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Indonesia’s voracious songbird trade laps up rare and poisonous pitohuis

January 13, 2025 / 7 minutes of reading

Among New Guinea’s rainforest inhabitants is a group of birds called pitohuis, chatty songbirds that stand out for their loud, attractive songs. But there’s more to these birds than their songs: their poison. Pitohuis are among the few poisonous [...]

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Avian flu suspected in death of 200 snow geese in Pa.

January 12, 2025 / 3 minutes of reading

The Pennsylvania Game Commission says it suspects avian influenza is to blame for the death of 200 snow geese in the state. The agency said the geese were found Monday in the Allentown area and recovered from two sites [...]

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Ocelot Working Group~Saving Chickens Saving Wildcats

January 12, 2025 / 1 minute of reading

Learn more about Mariam Weston and the Ocelot Working Group and all the projects they are committed to working on to help protect wild cats in Mexico: https://bigcatrescue.org/conservation-news/mariam-weston?format=amp The Ocelot Working Group,one of our conservation partners in Mexico is [...]

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A deadly parasite turns jaguar conservation into a human health priority

January 11, 2025 / 7 minutes of reading

In Brazil‘s Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland, Paul Raad crouched in the undergrowth, scanning the ground for signs of jaguar activity. He wasn’t looking for the big cats themselves; instead, the veterinarian from São Paulo State University (UNESP) [...]

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Ocelot Working Group~Saving Chickens Saving Wildcats

January 11, 2025 / 1 minute of reading

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1,329 Rare Snails Once Believed Extinct Reintroduced to Island off Morocco

January 10, 2025 / 4 minutes of reading

More than 1,300 critically endangered land snails have been released in the Ilhas Desertas (Desert Islands) archipelago off the Moroccan coast. The reintroduction of the tiny molluscs to their native habitat followed the rescue of two obscure species of [...]

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Phew, turtle doves: ban on annual shoot raises hopes for endangered bird

January 10, 2025 / 4 minutes of reading

There are signs of hope for the turtle dove, one of the most endangered birds that has been plummeting towards extinction in Britain. After a temporary ban on the annual shoot of the migratory birds as they pass through [...]

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Rethinking population management in zoos

January 9, 2025 / 3 minutes of reading

Until now, contraception has been the method of choice for zoos to avoid surplus animals. Researchers are now calling for a paradigm shift: zoos could preserve their breeding populations, raise awareness of conservation challenges and improve animal welfare and [...]

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Road to recovery: Wild animals staging a comeback in 2024

January 9, 2025 / 3 minutes of reading

Conservation news is often heartbreaking, with reports of dramatic biodiversity loss globally year after year. But in 2024, there were several reasons for cheer as well, with conservationists finding that certain species, once at the brink of extinction, are [...]

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Surveillance drones in Bangladesh help curtail poaching

January 8, 2025 / 1 minute of reading

Surveillance drones assist wildlife managers in protecting birds --- January 8, 2025 by The Wildlife Society Surveillance drones assist wildlife managers in protecting birds Wildlife managers are using surveillance drones to help tackle poaching in bird sanctuaries in Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Forest Department’s [...]

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