Wildlife and Environmental Conservation

China Dialogue: Climatic changes in China, the Middle East and Africa could see more severe outbreaks of locusts devastating food crops

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 23 - Deputy President William Ruto has said that the government will fast-track the Wildlife Bill to make the killing of the Big Five to a capital

Police team up with IFAW after Dubai customs intercepted 215 elephant tusks worth 4m

The Dept. of Environmental Affairs said 229 rhino were poached in the Kruger National Park alone.

Poachers kill rhinos for their horns. Some economists think legalizing the horns could save the rhinos.

Paula Kahumbu: Li Bingbing and Yao Ming are among the celebrities campaigning to save elephants – now African politicians must do the same

Plant and animal species could see dramatic losses as habitats become unsuitable and ecosystems collapse

If it's hard to stop rising water from causing massive damage during a temporary storm surge in a single location, think of how hard it would be to prevent rising sea levels from wrecking havoc all around the world at the same time.

The defenders of Africa's rhinos are battling a well-financed and well-informed enemy. Poachers clear $40,000 or more for a single rhino horn.

One researcher thinks Scottish wildcats could be gone within two years thanks to hybridization with domestic house cats

A glow-in-the-dark cockroach, an insect described from a photo posted on Flickr, a monkey that has been likened to Jesus, a carnivorous sea sponge, and the world's tiniest frog are among the 'top 10' species discovered during 2012, according to...

Natural England licensed cull of tens of thousands of lesser black-backed gulls on one of England's largest shooting estates

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Dana Nuccitelli: Overwhelming majority of peer-reviewed papers taking a position on global warming say humans are causing it

CI President Dr. Russ Mittermeier reflects on a project four decades in the making.

Film actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, raised a stunning $38.8 million for global conservation efforts Monday night through an all-star art auction.

For the first time scientists have developed a map that shows the world's unique and endangered species.

A new study finds climate change will halve the living space of half of plants and one third of animals if we don't act now; but there is hope.

We already knew that the rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns brought about by climate change was bad news for the world’s rare and endangered species, likely pushing many to extinction.