Six arrests in the case of an elephant who had been shot 70 times and whose tusks had been hacked off will hopefully serve as a warning to others. Only about 1,500 Borneo pygmy elephants remain in the world. Last week,officials in Malaysia discovered the mutilated corpse of one of these endangered animalson the island

More than 1000 kangaroos will be shot for pet food in the south-west under a new, permanent program that starts today. Warrnambool City, Moyne, Corangamite and Glenelg Shires are included in the seven “harvest zones” identified by the state government as areas with ‘significant’ kangaroo numbers. Cull: Kangaroos will be shot for pet food under

British trophy hunters have been slaying ‘at risk’ zebras in South Africa before posting photographs of the slaughtered animals online, it has been revealed. The grinning tourists share the sickening images to social media after embarking on expensive ‘hunt’ safaris across the vast African plains. Andy Denson (pictured) poses with a zebra he appeared to

Believe it or not, there was a once a time when Aleecia Dahl’s grandfather didn’t want a dog at all — but now he pretty much epitomizes what it means to be a proud pet parent.  It all started the moment he met Coco. “Coco is the dog Grandpa never wanted but cannot live without,”

Brett Hereford was out fishing on a lake in Montana with his family earlier this month when he made the catch of a lifetime. But what he caught wasn’t actually a fish at all. According to reports, while the Herefords were far from shore in a boat on Flathead Lake, they noticed a figure in

Last week, a fire crew in Colorado was driving along a remote mountain road, about 5 miles from the nearest main street, when they spotted a small figure motionless in the path ahead. At first, they thought it was a dead skunk or raccoon.  But they were wrong. Eddie Tobin “Once we got closer, he

Harper the Heron. Photo: Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Harper the Great Blue Heron doesn’t have time for layovers. Geotagging data from this past week shows that the bird, tagged earlier this year in Maine, flew nonstop from New Brunswick, Canada to Nocatee, Florida between October 4th and early October 6th. The marathon flight over the open ocean

Short-tailed Shearwaters washed up on St. Paul Island in the Bering Sea, August 2019. Photo: ACSPI-ECO The first reports came in May. They were sparse, but enough to put seabird-monitoring coordinator Hillary Burgess on edge. “Here we go again,” she thought. By late June, almost every time she checked her inbox, yet more news of

The White House is in talks to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. The area has been under protection for decades. Under the Bureau of Land Management will offer leases to companies in areas where threatened animal species, including polar bears and caribous, have their home. The area is part of legislation

When Jenn Keathley’s son arrived at their home in Ohio last week after school, he immediately knew that something was wrong. Their family dog was outside, one of the windows was completely shattered, and he assumed someone had broken in. When he heard noises inside, he realized the intruder was still there, and frantically called

A plant near Zurich built by Climeworks captures carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Photo: Gaetan Bally/Keystone/Redux When one grasps the full implications of climate change, there comes a measure of grief. I first recognized this in May 2014, when scientists studying the massive Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica reported that it had begun a process of

BirdLife’s research has revealed that an estimated 25 million birds are illegally killed or taken each year across the Mediterranean, Northern Europe and the Caucasus. Here, we delve deeper into the shocking discoveries that galvanised our Flight for Survival campaign. A boy clutches a fistful of Eurasian Golden Orioles Oriolus oriolus: he seeks buyers for

Earlier this week, Holly Persic was driving to work in Pennsylvania when her car suddenly started acting up. The engine was making a weird sound, and there was a faint smell of burning. Persic pulled over and called her husband, Chris. He suggested she pop the hood. And sure enough, this is what they found:

This article was written by Nadiah Rosli, Communication Lead for Malaysia of Earthworm Foundation. Support Malaysian people and Bornean elephants with Plan A. The villagers of Ulu Muanad, in Beluran, Sabah on Borneo Island, Malaysia are predominantly farmers – first-generation smallholders who harvest rubber, rice, fruits, vegetables and palm oil. Sometimes birds and even monkeys would disturb their crops, but these

Clockwise from top left: Red-backed Shrike; Eurasian Nutcracker; White-throated Dipper; Eurasian Magpie. Illustrations: Natalia Rojas and Ana Maria Martinez Jaramillo/Stonemaier Games For four straight days in August, Elizabeth Hargrave did little else but meet and chat with gaggles of board gamers who all wanted to discuss one thing: Wingspan. Hargrave was in Indianapolis for Gen Con, the largest

The loss of Arctic ice from glaciers, polar land and sea is increasing faster than many scientists expected, as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) report on oceans and the cryosphere said this week. That’s bad news for polar bear populations, a top expert involved in field studies on the endangered animals has told

It must have seemed the perfect crime for this mischievous, tuxedo-colored cat named Boo. He thought no one would be watching as his feline sibling, Peach, had an “accident” by the pool. He was wrong. Laura Lee The other evening, the cats’ owner Laura Lee was at home when she noticed something unusual. When she

When people look at Nori, a 1-year-old Australian shepherd-poodle mix, they often do a double take. There’s a good chance you will, too.  It has to do with Nori’s big, almond-shaped eyes, intense gaze and pink lips that turn slightly upward into a smile. Not surprisingly, Nori is often said to have a humanlike face.