Wildlife News

Japan's whale meat obsession

Justin McCurry — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:09:00 +0000

Hunting surges in southeast Europe

Phil Cain — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:38:00 +0000

Pedaling the Iron Curtain

Paul Hockenos — Sun, 24 May 2009 15:37:00 +0000

10 animals most at risk from Gulf oil spill

Julia Kumari Drapkin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:50:00 +0000

Swine flu found in elephant seals off California

Jill Langlois — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:52:30 +0000

UC Davis professor Tracey Goldstein told the Contra Costa Times that while the H1N1 virus commonly crosses species barriers, this was the first time researchers found a human pandemic strain in marine mammals.

Europe's other potentially toxic food: salmon

Rian Rossetti — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:04:18 +0000

Horsemeat could seem downright appetizing to European consumers compared to what might be in the fish.

China outraged after video showing tiger abuse hits internet (VIDEO)

Faine Greenwood — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:26:00 +0000

Chinese internet users were outraged after a video showing a tiger being hit and sat upon hit the Internet, allegedly from an animal park in China's Zheijang province.

Dragon King dinosaur fossils found in northwest China declared a new species

Alexander Besant — Sat, 04 May 2013 21:22:00 +0000

JOHANNESBURG — A dinosaur fossil uncovered in China in 2006 has been declared a new meat-eating species not previously discovered.

Eel smuggling suspects arrested

Amy Silverstein — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:37:00 +0000

Eel meat is worth $2,000 a pound.

Was the last rhino in Mozambique killed?

Erin Conway-Smith — Wed, 01 May 2013 19:18:00 +0000

JOHANNESBURG — The last rhino in Mozambique has been killed by poachers. At least that's what the media would have you believe.

Europe bans some pesticides to help bees

Sarah Wolfe — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:34:40 +0000

Europe moved to ban some pesticides today in a bid to save the continent's bee population.

Gray wolves may get dropped from endangered list

Amy Silverstein — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:15:00 +0000

"They're basically giving up on wolf recovery before the job is done."

Elephant poaching on the rise amid chaos in Central African Republic

Talia Ralph and Tristan McConnell — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:18:00 +0000

Elephant poachers in the Central African Republic are taking advantage of the region's political turmoil to hunt in protected areas and sell their meat and tusks.

How scared should we be of H7N9?

Rian Rossetti and Matthew Welch — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:00:59 +0000

The newest outbreak of avian flu, the strain H7N9, has killed 22 and infected 108. As more cases appear and the death toll rises, so do the fears. But Dr. Neil Fishman, associate chief medical officer at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, is cautiously optimistic. Find out why.

Cheetah could be extinct by 2030

Jill Langlois — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:45:00 +0000

Experts have warned that the big cat, which is already on the endangered species list, is losing its natural habitat fast and does not adapt well to living in wildlife reserves.