(EnviroNews World News) — Kingston, Jamaica — Critics including a slew of environmental NGOs, scientists and governments, as well as large manufacturers like Microsoft, Samsung, BMW and Volvo, are all calling for a moratorium on deep-seabed ocean mining operations that could be enabled by the International Seabed Authority…
(EnviroNews World News) — Djibouti, East Africa — Missing for over 50 years and classified as “extinct,” scientists in the Republic of Djibouti have confirmed the capture of eight Somali sengi (Elephantulus revoilii), commonly known as the Somali elephant shrew. The scientists also saw four others while out collecting…
(EnviroNews World News) — Okavango Delta, Botswana — In the wild, the Brazilian frog (Physalaemus nattereri) uses eyespots to fake out and deter predators and holds a toxic gland as a secondary line of defense. The foureye butterflyfish (Chaetodon capistratus) has a false eye near its tail, which scientists…
(EnviroNews World News) — Victoria, Australia — When smoldering koalas grabbed headlines around the world during Australia’s unprecedented 2020 wildfires, another imperiled eucalyptus-eating species, every bit as unique and adorable, was being swallowed up by the burning beast as well: the greater glider (Petauroides volans). These nocturnal marsupials are…
(EnviroNews World News) — Novaya Zemlya, Russia — As arctic ice melts due to human-caused climate destabilization, polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are being forced to move farther inland in search of food. This brings them into closer contact with people and landfills. Now, Russian scientists are sounding the warning about climate…
(EnviroNews World News) — Tadoba National Park, India — Ladies and Gentlemen! Tonight, at Tadoba National Park in India, we have a battle for the ages as two apex predators go head-to-head to determine who will wear the crown of king of the jungle. In one corner, we…
(EnviroNews World News) — Ishaqbini Hirola Conservancy, Kenya — To the astonishment of local villagers, two white reticulated giraffes (Giraffa reticulata) emerged from the brush near the Ishaqbini Hirola Conservancy in Kenya’s Garissa County. Locals quickly notified rangers from the nearby Hirola Conservation Program — an organization setup…
(EnviroNews World News) — Gone but not forgotten, and now returned to the wild. Five thousand years ago, as many as one million scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah) grazed the steppes and subdeserts of North Africa. The white-bodied antelopes with russet necks are well adapted to this hot, arid…
(EnviroNews World News) — A simply delightful drone video was posted by sea life conservation group the Leatherback Trust on March 21, 2017, showing a rather large East Pacific leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) swimming with swan-like grace, not through water, but over a sandy beach on its way…
(EnviroNews World News) — Well, humans have done it again. That is, successfully wiped another species clean from its home in the wild. That was the news handed down to the public on April 6, 2016, concerning the fate of the Indochinese tiger in Cambodia. The country had…
(EnviroNews World News) — Beachgoers did something downright idiotic earlier this month in the Argentinian coastal town of Santa Teresita, and many outraged environmentalists, animal rights activists and conservationists are hoping the unruly crowd learned a valuable lesson. “Idiotic” might sound like a strong word for a news…
(EnviroNews World News) — Mukomuko, Bengkulu — Sumatra, Indonesia — It has been reported from the ground that two Sumatran tiger poachers were taken down by local police in a sting operation in the southwestern provence of Bengkulu, Sumatra, on January 8, 2016. The two men accused of…
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