Wildlife and Environmental Conservation

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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.

A deadly but beautiful new species of palm pit-viper snake has been named after the assassinated forest campaigner Mario Guifarro.

One of the top officials of an elephant campaigning group in Kenya has been charged with illegal possession of ivory after 19Kg of ivory was found in the back of her car. Her son has also been jointly charged.

Dozens of elephants have been slaughtered in the Dzanga Bai World Heritage Site in the Central African Republic just days after conservationists warned about an impending threat from the movement of 17 heavily armed poachers.

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.

Gardens are often thought of as havens for many bird species and many gardeners don't just feed the birds but put up nest boxes to attract birds into their garden to breed.

A 2011 study found that ivory poachers, which serve a surprisingly narrow market, killed 7.4 percent of Africa's elephants in 2011.