Horn trade pressures some rhinos
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A sharp rise in poaching is placing some rhino populations at risk of extinction, a report says.
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HWANGE NATIONAL PARK, Zimbabwe -- Wildlife guide Mike Scott followed footprints of one large animal after another -- elephant, buffalo, kudu, leopard, lion -- and then stopped suddenly, sniffing the air. ``Shall we follow our noses?" he said, heading toward a powerful stench that grew more noxious by the step.
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Online auction giant eBay is set to ban ivory trade from its websites, as pressure mounts to eradicate illegal traffic in endangered species from the Internet, participants at the world forum regulating wildlife commerce said Tuesday.
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A ban on hunting critically endangered black rhinoceros has been lifted by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, The Telegraph reported.
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The substitution of mammoth ivory for elephant ivory presents an unusual example of how conservation of one limited resource could  lead to the uncontrolled, and perhaps catastrophic, exploitation of another.
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By Sam Cheong  THE fighting fish has never been in the same league as the Arowana, the Japanese 'koi' or the Flower Horn Fish, even though most Malaysians have reared them sometime in their lives.
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A new study shows mountain goats are taking hold in Yellowstone National Park, but park officials aren't sure how to handle the presence of the nonnative animals.
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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 the animals&#39; extinction.
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Four Javan rhinos were born recently in Indonesia, the first known births in three years, raising hope for the future of the endangered species, WWF-Indonesia said.
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Wildlife conservationists are expected to push for new trade restrictions to protect fast-disappearing animals and plants, while lobbyists try to free up commerce in some species at international talks starting yesterday in Bangkok.
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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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A rare Sumatran rhinoceros, the first  born in captivity in more than 100 years, arrived in the  country of his ancestors on Tuesday as part of an international  breeding programme.
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Poaching is up in central Africa, but elephant herds are growing in the south. Nations are arguing over whether to lift the ban on ivory sales.
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A wave of poaching has alarmed state and federal wildlife officials in several Western states.
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The great white shark, African rhinos and the American bald eagle are among the animals and fauna that will take center stage at an international conference on regulating trade in endangered species that opens Saturday.
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BANGKOK Wildlife conservationists and government delegates approved proposals by Namibia and SA yesterday to kill and export as hunting trophies a small number of endangered black rhinos, protected under an international treaty.
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Nepal's peace process has been disrupted by a row over whether the country should retain the cow as its national animal or replace it with the rhinoceros.