Sexual problems could lead to rhinos&#39; extinction
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Low sperm counts and other  reproductive problems are preventing pregnancy among Malaysia&#39;s  endangered rhinos, a worrying trend that wildlife experts say  could hasten its extinction.
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Sexual frustration has turned a mild-mannered Chinese chimpanzee into a problem primate who smokes cigarettes and spits at visitors, the Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.
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HIPPOS and other animals in Queen Elizabeth National Park and Katonga Wildlife Reserve in western Uganda are dying of anthrax. The commissioner in charge of livestock health in the agriculture ministry, Nicholas
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Booming global trade in rare forms of wildlife ranging from tropical fish and trees to African lizards is threatening many of them with extinction, conservation group WWF said on Thursday.
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Almost a third of the world&#39;s frogs, toads, salamanders and other amphibians are threatened with extinction within 100 years, according to a study.
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Heathland species are in danger of extinction because of the poor condition of their habitat, conservationists warn.
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Almost a third of the world's amphibian species are confronted by the prospect of extinction, naturalists say.
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MELBOURNE, Australia - Koalas are considered in danger of extinction in parts of Australia, but in one southern state authorities plan to implant 2,000 of the furry marsupials with contraceptives to control their numbers.
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THE number of wild animals across the world has plummeted by 40 per cent in the past 30 years because of changes in the way humans are living.
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South Africa needs to consider  restarting elephant culls because growing numbers of the mammal  now threaten local habitats, the WWF conservation group has  said.
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Conservationists concerned about the extinction of plants and animals may be overlooking the danger to thousands of other species that depend on the threatened ones.
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By CHRIS BRUMMITT  JAKARTA, Indonesia - The first Sumatran rhino born in captivity in more than 100 years is headed to Indonesia on Tuesday with a single task - to breed and help save the endangered species from extinction.
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Wild populations of Australian dingoes may go extinct within 50 years unless steps are taken to prevent crossbreeding with domestic dogs, scientists and conservationists say.
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More than 6,000 species of butterflies and other insects, as well as mites, fungi and assorted unloved but important species, will also be wiped out when listed endangered species go extinct, scientists said on Thursday.
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A rare northern white rhinoceros died Wednesday at the San Diego Zoo, dwindling the critically endangered species' population to as few as 13 worldwide, zoo officials said.Nadi was one of three northern white rhinos at the zoo's Wild Animal Park.
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Namibia  and South Africa are told at a Bangkok animal trade summit they can  each kill five endangered black rhinos per year.
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By ARTHUR MAX THE HAGUE, Netherlands - If you think the problem of endangered species is all about tigers, elephants and orangutans, ask a violinist where he gets his bow.