Knut mania if here to stay! Celebrity polar bear cub Knut has become a pop-star in his own ways. The cuddly cub was born in captivity at the Zoologischer Garten Berlin aka Berlin Zoo. The media-savvy bear cub now gets its own music video! Being a popular tourist attraction and a craze among millions of [...]

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E ‘official: China can legally buy the ivory. The decision came a few hours ago in the meeting of CITES underway Monday in Geneva and which Ecoblog there had given account. As told to ‘AdnKronos Marco Valentini official of the Ministry of Environment has participated in the work:
With nine votes in favour, four against and [...]

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Tuatara, the ancient reptile found in New Zealand is under survival threat from none other than global warming. Also, known as a “living fossil” / “living dinosaur”, this reptile has lived on our planet from the past 220 million years! That’s quite a long time. But now, this endangered animal known for its “spiny back” [...]

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Nestled in the Aravali Hills, Sariska National Park (Rajasthan, India) today, welcomed a male tiger flown in from Ranthambore National Park. This is the first time a big cat has been relocated from one forest to another. Sariska has been an abode for tigers in India and was one of the seats of Project Tiger [...]

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All is not well for the Japanese firefly. So far, it was considered that only big bats, great apes, whales and other big animals were being hunted and poached by humans. Now, even insects are not safe. The news from Japan confirms this. Fireflies in Japan are being facing an extinction threat posed not by [...]

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In what could be called as the first ever move to bring “non-human” hominids and humans on the same platform, Spain is about to pass a law that grants ‘human rights’ to these creatures. According to the members of parliament’s environmental committee in the country, “Great apes should be given the human rights to life [...]

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It’s the same tug-of-war for people of Kenya, which every nation wanting to progress, faces today. The issue being is it development or devastation in the name of development? The recent decision of Kenyan government to approve a biofuel project in the Tana River delta area has created an uproar among people. The biofuel project [...]

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St. Paul Island in the Pribilofs, Alaska is better known as Seal Island to wildlife lovers, locals and tourists. Having evolved from a volcanic past of the bygone era, the island today is home to the largest population of Northern fur seals. But this largest population is rapidly shrinking in size and facing extinction owning [...]

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The Edmonton Valley’s Zoo (Canada) witnessed the birth of twin panda cubs this year on May, 26th. Zoo officials told media that the babies were healthy at 112grams and 147 grams. Since then the tiny tots have put on weight – a sure indication of their enhanced survival rates. The cubs named Tai and Pip [...]

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In two weeks less than 17 elephants were killed in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This was announced by the association environmentalist WildlifeDirect (last update to May 3). There had never come about. “The number of these deaths has caught us by surprise - told the BBC Emmanuel de Merode of [...]

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