12-06-28 Gabonese President Ali Bongo has set on fire nearly five tonnes of illegal ivory worth $9.3m as part of attempts to deter poaching. 加蓬总统阿里邦戈下令销毁近五吨价值930万美元的非法象牙,以抵制非法狩猎。 Mr Bongo said the burning was meant to send a...
12-05-03 A study by the Wildlife Conservation Society documents that intense development of the two largest natural gas fields in the continental U.S. are driving away some wildlife from their traditional wintering grounds. Researchers tracking 125 female pr...
11-12-11 More peer-reviewed scientific studies of the effects on wildlife of large-scale solar energy developments and operations are needed to adequately assess their impact, especially in the desert Southwest, according to a scientific literature review co...
11-07-13 Current and proposed border fences pose significant threats to wildlife populations, with those animals living in border regions along the Texas Gulf and California coasts showing some of the greatest vulnerability, a new study from The University o...
11-06-28 A new survey conducted by WCS scientists, supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), reveals that large mammals, including Asiatic black bears, gray wolves, markhor(捻角山羊) goats, and leopard cats are surviving in parts...
11-06-09 Wildlife face many threats with spreading urbanization(都市化) , including habitat loss and inbreeding(近亲交配) when populations become fragmented and isolated. It doesn't help that there is a billion-dollar international industry dedicated to...
10-10-04 Conservationists are overestimating the number of species that have been driven to extinction, scientists have said. 科学家称,环保人士对灭绝物种的数量估计过高。 An okapi: Tracks were seen by researchers five years ago for the first time since 1959....
10-08-26 The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Zoological(动物学的) Society of London (ZSL) are requesting that the Government of Tanzania reconsider the proposed construction of a commercial road through the world's best known wildlife sanctuary...
10-05-04 An unprecedented study of bald eagle(秃鹰) diet, from about 20,000 to 30,000 years ago to the present, will provide wildlife managers with unique information for reintroducing(再引入,再提出) Bald Eagles to the Channel Islands off California. Th...
09-09-14 Environmentalists have warned that an oil slick caused by an accident on a rig in the Timor Sea is threatening wildlife in Australian waters. 环境保护者警告道,帝汶岛海域附近由事故引发的浮油威胁到澳大利亚海域的野生动物。 Environmentalists fear oil i...