Tag Archives: Wildlife
Wildlife Grants for Waterways Work
Community wildlife projects around South Yorkshire can benefit from a share of £25 million being made available by the Government.
The cash pot is being made available for schemes that ‘clean up England’s rivers and encourage local wildlife...
Trek to Highlight Need for Wildlife Corridor
Tampa wildlife photographer Carlton Ward Jr. returned home from a shoot in Africa a few years ago and was disappointed to find that formerly open lands in his home state had become suburbs.
Not long afterward, Kentucky wildlife biologist Joe...
Agricultural Pollution
A wide range of contaminants can reach the river either via groundwater or through drainage ditches, including artificial fertilizer residues, insecticides, herbicides, pesticides and farmyard waste, all of which are potentially very harmful....
A Third of Dinosaur Species Never Existed?
Many dinosaurs may be facing a new kind of extinction-a controversial theory suggests as many as a third of all known dinosaur species never existed in the first place. That’s because young dinosaurs didn’t look like Mini-Me versions...
Dramatic Footage of Walruses Highlights Threats From Climate Change
The retreating sea ice of the Alaskan and Russian Arctic is forcing walruses ashore, with deadly consequences for calves. Our WWF team in Alaska has obtained high definition footage along the arctic shorelines showing the dramatic impact climate...
Killer Whales Die Without King Salmon
Some killer whale populations favor king salmon so much that the whales will actually die when numbers of this largest member of the salmon family drop, according to new research.
The study, published in the latest Royal Society Biology Letters,...
New Measures Not Enough For Central Pacific Tuna
Tuna conservation and management measures for the western and central Pacific approved just last December are “highly unlikely” to restore bigeye and yellowfin tuna fishing to sustainable levels, according to a recently completed assessment.
The...
Say Goodbye to the Amur Leopard
A new census estimates that only 25 to 34 wild Amur leopards remain’s at least 66 fewer than are needed to ensure survival, experts say.
Also known as the Far Eastern leopard, the Amur has been painted into a deadly corner by habitat-slashing,...
Wildlife Fishing Provides You Free Summer Fun
With his Texas-rigged plastic lure deployed in this small portion of the Trinity River, Jack Jennings worked his bait while looking curiously into the water for any signs. And he waited, but not for long.
In an instant, a bite. In another instant,...
US-Mexico Border Wall Could Threaten Wildlife Species
A 700-mile security wall under construction along the United States’ border with Mexico could significantly alter the movement and “connectivity” of wildlife, biologists say, and the animals’ potential isolation is a...
