever apes bashing in beehives with clubs before gorging on the sweet honey inside. Read More »