CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The owner of the world's biggest private rhino herd took court action on Thursday to force South Africa's government to allow its first online sale of rhino horn, which he aims to
The head of an animal conservation NGO who had received numerous death threats has been shot and killed by an unknown gunman in Tanzania. Wayne Lotter, 51, was shot on Wednesday evening in the Masaki
A team of scientists from Sweden and the United States found that more bird species inhabit stable climates. The finding runs counter the hypothesis that a changing climate induces the evolution
The clouded leopard is the least well-known of the big cats. Both species (Neofelis nebulosa and Neofelis diarti) are listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN across their ranges. Clouded leopard habitat
Three rangers have been killed and another is missing after an attack by violent militia in Virunga national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, bringing the number of fatalities in the park
The study quantified mammal numbers in forests and landscapes with varying degrees of human impact in Malaysian Borneo. Across 57 mammal species recorded with live and camera traps, the average number
According to Babu Ram Lamichhane, a wildlife research officer with Nepalese non-profit National Trust for Nature Conservation and lead author of a study published this month in the journal Oryx, Nepal’s
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu has the dubious distinction of being the state with the most applications for mining projects awaiting post-facto clearance from the Union ministry of environment, forests and climate
When JRR Tolkien completed his sketch “Death of Smaug” for The Hobbit in the early 1930s‚ he was illustrating a work of fiction. But it turns out he was being prophetic‚ too. Tolkien‚ born in Bloemfontein
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) was constituted under the NGT Act, 2010, to provide effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests and other
