Conservation
Malaysia Seizes Smuggled Tortoises Worth $300,000
Malaysian customs foiled an attempt to smuggle hundreds of the world's most endangered tortoises into the country from...
Indonesians Arrested Over Sumatran Tiger Poaching
Indonesian authorities have arrested two men on suspicion of poaching Sumatran tigers and seized a skin and bones taken...
Indonesian Rangers Dismantle Traps To Save Wildlife
In the depths of Indonesia's dense Leuser rain forest, a group of rangers are searching for traps set by poachers which...
Public Asked To Name Rare Albino Orangutan
The public are being asked to name a rare albino orangutan rescued in the Indonesian part of Borneo island, with...
Nepal’s Rhinos On Road To Recovery With Cross-Country Move
All hell broke loose as the one-horned rhino stepped out of the crate, the powerful male charging elephant-mounted...
Rare One-Horned Rhino Killed By Poachers In Nepal
Poachers have shot dead a one-horned rhinoceros at a national wildlife park in Nepal, officials said Sunday,...
S.Africa’s Top Court Opens Up Domestic Trade In Rhino Horn
South Africa's highest court Wednesday rejected a bid by the government to keep a ban on domestic trade in rhino horn,...
Nepal To Relocate Five Rare One-Horned Rhinos
Conservationists on Monday captured a rare one-horned rhinoceros in Nepal as part of an attempt to increase the number...
AFP Photographer Detained In East Libya
AFP's photographer in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, Abdullah Doma, was detained late Saturday for the second...
Manatees Are No Longer Endangered
Manatees are no longer an endangered species, US officials said Thursday, declaring success after decades of efforts to...
AFP Photographer Arrested In Eastern Libya
AFP's photographer in the Libyan city of Benghazi, Abdullah Doma, has been arrested at his home by the security...
Hope For Elephants As Ivory Prices Fall
The price of ivory has fallen by nearly two-thirds in the last three years, according to research conducted in China...
Hong Kong Convicts Two For Ivory On Radiocarbon Dating
A Hong Kong court has convicted two men for illegal possession of ivory chopsticks after radiocarbon dating proved it...
Sydney Landmarks Switch Off Lights, Others Miss the Memo
Sydney's Opera House and the Harbour Bridge plunged into darkness to mark Earth Hour on Saturday night, but it seems...
Cities and Monuments Switch Off For Earth Hour
Sydney's Opera House and Harbour Bridge plunged into darkness Saturday to mark Earth Hour, as global landmarks began...
Five Frozen, Gutted Tigers Found In Vietnam
Authorities in Vietnam have discovered five frozen tigers, all with their organs removed, hidden in a freezer. Official...
Five Frozen, Gutted Tigers Found In Vietnam
Five frozen tigers have been discovered in a Vietnamese man's freezer with their organs removed, according to official...
Australia Sees Second Year of Barrier Reef Bleaching
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is experiencing an unprecedented second straight year of mass coral bleaching,...
Poachers Kill Rare Giant Elephant In Kenya
One of Africa's oldest and largest elephants was killed by poachers in Kenya on Monday, according to a conservation...