Rare animals ‘to be moved from native habitats because of climate change’

Endangered animals from wildcats to butterflies and fish could be transported from their native habitats to other countries under controversial plans being developed by scientists to help them cope with climate change.

Toxin Is Accelerating Demise of Fossil Fish

A chemical applied to ship hulls is robbing Chinese sturgeon of their eyes and causing other deformities, according to a new study. The toxin may deal a death blow to the already-endangered fish, a living fossil that the Chinese government considers a “national treasure.”

Bluefin tuna – with a guilt trip thrown in

Heard the one about the restaurant that told diners not to eat its food…? Well that would be Nobu, the celebrated sushi restaurant, which is advising diners to avoid ordering an endangered fish.

New rainforest reserve to protect more than 1,000 bonobos and benefit local communities

A new reserve, aimed at conserving the endangered Bonobo, has been created in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Kokolopori Bonobo Reserve is a community-managed protected area which harbours one of the largest known wild populations of the endangered bonobo. The Kokolopori Bonobo Reserve is the pilot and model site for the Bonobo Peace Forest, a proposed constellation of community-based nature reserves supported by sustainable development.

Tasmanian devils listed as endangered

The Tasmanian devil, a snarling fox-sized marsupial made notorious by its Looney Tunes cartoon namesake Taz, was listed in Australia as an endangered species today because of a contagious cancer that has wiped out most of the wild population. 

UK Ospreys 2009 – First chicks have hatched

Ospreys are iconic birds in the UK. Once widespread, ospreys became extinct in herein 1916, until in 1954 a pair nested at Loch Garten in Scotland. Every year ospreys make the 3000 mile flight from their wintering grounds in Glaslyn ospreysWest Africa, arriving back in the UK for the spring mating season, before disappearing south again in the late summer once their chicks have fledged. 200 pairs of osprey now breed in Scotland during the summer months, and ospreys are now breeding again in England and Wales.

Indonesia: APP, Sinar Mas plan to log habitat of critically endangered orangutans

Asia Pulp & Paper and Sinar Mas Group have acquired a license to clear hundreds of hectares of unprotected rainforest near Bukit Tigapuluh National Park on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, report environmental groups who say the activity threatens a population of critically endangered orangutans that have been re-introduced into the wild.

Indonesia: APP, Sinar Mas plan to log habitat of critically endangered orangutans

Asia Pulp & Paper and Sinar Mas Group have acquired a license to clear hundreds of hectares of unprotected rainforest near Bukit Tigapuluh National Park on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, report environmental groups who say the activity threatens a population of critically endangered orangutans that have been re-introduced into the wild.

Researchers find largest leatherback turtle nesting area

Researchers have discovered in West Africa the world’s largest nesting population of endangered leatherback sea turtles.

Illegal pet trade devastating population of endangered Philippine forest turtles

No one knows how many Philippine forest turtles (Siebenrockiella leytensis) are left in the wild, but however many there are, the number is rapidly shrinking thanks to illegal trade, says Pierre Fidenci, President of Endangered Species International in San Francisco.

Paper Giant Asia Pulp & Paper Set to Destroy Home of Reintroduced Orangutans, Indigenous Tribes

A massive logging operation planned by one of the world’s largest paper companies will destroy the forest home of 100 great apes that are part of the only successful reintroduction program for Sumatran orangutans, conservationists have learned.

Rare Bats Left Unprotected

A rare species of bats is in danger in western India because it has been denied Protected Area status.